[HPforGrownups] Re: Harry Potter, REALLY for Grown-Ups (well, PG-13 anyway)

[Bart Lidofsky]

No: HPFGUIDX 164419

Steve wrote:
> First, Bart, what happens on-the-page and what happens 
> off-the-page are entirely different things. If you want 
> to find out what happens 'off-page' just read Fan Fiction
> and you will discover that students are snogging and
> shagging all over the place in every imaginable 
> combination and with every imaginable predilection for
> assorted fetishes. Though the Astronomy Tower seems to
> be everyone's favorite, and Draco usually has a tendency
> toward BDSM. 

Bart:
	The fan fiction is one of the reasons I'm glad the series is going to 
end in Book 7. Marion Zimmer Bradley made the mistake of allowing and 
even encouraging fan fiction for her "Darkover" series. It worked out 
fine. That is, until she had a novel which some fan complained was too 
close to that fan's stories. Result: The novel never got published, and 
she withdrew all permission for fan fiction.

	As far as Draco's tendencies, well he DID Imperius Rosie.

Steve:
> As far as 'on-page' consider most TV sit-coms, they
> usually include teenage kids, why don't they all play
> out like a cheap porn movies? Now modern sit-coms are
> more likely to tackle certain issues of a sexual nature
> but they do so with an extremely delicate hand. There
> are 'Standards and Practices' censors who keep tight
> control on such matters.

Bart:
	They may not, but a lot of their friends do. And there are all sorts of 
euphemisms used ("Jane plays around, but I don't"). I did start off by 
saying that not all teenagers have sex; just some.

	Bart