You know, we think of Harry P as a schoolboy, or dressed like a fairly respectable Muggle teenager, but the last couple of books open the possibility of Harry as an angsty Goth teen.

Ron, Harry, and Hermione are now (end of Half-Blood Prince) old enough to legally do things in the UK which would be a bit shocking, at least, in the USA. Harry is the youngest, and the final book will more-or-less start with his 17th Birthday. Ron and Hermione are going to be 18 before the end of that school-year.

It's hard to shake off the film-casting but I can certainly imagine a bunch of hot Goth teen wizards kicking ass.

Ron: Gosh! Hermione, I thought you didn't want to be noticed.

Hermione: They won't be looking at my face.

Message edited on: 09/06/2005 02:33