Just like in PoA, in the scene where Trelawney tells Lavender that the the thing she was dreading would come to past - my first thought was immediately 'her first period.'
Huh, that never occurred to me. Though I have wondered, if Hermione had been the protagonist, how JKR would have dealt with that. She wouldn't be obliged to ignore it or cope with it symbolically, as she is with a lot of the signs of Harry's puberty. It might have been interesting to get a sense of wizarding attitudes about that.
Also, interesting points on the relationship between outer and inner beauty in the Potterverse. It's something I've noticed coming up in fanon a lot, but I'd never seriously considered the canon examples.
Yeah, it's funny -- when people start slagging off on the fannish tendency to "pretty up" characters when they writing them sympathetically, I'm first in line. But at the same time, it has a solid basis in canon, especially if you're writing Harry's POV.
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Huh, that never occurred to me. Though I have wondered, if Hermione had been the protagonist, how JKR would have dealt with that. She wouldn't be obliged to ignore it or cope with it symbolically, as she is with a lot of the signs of Harry's puberty. It might have been interesting to get a sense of wizarding attitudes about that.
Also, interesting points on the relationship between outer and inner beauty in the Potterverse. It's something I've noticed coming up in fanon a lot, but I'd never seriously considered the canon examples.
Yeah, it's funny -- when people start slagging off on the fannish tendency to "pretty up" characters when they writing them sympathetically, I'm first in line. But at the same time, it has a solid basis in canon, especially if you're writing Harry's POV.