Manditory introduction, various thoughts (size of school, fan fiction FAQ, etc.)

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No: HPFGUIDX 10092

Welcome, Teresa... or do you prefer Teek?

--- In HPforGrownups at egroups.com, Teresa McKeever <purdymango1 at y...> 
wrote:
> > Aaannd finally, Post-War Possibilities:
> 
> Someone (Martin, maybe? oh dear, this isn't making a cohesive
> impression) wrote that it's likely that Harry would have PTSD after 
a life and death show down with V. A couple people have said this 
seems unlikely since Harry's dealt with horrible events well. 

Oh, I didn't see those posts at all!  I agree with this totally.  
Fics that just pretend that when all is said and done Harry will 
revel in the fame and become a millionaire playboy make me want to 
gag.  I subscribe to Jim Ferer's Seclusion Theory wholeheartedly.

> 
> I doubt that Harry, after dealing with the war, would be immediately
> able to form any kind of romantic bond, even with his best friends.
> It seems probable even Hermione and Ron will be unable to really
> understand, at least in Harry's eyes. Maybe Lori just got to my
> impressionable mind first, but I'd say a H/H pairing would only be
> possible on the "soul-mates" level that most fic writers attribute 
to them after many years. It seems like a waste of a deep connection 
to let them off as only a casual dating pair, since it doesn't seem 
like their type. Ron and Hermione, maybe, but it seems like this 
Saving the World stuff weighs increasingly heavily on Harry's mind.

(Very wicked cackle.)  Our commander-in-chief does it again.  Score 
yet another recruit in the H/H column.  Be sure to vote in the poll, 
Teek.  :-)

> Alright. That's all for now, and here's my solemn promise to try not
> to hide in the woodwork, as I'm all too prone to do. Unless I've 
made an utter fool of myself.
> 

No, don't lurk!  You're quite welcome around here.

--Ebony AKA AngieJ