Gay Wizards and the W(real)W ? (was: Re: Harry's Sexual Preference SHIP)

[jdr0918]

No: HPFGUIDX 77827

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "aamonn2000" 
wrote:...Originally, it was not supposed to be a gay thread...In 
fact, the main point was this : since we don't know yet, people are 
just free to depict Harry that way if they want. Some seemed a bit 
confused with that very idea. I personally don't understand why, but 
hey, that's just my opinion...AAm (straight, but who cares ?).

The Sergeant Majorette says:

Right, then: let's get this vehicle back on track. I'm not 
a "shipper" of any kind, but it does seem to me that in the 
speculative fan fiction I've read, the Harry/Draco relationship comes 
across most natural. The canon Harry/Cho thing was extremely awkward, 
like watching an actor who's a notorious flamer romance a woman. Ick! 
Squick! Eeew! And from my observation, there are few things more 
damaging to a teenage girl's fragile ego than being hit on by a guy 
everybody knows is gay but the guy himself. Look at how everybody is 
so down on poor Cho for being unstable!

Cho seemed to me from the beginning to be a red herring, as if she 
was there only to prove that Harry is straight, even if he doesn't 
respond to Ginny or Hermione in a typical teenage-boy way. For me, 
that was what put the bug in my ear about Harry's sexuality. He is 
said to notice her because she is pretty, but what about the Patils? 
What are they, chopped liver?

Harry is too damaged to sustain a conventional relationship without a 
severe strain on the female's nerves. If, as seems likely, JKR plans 
to touch on most aspects of adolescent struggle, we are going to see 
Harry question his sexuality; however, if the kissing scene with Cho 
is any indication, nobody's going to get naked, so don't worry.

Oh, and watch out for Spongebob. That's a very subversive cartoon 
there; change the channel after the theme song...

--JDR