Hermione & JKR

[Rita Winston]

No: HPFGUIDX 3485

--- In HPforGrownups at egroups.com, Penny Linsenmayer <pennylin at s...> 
wrote:

> I think what Carole is driving at is that we have an author who 
> completely controls what happens with these characters.  Whether 
> she's consciously aware of the fact that Hermione is her own
> surrogate in the series or not, one has to assume that her 
> conscious or subconscious feelings may play into the mix *if and
>  when* she puts the characters into romantic relationships. I
> think JKR's favorite character is Harry.  If it were Ron, the 
> stories would center around Ron. (snip)  So . . . . if you're 
> pairing "yourself" off in a fictional universe with one of
> several potential romantic partners, aren't you the least bit 
> likely to put yourself with the *hero,* who happens to be your 
> favorite character?

Hermione is Mary-Sue?

Which leads to: has anyone else here read SILVER METAL LOVER by 
Tanith Lee? My friend loves it because to her it is tragic and 
poetic. I hate it because to me it is absolutely teen-age girl wish 
fulfillment fantasy: 1) when the chubby, bad complexion, brunette 
stops taking her prescription drugs, she automatically becomes a 
tall, thin, platinum-blonde beauty who is a very excellent singer 
despite never having had any vocal training, 2) the wonderful and 
totally talented hero (in the sense of 'romantic lead') devotedly 
loves her because her 'soul' is so spiritual and sensitive (and she 
doesn't have anything except her 'soul' to be loved for), 3) her 
wonderful beloved totally takes care of her, financially, cooking, 
cleaning ... altho' it does make sense that he repairs their 
loathsome poverty apartment into a wonderland while she sleeps, as he 
doesn't ever need sleep, 4) her horrible mother, whom she thinks is 
so cruel to her, is proved to actually *be* remarkably cruel to her 
and other people, and she (daughter) gets to publically expose her 
(mother) as evil. And when I was reading it, I just got so angry at 
each of those scenes, as I said to the book: "I know where THAT 
fantasy comes from, but it doesn't really happen."