[HPFGU-Movie] Re: Penny & Barb's comments

[Schlobin1 at aol.com]

In a message dated 11/18/2001 1:59:27 PM Eastern Standard Time, 
virtualworldofhp at yahoo.com writes:

<< <Cassandra wrote:>
 
 Maybe you're right about the Ron/Harry 
 > shippiness, cos that's all I'm seeing here.
 
 I understand where you're coming from in saying this (other people's
 POVs) but why can't two people simply be best friends without everyone
 jumping up and shouting, "slash couple!" (I was going to say "gay",
 but I figured that sounded a little much)?  [Replies directed to OT,
 please] No one would do that if it were two girls as best friends. 
 Just my thought.  I thought the movie portrayed Harry & Ron's
 developing close friendship very very nicely (though there's much to
 be said about how it portrayed Hermione's role as a friend).  I also
 think it's in Hermione's natural disposition to be nice, kind, etc. 
 Though the speech delivered over Ron's possibly-seriously injured body
 was in bad taste!  I mean, he was knocked out cold & here they are
 wasting time when for all they know he could be dying?  Bad Columbus...
 
 -Megan
 
  >>

More to the point..why can't 11 year olds just be friends, regardless of 
gender, without us looking for romantic entanglements? goodness! 
I have friends who want to know if my four year old has "crushes" on 
adults....no, that's eroticizing children..and I can't stand it...(rant, 
rant, rant)

However, if we are going to imagine romantic entanglements among 11 year 
olds, then we must include same gender entanglements, as well as mixed gender 
entanglements......

IMHO

Susan