Harry Potter, REALLY for Grown-Ups (well, PG-13 anyway)

[Ken Hutchinson]

No: HPFGUIDX 164403

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Steve" <bboyminn at ...> wrote:
>
> Further-further, I suspect that
> with the tightly controlled and heavily supervised 
> environment of Boarding School there are very few 
> opportunities for such activity; not none, but few. 
> 

Ken:

I agree with the general sentiment that the details would be out of
place given the intended audience. I suspect that the scenes that have
been mentioned here as possible hints of off stage activity probably
are just that. In general I don't see a problem with the neglect of
this area, again because of the intended audience. However it does
raise problems with the Room of Requirements. I mean what space in the
castle would be better for romantic interludes than that? What space
would be almost certain to be discovered by every new class even if
the upper classes did try to keep it a secret for themselves? You
can't say that the ROR is too heavily watched by the teachers and
staff, look at what Draco did there for a whole school year or at what
the DA did there until sold out by a snitch. The ROR has been such a
powerful tool for student mischief that it is totally implausible that
it hasn't been made strictly off limits to the student body by magical
means. 

Ken