Fanfic Ships (was Re: H/H v H/R)

[Cassandra Claire]

No: HPFGUIDX 7618

--- In HPforGrownups at egroups.com, "Ebony " <ebonyink at h...> wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at egroups.com, foxmoth at q... wrote:
> >  Having dabbled my toes  in the fan fic waters, I have formed a
> > theory about why fic authors lean to  H/H. Harry is a romantic 
hero. Despite his down to earth  character, he  has the glamour of 
his special destiny. Ron, on the other hand, is  "normal" . Writing 
about  R/He, one has to work a lot harder to   make  the relationship 
interesting. Does that make sense?
> 
> Actually, in recent weeks, the R/H and D/H ships have dominated the 
> fandom.  I also think that there are some very good D/H fics and a 
> growing number of R/H fics that are quite good... and R/H is 
> emphatically *not* my ship of preference.
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I've noticed that the R/H ship has been dominating the fandom lately, 
at least in terms of quantity, if emphaitically *not* in terms of 
quality. It has always seemed to me that for some reason the 
older/more experienced fandom writers tend to write H/H, H/D or no 
ship at all, while the R/H ship has been left to the much younger 
writers and consequently most of them are terrible. I recall way back 
on this egroup someone (maybe Penny?) having a theory as to why that 
was, but not what the theory was.
Lately, thanks to you (Ebony), B. Bennett, morgead, and a few others, 
there have finally been some really good and readable R/H fics out 
there. *ponders* On the plus side with R/H, you don't have to deal 
with the "How would Ron react" problem that you do when writing H/H , 
but then again on the minus side Ron lacks that special glamour that 
Harry, as the hero, has, (hides while Ron fans scream) and so you 
have to work a lot harder to make the story not just cuddly but 
actually interesting.
And with that, I will once again retire to my asbestos igloo...

Cassie