[HPforGrownups] Maturity of kids in Potterverse was Re: So, why did Snapeturn on

[Rochelle]

No: HPFGUIDX 39979

Ambir Adams wrote:
>
> Hmmm...I don't think Harry is less mature when it comes to girls. If I
> recall Harry started crushing on Cho in PoA, he is 13 years old there.  That
> seems like a good age for boys to start noticing girls.

Come to think of it, you're right.  Can't remember which page, exactly,
but I'm pretty sure that's the book were Harry first noted that Cho was
pretty.

> And just because
> JKR doesnt go into everything about Harry maturing doesn't mean hes not
> developing at the right speed and time, you have to assume that he is
> changing.  I being a girl would rather not read about everything that
> happens to boy when they start to mature, just like boys would not want to
> read about everything that happens to a girl when they start to mature.
> Some things about growing up are better left unsaid and for good reason.

*g* That WOULD be distracting, wouldn't it?  At the risk of sounding
crass (which has rarely stopped me before), it might get in the way of
the intended storyline just a little bit if JKR gave us detailed
desriptions of Harry Potter's first erotic dream and Hermione's first
monthly.

And as Laura pointed out elsewhere:
>
> However, I can see where these things aren't really a part of
> the story JKR is trying to tell...The books aren't really supposed
> to be about how Harry deals with puberty, now are they?

Exactly.  That's not what the books are about.  Maybe sexuality isn't
talked about much because, in the context of the series, such details
are mostly irrelevant.

*Rochelle.
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