Sexuality in HP (was: Ron's Virtue)

[meboriqua at aol.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 27211

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "Monique" <valjean131 at a...> wrote:
> 
> And while everything you say is true, what purpose does he serve 
that say... Hermione couldn't? I think she could fill all the 
> requirements, save one... she's not a boy... and I don't think we 
> can, even in the non-sexual HP world>


AAAAAAHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!  *Calms down*  Okay, I am sorry about the 
scream.  It's just that the Potterverse is chock full of sexual 
things.  This has been a thread before, so I am not going to get into 
details, but there are many examples of sexuality, from Lee Jordan's 
comments about the pretty girls on the Gryffindor Quidditch team, to 
the boys' reactions to the Veelas, to the security trolls comparing 
the size of their... clubs (someone else pointed that out because I 
had completely forgotten) to Moaning Myrtle spying on Harry in the 
Prefects' bathroom to Harry's crush on Cho.  It is also quite obvious 
to me that sex is going to become a bigger issue in upcoming books.  
JKR has done a great job so far of portraying her characters as very 
real; surely we'll see Harry and his friends deal with dating.  I hope 
we do, anyway.

--jenny from ravenclaw, who actually enjoys the sexual tension between 
Hermione and Ron and feels that it practically leaps out of the books 
at her ***********************************************