Harry, Ginny and me (was : Harry, Ginny, and age appropriateness...)

[janacooney]

No: HPFGUIDX 136184

Del wrote:

> I'm getting sick of it... I'm being attacked on things that I
> specifically said I don't believe in, my hypothetical counter-
> examples are misused as representations of my true beliefs, and in 
> the meantime the real subject I wanted to talk about is not being 
> addressed. 
 
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> 
> 4. JKR knows she's writing, among other people, for young people 
> who have an immature view of love and romance. That's why I 
> expected herto *explain* what a happy and healthy relationship is, 
> instead of
> assuming that all her readers would know.
> 
> JKR *knows* that way too many girls have an unhealthy interest in
> Draco for example. So she knows that many young girls (and boys)
> *cannot* be trusted to know what a healthy relationship is like. So
> her not explaining (in the book) *why* Ginny and Harry's romance 
> is a  good and healthy one is silly, a lost opportunity, and IMO 
> even dangerous.
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Jana Writes:
 - You accused Harry of abusing Ginny and you did question JK's
writing and you did want to see more romance.  I asked my daughter(13)
     what she thought and she said she pictured H/G walkig around
holding hands and a little kiss every now and then. When I told her
what was said , she thought that  was ridiculus and so she called a
few friends and without telling them what an adult thought, they
responded that Jk did a good job at writng about H/G , they actully
liked guessing what 
happened (and none of it included sex ). I'm not saying that's what
all kids thought , but I can say that for some it did not include sex,
I never even thought of that. I hope this subject closes soon too
because that's about all I've seen lately. I think we'd all like to
talk about somthing else , but it's hard when you bring up and say
such controversal things.