They were just waiting for the author to write in a big lame school event that no normal teenager would actually go to.
Hee, yeah. The Yule Ball is both very similar to and very different from my high school dance experiences. All the embarrassments over dates is familiar to me (more familiar than I'd like), but where are the students complaining about the stupid dance (but secretly dying to go)? Where are the students making a big fuss that they're not allowed to dance however they want, i.e. practically having sex with their clothes on? Where are the kids whining about the music choices? The girls surveying and judging everyone's outfit? Where are the kids who smuggle the alcohol in and then end up drunk in the bathroom at the end of the night? And where are the after parties?
It's too bad - Harry missed out on all the fun parts of a school dance!
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Date: 2007-07-06 07:35 pm (UTC)Hee, yeah. The Yule Ball is both very similar to and very different from my high school dance experiences. All the embarrassments over dates is familiar to me (more familiar than I'd like), but where are the students complaining about the stupid dance (but secretly dying to go)? Where are the students making a big fuss that they're not allowed to dance however they want, i.e. practically having sex with their clothes on? Where are the kids whining about the music choices? The girls surveying and judging everyone's outfit? Where are the kids who smuggle the alcohol in and then end up drunk in the bathroom at the end of the night? And where are the after parties?
It's too bad - Harry missed out on all the fun parts of a school dance!