Refreshing Innocence of HP Preteens

[Penny & Bryce]

No: HPFGUIDX 24654

Hi everyone --

I'm back on-line again more or less ....

I agree heartily with points made by John, Suzanne & others.  It would 
be strange to me if these characters remained rooted in pre-pubescence 
in the latter 3 books.  I trust JKR will paint the picture with her 
characteristic finesse, and most all of us will be satisfied with the 
portrayal (if not the actual pairings -- <g>).  She has said that she 
doesn't intend for her characters to stagnate in the pre-teen mode, and 
I for one applaud that.  It just wouldn't seem right to me if their 
romantic lives didn't bear any relationship whatever to their 
chronological age in the books.  I doubt we'll see some of the more 
detailed and lurid scenes of the fanfic world in the last 3 books, but I 
doubt the characters will be unrealistically young in those books either.

Penny