Insecurities & Romance pairings

[Dr M M]

No: HPFGUIDX 2865

--- In ParadigmOfUncertainty at egroups.com, cassandraclaire73 at y... wrote:

> *grins* Yes, I did say that. And I also said that if one identifies 
> with Hermione, as many of us do given the lack of another strong 
> female character to identify with, then one wants her to have the 
> best, and the best is *Harry.* I got yelled at a lot for *that* 
> remark. (And I hadn't even read PoU when I made it!) It's not that I 
> don't like Ron -- who doesn't like Ron? But, as previously discussed, 
> his insecurities and jealousies make him unappealing boyfriend 
> material for Hermione, and as for the 'consolation prize' arguement, 
> I think that's condescending not just to Hermione but to Ron as well. 
> *hmph.*

You know, I can't buy the arguement that Harry's such great boyfriend
material.  Let's see. . . he's rich, he's famous and he's very much a
nice guy.  Now, that makes him decent boyfriend material.

However, think about all the idiotic things that Harry does.  In both the
first three books he willingly throws himself into a life and death
situation.  In SS/PS he goes after Quirrel himself even knowing that he
could well die.  In CoS he tells no one besides Ron and the uselsess
Lockheart about the basilisk even though he could have gone to some of
the other teachers for help (I'm quite sure McGonagall would have been
willing to listen).  In PoA he goes after Sirius without running for
help, or even sending Hermione to get help as he does in SS/PS.  Would
you want a boyfriend constantly risking his life like that?  While it may
be fun in a fantasy realm it would really suck in the real world.

And while I know Harry always does it for a reason and his life or death
situation in GoF isn't his fault, I'm still not sure he would be the
"perfect" mate for anyone -- including Hermione.

btw, I'm switching e-mails soon. . . so if you start seeing posts by
drmm at fuuko.com it's still the same person ;)

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