Fiction books in WW was :Re: DH reread CH 6-7

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> Geoff:
> True, I'd forgotten that. But, in general terms, in the past some 
> contributors have said something like "But that hasn't been stated 
> specifically in canon.."
>  
> To that, I have replied , "Possibly because it's not relevant." I have 
> pointed out that we are not told when Harry or anyone else goes 
> to the toilet or has a bath (except perhaps if GOF). The school  
> menu for each day is not discussed 
> 
> We do not see lengthy descriptions of the students in "off duty" 
> moments unless it is germane to the plot. Most of the time that 
> reading is mentioned, it involves people in the library and the 
> reasons they are there is usually to study and complete 
> assignments. I suspect that if there is any fiction in the library, 
> there will be very little of it.
> 
> Although, there must surely be some people who read the 
> fictional pages of "The Quibbler"?
> :-)
>

Alla:

Eh, well I will be the first one to say that I believe that narrow interpretation of what is in canon is not my cup of tea. Basically as long as there is a **hint** of something there, I am all for letting our imagination run wild and add the layers, etc. But for me there needs to be at least a hint, as we certainly discovered there is with the WW and fiction reading. However, I find the line of argument that something is not shown because it is irrelevant, but it just has to be there, to be well, strange. Unless it is related to basic human needs, of course, I would have been pretty sure that wizards bathe and use the restroom even if we would have not been shown that.

But how we are supposed to guess that they like fiction if we would not have seen any examples of it? I mean, there are no literature classes in Hogwarts, no? We are shown Ron's comic books as Pippin pointed, but before Beedle how many fiction books did we see? 

I would LOVE to make an assumption that WW loves literature, but unfortunately I find the evidence severely lacking. Even comic books, although I certainly accept as example for what I asked for, I mean, they are not really literature, no?