FF: PoU Harry has Ron-like qualities??? (was RON)

[Penny & Bryce Linsenmayer]

No: HPFGUIDX 11851

Hi --

> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Kathleen Kelly MacMillan" <kathleen at carr.org>
>
> > Well...as an unnamed crewmate mentioned recently, the only reason
> she
> could stand PoU Harry was that he had so many Ron-like qualities in
> him.

I'd be very very interested to know which aspects of PoU Harry's
character are "Ron-like" in your mind (and/or in the mind of your
unnamed crewmate).  Please elaborate.  <g>

PoU Harry is, IMO, very much an accurate extrapolation of Harry 8-9
years post-Hogwarts (and of course 8-9 yrs post-defeat of Voldy).  I
don't see any canon-Ron qualities in PoU Harry.  None.  Are you thinking
that PoU Harry has characteristics that would apply to an adult fanfic
Ron?

Harry in PoU just seems to me to be a grown-up Harry -- aged
realistically.  Well, I probably wouldn't have made him a swing-dancing
ace, but Lori wrote that part in before GoF (and didn't have 14 yr old
Harry's comment about "I don't dance" -- not that 26 yr old Harry
couldn't have had a change of heart somewhere along the way).  Anyway,
the bottom line is that PoU Harry is still very much Harry at base.
Just as PoU Hermione is aged so realistically.  I think Lori did an
excellent job of evaluating the characters and extrapolating their basic
characteristics to come up with believable adult characters for her
fanfic.

IMO, PoU is not just well-written from a technical perspective.  It's
also *believable* -- that's what has made it one of the most followed
and beloved HP fanfics.

> Anyway, this whole thing started with my perfectly innocent comment
> that
> I'm starting to find Harry kinda boring, and it's true--I am really
> more
> interested in the other characters' perspectives at this point.  But
> I've
> said this before, so I'll shut up now and dream of Weasleys...

Like Carole pointed out, you won't get the perspective of any other
characters from canon.  I guess you'll have to be satisfied with the R/H
fanfic offerings.  <g>

Kathy -- I thought you just said yesterday that Harry wasn't all that
boring or you wouldn't be trudging through all these emails every day.
I must admit to a bit of confusion.  I think you're saying that he's
boring as a potential romantic partner but not so boring as a character
that you can't stand to read about him????  Can you clarify?  I confess
to being a bit confused about the whole "Harry is boring" line.

Penny


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