JKR and the boys (and girls)

[susanmcgee48176]

No: HPFGUIDX 162373

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "k12listmomma" 
<k12listmomma at ...> wrote:
>
besides, we have 
> young Harry's prospective of not even really looking at girls until 
suddenly 
> there's this ball, and he's awakened to the fact "hey, there are 
girls all 
> around me!" He doesn't think of Hermione as a girl potential for a 
date, and 
> I think that is Rowling planning that on purpose, to show that 
Harry is 
> growing up, so that Hermione's beauty is a slight shock to our two 
boys 
> (Harry and Ron), who have been taking her for granted all along as 
the book 
> worm. She's been there all along, I believe every bit as pretty as 
she was 
> at the ball, but once you dress someone up, the transformation can 
be quite 
> an experience in itself, as other guys have mentioned in this 
thread. She 
> didn't change- the boy's prospective of her changed. That's the 
canon that 
> Rowling wrote.

My response:

I agree with you that it's the boys' perspective that changes. 
Remember that Harry didn't even notice that Hermione got rid of her 
very unattractive long molars, but Harry didn't notice until much 
later. 

Susan