Harry's Sexual preference

[scoutmom21113]

No: HPFGUIDX 78360

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Sue Porter" <sues0101 at h...> 
wrote:
> At the risk of throwing the cat among the pidgeons here, *evil
> grin*, I have to reply to the poster who said that Harry had never 
ever 
> indicated
> that there might be a boy he was interested in, and disagree. In 
GoF,
> Harry meets Bill for the first time (p. 50) and is surprised by 
his 
> appearance.
> "Bill was, there was no other word for it - cool." Harry has never
> thought this about another wizard hehe.
<snip a couple more references to Bill> 

RB:
As the one (or at least one of the ones - if you follow that <g>) 
who provoked part of this thread I'm going to risk poking my head 
out again!  Assuming I'm the one you are quoting, what I originally 
wrote was: "I don't remember any particular description of a male 
student that would indicate Harry was interested."  Not that he 
had "never, ever..." etc.  Obviously, I hit a few nerves without 
intending to <bg>, and managed to provoke a - what was it Sergeant 
Majorette called it? - lovely rousing cyber barfight.  Good 
description.

That said, I read this description of Bill as Harry's first meeting 
with adult wizards (wasn't Charlie there too?) who aren't authority 
figures.  Here it is, pg 52, US, "Harry had always imagined Bill to 
be an older version of Percy: fussy about rule-breaking and fond of 
bossing everyone around.  However, Bill was - there was no other 
word for it - cool."  It was a realization that there are wizards 
who are young, modern, hip, with-it, whatever that latest synonym 
for "cool" is.  From the description, Bill would be right at home at 
a trendy nightspot.  

I read it as admiration, not personal interest. But hey, to each 
his/her own... 

Ravenclaw Bookworm