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No: HPFGUIDX 179705

Shelley:
> > YES, YES that chest monster! I know  she  was
trying to keep the
book
> PG and
> > all, but   please. We all know that "something
else" rises to the
>  occasion
> > when a boy really thinks about a girl. (I  still
remember telling
a
> guy that

SNIP
 
. Maybe it was Rowling's
way of trying  to
> "keep it
>  > clean" while getting the point across that  Harry
was growing  up?
> >
>
>
> ***Katie:
>
> I could not  agree more! I am sure she was trying to
keep a PG
rating
> on that,  but it was an awful phrase...somehow it
seemed  grosser
than  a
> wet dream would have! I also really hated all the  
awkward
desriptions
> of Harry's dreams about Ginny...come on. When  
you're 16 or 17, you
are
> not dreaming about kissing and that's  it!  It would
have been better
to
> just leave it out,  IMO.
>
>
> Or maybe if she's not picked a specific  phrase...if
she'd just  said
> something like, "Harry's feelings  for Ginny
tightened his  chest..."
I
> don't know! But I did  cringe every time I read
"chest   monster".
Ick.
>
>
> Katie
>

Well, I   think it depends on your experience. There
was a time when
explicit  sexual  information was not available...and
dreams tended to
be about  what one knew  about...so I don't think that
dreaming just
about  kissing is  unrealistic....particularly in JKR's
world, which is
not  ours...

MOST ANNOYING CHARACTER...

Unquestionably, the most  annoying  character would
have to be Ron
Weasley.

With Lav Lav  coming in a  close second.

He has no manners. Look at the way he  behaves at the
Yule  Ball. EVERY
SINGLE TIME we watch the movie, I  remind my children
NEVER to  behave
as Ron (and Harry) did at the  Yule Ball. One must
ALWAYS be polite
and dance with one's date. (Ychhh).  He is so totally
and completely
whiny and self-centered.
The whole  thing in the Goblet of Fire is  disgusting.
He abandons
Harry and  totally gives way to jealousy. He acts  like
a ten year old
in the  Deathly Hallows.
Why Hermione EVER gave him a  second glance is  TOTALLY
beyond me...

Definitely Grawp is stupid, and   irrelevant.....and
found the
Hagrid/Grawp subplot  stupid.

Susan