Things not overtly mentioned in canon. (was: I am so happy.)

[Geoff Bannister]

No: HPFGUIDX 178142

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "dumbledore11214" <dumbledore11214 at ...> 
wrote:
>
> Well it sounds that there is a gay couple in canon after all. 
> HAHAHAHAHHA. The most unexpected one, I say and told in the 
> interview, but hey, I can live with that.

Geoff:
I can also live with that piece of news, it doesn't unsettle me.

It just goes in with a number of things which are not mentioned and 
have been discussed on the group, because they are not relevant to 
the story.

For example, we had a discussion on chapels quite recently and talked 
about the apparent lack of worship despite the fact that many schools 
in the UK have (or, in some cases, had) such an activity. As some 
members will know, as an evangelical Christian, I've written quite 
often about Christianty in the Potterverse but I never thought about 
this aspect in any detail owing to the state of real world communal 
religious activity in UK schools.

I've light-heartedly remarked in the past that we don't hear about 
Harry going for a bath or even to the toilet! And have we heard much 
about Professor Sinistra and Astronomy lessons?

Why?

Because these matters are not part of the thrust of the story. If you 
were to ask me about my time at grammar school, I could tell you 
a lot but probably wouldn't think of some of the items above as being 
important.