Very well said, especially on the "reproductive organs" thing. >_< The only squickier and unfortunate implication-y bit, which pretty much seems to serve to say "Girls, don't try to make decisions about having sex or getting abortions on your own. Only men should decide that. If you try to do those things on your own, you're an idiot who will probably get raped". D:
One thing though: "And yet, somehow, Hermione managed to be pregnant without it being established that she and Harry were trying for a baby."
Are you referring to baby Benjamin? Because they did plan for him (hence the very squicky line from Hermione "I'm going to conceive tonight, and I want a clear mind to remember every minute of it") I honestly can't remember though, it could be that she got knocked up unexpectedly. Most of the subplots in this thing sort of coagulate together into one big mess of Do Not Want. Although I'd say Amanda's subplot is a pretty big plot hole, given how she says they tired "everything" to be safe. I mean, I know contraceptives sometimes don't work, but really, how convenient! And I don't believe they didn't know about that potion, because we see here that apparently Madame Pomfrey just hands them out to the students. >_
I meant that Hermione had been pregnant here and miscarried as a result of what happened in the last few chapters. It's what the fake-out refers to. We're meant to think right now that she's dead, only for it to be revealed at the beginning of next chapter that "I did everything I could" referred to that instead. I love how the conversation is so clumsily truncated that there's not even a close quote.
One thing though:
"And yet, somehow, Hermione managed to be pregnant without it being established that she and Harry were trying for a baby."
Are you referring to baby Benjamin? Because they did plan for him (hence the very squicky line from Hermione "I'm going to conceive tonight, and I want a clear mind to remember every minute of it") I honestly can't remember though, it could be that she got knocked up unexpectedly. Most of the subplots in this thing sort of coagulate together into one big mess of Do Not Want. Although I'd say Amanda's subplot is a pretty big plot hole, given how she says they tired "everything" to be safe. I mean, I know contraceptives sometimes don't work, but really, how convenient! And I don't believe they didn't know about that potion, because we see here that apparently Madame Pomfrey just hands them out to the students. >_
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