SHIP: Questions...

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No: HPFGUIDX 12524

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "Ebony Elizabeth Thomas" <ebonyink at h...> 
wrote:
> Cassie wrote:
> >I don't think this necessarily means that I don't like Ron, which 
is
> >an accusation often leveled at us H/H types...I like him okay. I 
just
> >don't like him with Hermione. However, if the books do tend that 
way,
> >I will survive. After all, Little Women is still one of my 
favorite
> >childhood books, even though I have never forgiven Louisa May 
Alcott
> >for what she did to Jo and Laurie -- a horrendous mistake IMHO. 
<g>
> >
> 
> Cassie is the third H/H-type that I've seen make this comment re: 
LMA within 
> the past two days.  I'd be interested to see what R/Hers thought of 
the 
> ending of *Little Women*.
> 
> Perhaps there's more of a trend here than we think.
> 

I must disappoint you here, Ebony. I'm an R/H-er and I also 
firmly believe that Jo and Laurie belong together. OT: I see it as 
part and parcel of LMA's turning Jo into the stereotypical "good 
woman" - wifely, maternal, very UNsexual. The way I see it, Laurie 
scares Jo because he can spark the passionate, sexual side of her. 
Back on topic (sort of): Strange that you connect the Jo-Laurie 
concern with H/H. To me, Jo and Laurie have a very R/H relationship. 

Naama