But it makes less sense that a boy would suddenly be attracted to a hot girl he never even thought about, previously.
Actually, I think it would make sense if they were both adolescents. I do think it's supposed to be a sort of "My, how you've grown" situation. Unfortunately we're not actually told that Ginny now has big tits, but Harry starts to find Ginny attractive around when she becomes a knockout (judging by how suddenly everybody agrees how pretty she is). There's a bit of a lag, but I assume that's supposed to be explained by Harry seeing her as Ron's little sister and so needing to catch up with his body reacting to her like she's a girl.
What's missing, of course, is the description of this. Harry's sexual desire remains a mystery even from himself (we get coy references to "dreams that would upset Ron" or whatever, but that's after he's started liking her and is smelling her in his love potion). It's like someone said about being more in Harry's head than in Zuko's. It's not so much that we need more to understand why Harry's attracted, imo, it's that from the view inside his head he doesn't really seem to find her attractive. If we were watching from the outside we'd probably mistakenly think he's crushing on her earlier and get that it's because she's pretty and awesome now.
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Date: 2008-10-02 07:01 pm (UTC)Actually, I think it would make sense if they were both adolescents. I do think it's supposed to be a sort of "My, how you've grown" situation. Unfortunately we're not actually told that Ginny now has big tits, but Harry starts to find Ginny attractive around when she becomes a knockout (judging by how suddenly everybody agrees how pretty she is). There's a bit of a lag, but I assume that's supposed to be explained by Harry seeing her as Ron's little sister and so needing to catch up with his body reacting to her like she's a girl.
What's missing, of course, is the description of this. Harry's sexual desire remains a mystery even from himself (we get coy references to "dreams that would upset Ron" or whatever, but that's after he's started liking her and is smelling her in his love potion). It's like someone said about being more in Harry's head than in Zuko's. It's not so much that we need more to understand why Harry's attracted, imo, it's that from the view inside his head he doesn't really seem to find her attractive. If we were watching from the outside we'd probably mistakenly think he's crushing on her earlier and get that it's because she's pretty and awesome now.