Cinderella syndrome

[auroraalma]

No: HPFGUIDX 31584

 jenbea wrote
> 
>  I found this post incredibly thought provoking. I found it so for 
> these reasons: because 1. The main character of the book is not 
> Hermione, it's Harry, and secondly, 2. I'm willing to bet that the 
> majority of the this list is not female. Even if it is an even 50/50 
> split between the sexes, it still would not explain this 
> extraordinary interest in who Hermione ends up with romantically at 
> the end of the books. Not all of us can be identifying with Hermione 
> and her brainy, bushy-haired character.

I found your post very interesting. I am sure that there is a lot of truth to
your idea and overall I agree. I just want to add a few points.

Harry may be the main character, but it is possible that more people
identify with Hermione because at this point in the books, she is more
mature than  Harry ( no howlers please!!!) and we are, after all, 'grown ups'.
It is possible this is true because she is a girl which might be a reflection
on our soceity expecting girls to grow up faster or maybe they just do 
naturally. Maybe she really is a year older than Harry and Ron 
( I am hoping not to bring up discussion on this again).

Maybe she is more mature because JK Rowling was a girl, and so puts more of
herself into Hermione and thus made her more mature. Perhaps because of
indetfication with Hermione  she will want to pair Hermione off with some one,
 perhaps not, seeing as JK Rowling  seems to be happy being single.

Also Hermione is the only one who seems clued in to the word of romance
(wants to be asked, isn't horrified at the thought of dancing, gets dressed up
etc., adroitly manages more than one offer) so this may be why shippers focus on her.

Personally I am shipper in that I think Hermione will be paired up with one of
Harry or Ron, I just don't know who ( or feel strongly one way or another) 
and this is primarily because she is my favourtie character and I want her to be happy
and to get more "screen time" which might not happen if she ended up with some else
or didn't pair up at all.
Aurora