[HPforGrownups] Re: No Sex, Please, We're British

[Thren]

No: HPFGUIDX 83504

Pshemekan (on shaving):

>Wands. Definitely. Morning (and sometimes evening) shave is a major bane of human male existence.

    I dunno... If I were in an authority figure at Hogwarts, nothing on 
the planet could persuade me to allow wizards *in training* to point 
their wands at their faces. Madam Pomfrey would never get so much as a 
lunch break for running around trying to repair damage. :P

o_caipora wrote:

> One of the most puzzling aspects of romance if not sex in Rowling is
>
>Hermione's cool explanations of how girls behave in OotP. Her 
>demeanor has an air of "been there, done that, got the T-shirt" but 
>her only romantic relationship we know of is with Viktor, and that 
>seem largely epistolary. How does she know so well how other girls 
>behave? She's given to spells, but in a different sense than other 
>girls. So how does she know?
>  
>

I don't find it that puzzling. I was a lot like Hermione in school 
(always with my nose in books- I wish I'd had her marks!), and I knew a 
lot about what was going on around me, even if I didn't experience it 
myself. If you shut your mouth and just listen, you learn a whole lot of 
things you wouldn't normally. Girls talk. A lot. Especially when there 
are not boys around. Hermione's mentioned girls talking in the toilets, 
and I imagine a lot of talking goes on in the dormitories, as well, and 
anywhere else boys aren't allowed to go (showers?). There are things 
she'd overhear without meaning to/being able to avoid it (also taking 
into account that girls don't generally care if you hear it if you're 
not in their clique/think you're socially inferior/aren't paying 
attention). Her lack of experience isn't such a big deal, and I suspect 
she takes that tone 1) because it's old news to her and she thought it 
was obvious, and possibly 2) to annoy them. ;)

Thren