7 Deadly Sins: Lust (long)

[Susan McGee]

No: HPFGUIDX 2124

--- In HPforGrownups at egroups.com, Peg Kerr <pkerr06 at a...> wrote:
> Hoo boy.
> 
> Well, I could cop out totally and start out by saying, first of all,
> that there's nothing at all about lust in these books--if you're
> thinking about lust in the strictly sexual sense.  The kids, best 
as we
> can tell, are all virgins, the teachers don't seem to be involved in
> sexual relationships (or else they're EXTREMELY discreet).  And 
Arthur
> and Molly, judging from the number of their children, seem to have 
had
> an active sex life, but they don't seem to do a lot of on-stage
> snogging.  (Pause.  I love that term, snogging.)

What is snogging?



> 
> (So???  Is that all, Peg?  Do we just end it here and go out for
> coffee?)
> 
> Well, perhaps not entirely.  First of all, we're starting to detect 
at
> least the glimmerings of lust--or at least awareness of the opposite
> sex, in GoF.  snip  I think Rowling handles this beautifully
> and realistically.  Harry is suddenly aware that there are a lot of
> girls at Hogwarts.  Lots and lots of girls (and all moving in 
packs, he
> thinks fretfully).  It's as if his sexual antennae are starting to
> twitch.  We'll have to see what will develops with this in future 
books.


Re: Lust

No one has mentioned the Veela..... (or have I missed it?)
Ron and Harry lose it at the Quidditch World Cups...and then Ron is 
affected by the part-Veela Beauxbatons girl/young woman (forget her 
name)
This is lust personified.
Then part-Veela girl is obviously lusting after the older Weasley 
boy...(hope HE is gay)