Innocence - Eye Rolls

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No: HPFGUIDX 24687

"Mindy, a.k.a. CLH" <mindyatime at juno.com>, writes:

> One of the lovingly refreshing things about the HP
> books is that it is devoid of any lurid details and
> has absolutely zero sexual innuendo or encounters.

Actually, speaking of eye-rollers, one of my biggies was the "They don't make 
them like that at Hogwarts!" exchange in GoF, ch.16. It's not lurid, but I do 
think it qualifies as innuendo. ;) I thought the line came off sounding 
forced, but I might just be sympathizing with Hermione a bit too much.

Also, I don't have my book on hand, but I seem to remember a rather 
underhanded little sentence in PoA about some dwarves comparing the sizes of 
their clubs. My sisters sailed right past that one, but I had a good laugh!

"aiz24 at hotmail.com" (Amy Z) writes:

>But this exchange makes me cringe:

>"I assume that's why you didn't tell me, Sirius?" he said casually
>over Pettigrew's head.
(snip)

Yes! I love PoA, but that exchange really bothered me as well. I can 
understand using the "casualness" to emphasize the fact that they're back on 
the same side, but at the same time, IMHO, that casualness undermined the 
importance of the exchange. Just before Voldemort's downfall, Sirius and 
James had truly suspected Lupin of betraying them. That seems (to me) like a 
potentially important detail, but it is brushed aside with relatively little 
fanfare.

JKR might not go anywhere with it, but I'm still curious as to how that 
previous suspicion might affect the issues of trust that are undoubtedly 
going to surface as the new war begins. Or is it more a case of "war is hell 
- trust no one" and no hard feelings when it's done?

Also - all that said - the exchange had a weird vibe that kept making me 
think of 'The Great Gatsby' and all that "dear old chap" stuff. ;)

--chloe