SHIP/FF: Adult "Fanfic" Harry & Ron

[Penny & Bryce Linsenmayer]

No: HPFGUIDX 11918

Hi --

I had this composed and then my computer froze up & ate it.  Grr!

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bbennett at joymail.com wrote:

> Kathleen Kelly MacMillan <kathleen at c...> wrote:
>
> > And I also think that PoU Harry enjoys public displays far more
> than canon-Harry would ever do, but that this is something else I
> could see in Ron.
>
> An interesting comment, Kathy. One thing I also thought as I read PoU
> was that Lori's Harry enjoys the spotlight a bit more than I
> personally think he would (I think that after all he's been through,
> he'd avoid anything he associates with "the limelight", including
> speaking at a function such as at the end of PoU, regardless of the
> audience). I suppose that is something I could imagine Ron relishing.

I think PoU Harry *tolerates* the spotlight more than he *enjoys* it (or
seeks it out).  Ron, OTOH, would seek it out and relish it.

> > Penny wrote:
> > >Are you thinking that PoU Harry has characteristics that would
> apply to an adult fanfic Ron?
>
> Kathy wrote:
> > Actually that's a really good observation, Penny.  I think this is
> a big part of it.
>
> Thinking back over PoU (the first fanfiction I read - it's been a
> while!), I think I could see some of this too (that grown PoU Harry
> might have some characteristics I'd imagine in grown Ron).

Okay, I still don't know what these similarities are.  I was making the
assumption that it must be what Kathy meant.  But, I still see very
little likelihood for similarities between extrapolated adult fanfic
Harry and extrapolated adult fanfic Ron.  They're so different in
canon.  And, I just don't see anything about PoU Harry that looks
remotely what I would envision for an adult fanfic Ron.  Can either of
you elaborate? <g>

Kathy:

> After thinking about it more, I think it has a lot to do with PoU Harry's utter focus on
> Hermione, which I see as a distinctly Ron trait.
>
One of these days I'm going to sit down & catalogue every single
interaction between H&H, Ha & R,and He & R.  I don't think that Ron
focuses more on Hermione.  I don't think that Harry is less attentive to
Hermione.  I don't think that Ron & Hermione spend more time together
than with Harry.  I don't think that Ron & Hermione are better friends
than Harry & Hermione.  I don't think Harry cares for Ron more than
Hermione.  The list goes on & on ... I think analysis of the characters'
interactions with one another would bear all this out .... but I'm sure
I can't convince Kathy without statistical proof.

> I am rather taken with the scenario that Harry settles down and
> does something besides saving the world once Voldemort is taken care of,
>
Yeah ... I can picture him settled down happily with Hermione -- 2 kids,
nice boring job at the MoM.  Let me guess: not what you had in mind,
Kathy?  <g>

> while Ron has his chance to shine by doing something Important and Useful like
> fighting evil.
>
I think I'm going to comment more about this in another post (when I get
back from my weekend trip).  I have some thoughts about Ron that
occurred to me as I was listening to the GoF tapes again today ....(I
can hear Neil screaming from across the Atlantic "No, not more stuff I
must add to the Ron FAQ!  No!!")

Penny


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