Question for Snapeophiles and -phobes RE Dumbledore, Snape, and Harry

[alexpie at aol.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 114626

Arrowsmith wrote:

> In another interview
> she recalls that a mother asked her not to write any more bad things
> because she wants "the books to be a happy escape" for her children.
> JKR wonders if she's actually reading the same books because Harry's 
> life is just sheer hell, getting worse book by book.
> 

Well, yes and no.  What the mother in question actually objected to was sex 
rearing its ugly head.  She was upset that Harry (and the rest) might grow into 
normal adolescents, with the attendant crushes and fumbling.  JKR's amusement 
arose from the fact that Harry, and the Wizarding World, are dealing with 
dark times and murder, and that this mother of HP readers was deeply concerned 
about Harry's crush on Cho. (I believe that this came up before the dreaded, 
child-corrupting, kiss in the Room of Requirement).
   What asses parents can be!
Barb


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