Cultural values and beauty

[Milz]

No: HPFGUIDX 20560

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "Alexandra Y. Kwan" <litalex at y...> wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> > [snip about cultural differences]
> 
> Hey, I *completely* agree!
> 
> > On my own part, I'm sure that parents' reactions to having a 
different,
> "magical" child would be very closely related to their cultural 
values.  And
> what about religion?  Imagine a fundamentalist Christian family who 
believe
> that magic is evil discovering that Junior is a wizard!
> 
> Do fundamentalist Christians exist in Britain?  I was hoping that 
the
> species doesn't spread that far.  Ick.  I was thinking, though, how 
Cho's
> parents would have acted when they first discovered, assuming, of 
course,
> that they aren't completely British-ized.
> 

LOL, that reminded me of a British Soap Opera they show in my part of 
the US, "EastEnders". One of the characters (from a non-religious 
family) became a Christian and her family was appalled. One 
memborable ramble from her father was that he did the best he could 
raising her and he can't figure out where he went wrong. It was 
reminiscent of Petunia's lament in PS/SS about Harry being one of 
them.

> > Returning to HP, from the books and interviews with JKR, I'd say 
Ron and
> Hermione is a foregone conclusion.
> 
> Yay!  I support that ship (which is strange, 'cause I've been 
advocating for
> Ron/Draco in my hpslash group...).
> 
> > Maybe as she grows up she'll develop a bit more gumption and make 
more of
> an impression on him.
> 
> I hope so, the poor kid.
> 

In the next book, Hermione will be 15 years old. It's quite possible 
over the summer holiday Hermione might begin paying more attention to 
her physical appearance by wearing make-up and fixing up her hair. 

I think it will be interesting to learn whether or not she visited 
Krum over the summer holiday. 

Milz