In this article, we analyse how the first two continuators of Fernando de Rojas' La Celestina (1499-1502), Feliciano de Silva (1534) and Gaspar Gómez (1536), transform the eponymous alcahueta into a resolutely irascible character, whose characterisation, barely sketched out in the hypotext, is a sign of the exhaustion of the type she embodies, as well as her gradual defunctionalisation. This not only influences the plot, but, above all, contributes to giving the reader the impression that something is about to happen, creating an atmosphere of tension, as well as a series of expectations that are often disappointed.