[HPforGrownups] SHIP: Little Women and H/H (was- Questions...)

[Rina Stewart]

No: HPFGUIDX 12525

Scott wrote:

<<--I adored 'Little Women'. I agree that I'd loved to have seen Jo end 
up with Laurie. (Rather a H/H type match dontcha think? Is that why 
'we' didn't like it?) However I was quite happy with Jo and the good 
Professor (whose name has left me) in 'Little Men'. Everthing worked 
out well. 
>>

I think it's hard to compare LW and HP, couple-wise. While the Jo/Laurie and Jo/Bhaer couplings can parallel H/H and H/R, it's not really all that close. IE, the three of them were not best friends growing up together, and J/B had a relationship not even close to R/H's. LOL

What this does do, however, is generalize, and I think that's misleading. It kind of assumes that if you prefer the "hero gets the girl" in one series, you'll always like that, which personally doesn't work for me. I don't like to generalize couples, I look at personality. I prefer the way H/R compliment each other to the way that H/H do. As much as I love Laurie and Jo, I'm happy with them being friends, because I think Jo and Bhaer compliment each other better romantically. But if you look at LMM, I'm all about Anne and Gilbert, rather than Anne/Moody or Anne/Roy, because A&G compliment each other best, IMO. Just because I liked "hero gets the girl" (actually, in that case, "herione gets the guy" <g>), doesn't mean I'll always like that. 

Which isn't to say that I'm not interested in hearing about this trend, just that it has to be taken with a measure of salt. <g>

Rina
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