> > 

> > > > My point being, if Harry had been female, I don't think it'd 

> have 

> > made

> > > > any

> > > > difference, as long as she had the same adventures et al that 

> > Harry

> > > > has.

> 

> Actually, I have to disagree slightly... some things may have changed.

> 

> As a boy, Harry tends to keep things more quiet and to repress 

> emotions. Males in general tend to bottle up emotion, and rarely just 

> sit and have a nice talk. A girl usually will. As a girl, Harr-ieta 

> (haha) might be more open about confessing certain things. And 

> besides, as a girl, she might develop some cozy feelings for Draco 

> once those hormones get flowing...

> 

> Speaking of Draco, certain confrontations might not quite play out the 

> way they did in canon if Harry were a girl. I don't know whether Draco 

> is the kind of boy who will strike a girl, but he didn't strike me (no 

> pun intended) as that type- Hermione struck him in third year and he 

> didn't retaliate physically- or even verbally, even though no teachers 

> were around. Even though Harry and Ron were there, he's done nasty 

> things to Herm while the boys were around (calling her Mudblood). Of 

> course, the lack of retaliation could have been due to shock, but...

> 

> - Celeste Chang

> 

Of course, in that scenario, we could also have Hermione striking Dracoline (ok, you figure out a name  I'm at a loss).  Dracoline strikes back. They grab each other's hair and end up having a good old fashioned cat-fight.  (sorry)
I would think, though, that a lot of the characters/scenes would change if there were a female protagonist.  I don't see Dudley & his friends getting any satisfacton tracking down/beating up a scrawny girl.  Since she wouldn't be direct competition for Dudley, would Aunt Petunia be more inclined to treat her as the daughter she never had? 
Would Harr-ieta have been "the spitting image of her mom, but with her dad's eyes"?  Or simply a female James with Lily's eyes?
Also in PoA people would have had to assume SB was after Ron - otherwise he would have broken in to the girl's dormitory to get Harr-ieta.
Would Myrtle have watched/talked to her in the bath? (GoF)
 I'm done rambling for now.  I just don't see everything else being able to remain the same with Harry as a girl.
a.

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