One big happy family

[Kimberly]

No: HPFGUIDX 7821


I wrote:

> >However if it is Ron and Hermione and Harry and Ginny, everyone's
> >happy.  Harry gets not only a girl who adores him (and I'm hoping 
for
> >some proof in the future that she's worthy of him as well, since 
she's
> >not very fleshed-out yet), he also gets the family he's always 
lacked,
> >and who have specifically shown him the only familial love he's 
ever
> >had.  He (and Hermione both, this way) gets to be an insider in the
> >whole wizard culture for the first time, as he's joining a big old
> >wizarding family.  He also (what could be better?) gets his two 
best
> >friends as brother and sister-in-law, and everyone can gather 
together
> >at the Burrow for wonderful family holidays.  It's just so perfect!
> >To me it's like the pieces of a puzzle fitting together - sure, you
> >can force pieces into other places, but the picture doesn't end up
> >nearly as pretty.
> 

Kathleen wrote:
> Kimberly, have you read "The Best Man" series by Mrs. Weasley?  If 
not, 
> do...from your message I think would really like it.  It's 
definitely one of 
> my favorite R/H stories, and probably the best grown-up R/H, H/G 
story out 
> there.
> 
> Kathy


Kathy,
Thanks for the recommendation.  I haven't read *any* HP fanfic as  yet 
- I don't want it to color my reading of the 'real thing'.  My thought 
is that after I've read the whole series I'll be jonesing for a fix 
much more than now, so I'm trying very hard to wait until then.  I 
will definitely make note of this one though, so I can read it when I 
either give in and start on the fanfic, or have finished the whole 
series.  I'm glad to hear I'm not the only one who feels this way.  I 
will have my fingers crossed for the next few years hoping that 
everything ends up either this way, or with equally overwhelming 
happiness for all my beloved characters.
Maybe there is a character or two we haven't met yet who will drive us 
all to new heights of speculation, but in the mean time, I'll be 
rooting for the 'one big happy family' theory.
Thanks again!
kimberly