Harry's sexual preference

[theo_kestrel]

No: HPFGUIDX 78808

Jumping in with both feet without testing the waters' depth...

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "jdr0918" <jdr0918 at h...> wrote:

> 
> The Sergeant Majorette says
> 

> Harry gets over the veela almost immediately, but Ron never quite 
> does, and every time he encounters Fleur, who is only one-quarter 
> veela, he gets silly.
> 
> --JDR

I haven't been following this line of discussion, and this is the 
first time I've even glanced at this group in months, but this 
statement twigged my Spidey-senses :).

Just because Harry gets over the veela very quickly and is 
unaffected by Fleur later on doesn't provide conclusive proof that 
he is gay by any stretch of the imagination.  It's quite evident 
from the DADA class that Ron is extremely vulnerable to Imperious-
it's implied that he's worse than others at resisting it.  One can 
make a fairly straight-line (sic) deduction from that evidence that 
his will is easily bent by outside forces, thus the ease in which he 
succumbs to the veela charms.  Harry's non-reaction to the veela 
after the initial "hit" and to Fleur simply demonstrates his 
strength of mind and will.  Nothing at all to do with his sexuality.

Your eagerness to to make broad sweeping judgements from the 
smallest bits of "evidence" seems to tell of your personal beliefs 
projecting onto the character of Harry.  It's natural, and everyone 
does it, but if you want to convince others, you'll need to find 
something more substantial than that.

theo_kestrel

trying to convince others of the secret Umbridge/Flich affair while
inhaling fumes in the Divination classroom and divining the release 
dates of Book 6 and 7.