[HPforGrownups] Digest Number 473

[summers.65 at osu.edu]

No: HPFGUIDX 10115

Charmian wrote:

> b)someone who just isn't interested in entire romance aspect of the
> series in general ("who cares about their love lives. What I'm
> burning to read is a fanfic that resolves the student population
> issue and the wand order thingy convincingly")

That would be me. I think romance isn't the focus of the books, nor yet
even a plot device, and discussing the fluff isn't appealing. Especially
since most of the characters in question are in their early adolescence.

--Amanda, proud no-shipper

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First of all, Amanda, you're absolutely free to be a no-shipper until your
dying day if you wish.

However I feel compelled to address a few of the comments made above.

1.  Overemphasis on romance.  The soul of fiction, any kind of fiction
whether it be sci-fi, fantasy, mystery, whatever, is the characters and
their relationships to each other and the plot in which they find
themselves.  Romance and friendship are key elements of that.

2.  One can write about romance without having it be the entire focus of
the story.  I'll have to use myself as an example...there is significant
romantic element to PoU but it exists within the context of a story with a
plot that isn't about romance.

3.  Interpersonal relationships are fluff?  Perhaps, except that it's what
defines us as a species and drives our every actions as people.

4.  Early adolescents?  Many of us write about the characters as adults.
The reason I chose to do so is that I was uncomfortable writing about
teenagers.

Lori


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Lori   "Hi-Keeba"  Summers

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