[HPforGrownups]Social skills (WAS: Hermione's attitudes, age, and SHIP/s...)

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On or off topic, the underlying sexual tension the surface within the 
characters of Hermione and Ron in GoF took me a little by surprise 
and made me think back to the dyanmic between the two since the 
beginning -- and strangely I felt a little naive. I think it reminded 
me of when I was still a child and I suddenly realized that Han Solo 
actually liked Princess Leia (in Empire Strikes Back, they embrace in 
a passionate good-bye kiss that left my 11-year old bottom on the 
movie theater floor.)

But I think what this sexual tension is really signifying is that the 
characters are growing up, the books are growing up, and the readers 
are growing up, all together at once. It's a quirk that makes the 
series so popular.. for at least three more books to come.