Working mothers, was Did the Slytherins come back

[kempermentor]

No: HPFGUIDX 182070


> Magpie:
> ... McLaggen is the 
> only one I can think of who's actually characterized as a guy trying 
> to get into a girl's pants.
> 
> ...It's girls who are sexually aggressive, 
>  addled by hormones, made stupid by lust. 
> Guys in canon, by contrast, are quite passive, befuddled and 
> uninterested until some girl manipulates them into feeling 
> differently and then they're not responsible for their actions.
> 
> There are times where guys obviously find a girl attractive, but not 
> on this level. In fact, the closest the boys ever get to this level is 
> when they're dealing with Veelas, who seem to embody some sort of 
> lesson about this sort of thing (the way they turn into harpies once 
> you're attracted, how the boys shouldn't judge on looks alone, how 
> it's fake magic) that is never really needed by the boys in life. Or 
> else when they're under the influence of love potions where again 
> it's really the girl sending out some magical force  
> that takes away the boy's will.

Kemper now:
I would like to add Ron to the mix.  While Fleur is part Veela, she
does not change into a harpy.  Though, I could concede that her
character to the reader is undesirable.  (and really, what an
underwhelming witch, Beauxbatons must be the short broom school) He
asks her to the Ball.  
Also, iirc, he makes suggestive comments to girls about seeing Uranus.
This innuendo suggests that Ron flies a freak flag... which isn't to
say that buttsex is freaky, but it goes against puritan norms... in
the US anyway. 
But Ron's innuendo is much more agreeable because of his character. 
While if McLaggen said something similar, it would be considered
lecherous, lewd and lascivious... or just plain old deviant. 

Kemper, putting the gu in hpfgu