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

[Bart Lidofsky]

No: HPFGUIDX 164452

>> >>Carol:
>> Maybe Harry is just a bit more mature than Ron (which I hate to say 
>> because I like Ron, but he's very much a kid even at seventeen).
>
>Betsy Hp:
>That's probably what JKR is going for, yes.  Personally I don't like 
>the idea that an interest in sex is a mark of the immature but there 
>you are.  And of course, Ron's interest is always couched in comic 
>terms.  Whereas Harry is always more interested in personality than 
>looks, bless him.  (Um, unless of course it's a guy. <eg>)

Bart:
This also emphasizes Harry's resistance to mind control. One must assume that an Imperious Curse gives a LOT more pleasure than viewing an attractive member of the gender with whom one would normally mate. 

Here's a thought: Is the Imperious Curse addictive? From the description, it SHOULD be. 

Bart