One Big, Happy Weasley Family

[Penny & Bryce Linsenmayer]

No: HPFGUIDX 10852

Hi --

Taking advantage of the fact that painkillers are working momentarily to
respond to a few things (I've got the flu -- ugh!)....

"One Big Happy Weasley Family" -- I really am a hopeless romantic in alot
of ways, but this possibility is too sappy even for me.  <g>  Sorry, but
it just seems entirely too cliche for JKR.  I can't imagine the story
that she's been itching to write for over 10 yrs would really end on such
a "polly-anna" note.  Not to mention the fact that Hermione would have to
like Ron romantically (which I think is unlikely) and Ginny would
actually have to develop a backbone.  I don't disagree with the notion
that Ginny might be fleshed out more in coming books ... but, let's face
it, despite all the predictions to the contrary, she remained very much a
sidelines character in GoF.

And ... if the Weasleys are Harry's "surrogate family," then wouldn't he
be even more inclined to regard Ginny as a *sister* rather than a
potential romantic mate?  Then again, I've never understood why people
are so quick to say that H & H have a "sibling-like" relationship but
that R & H don't.  All that bickering?  Sounds like siblings to me!  And,
it's not just sweet "oh, isn't that cute" spats -- Harry took refuge in
the owlery at least once in GoF because the R/H sniping was too
unpleasant to be around.  Doesn't sound like a marriage made in heaven to
*me*!

Kathy said:

> This was my reaction when I read about the "Harry Problem"--what problem?
> I can see him feeling a little weird initially, but it doesn't ever seem to
> bother him when Hermione and Ron do their own thing now, and they do spend
> quite a bit of time together away from him as it is.  The only time I can
> think of that it bothered him was the first Hogsmead trip, and that was
> only because he couldn't go to the village.
>
Ron & Hermione attend Quidditch matches together (when they're speaking
to one another that is).  But, that's obvious because Harry is
participating.  I can't agree without further evidence that Ron &
Hermione spend "quite a bit" of time together away from Harry as is.  I
frankly don't see how it's possible to argue that a H/H romance *would*
affect Trio dynamics but a R/H romance *would not* have any effect on the
Trio.  That really undercuts the notion that Harry needs his friends,
doesn't it?

> As one R/H-er said to me recently, "Sometimes I wonder if they're even reading
> the same books we are!"  But it keeps things lively anyway!
>
My response would be "apparently not" (reading the same books that is)!
<g>  Seriously, I think we're reading the same books, but the
interpretations are just vastly different.  I'm very interested that
Ebony has some theories that suggest that H/H'ers view the canon
differently than R/H'ers in a variety of respects, not just shipping.

I'm also interested in DrMM's comparison of Arthur/Ron & Molly/Hermione.
Personally, I can't imagine very many similarities between Molly &
Hermione, but I'll be quite interested to hear her thoughts.

Ebony said:

> We've been at war long enough, my dear H/H friends.  How about we
> throw the party to end all parties?  (C'mon--you *know* we're the
> party crowd!)  And while we're at it--why not pour out some of these
> theories we've been keeping in our wine closets like rare champagne?
> (Unless we're still aging them properly, of course.  If that is the
> case, we shall wait for a more special occasion.)
>
Oh .... I'd let 'em age a bit more.  But, I shan't object if you want to
uncork a few of them, Eb!

Now, it appears to me that the Good Ship R/H got lots of vocal recruits
in the last 48 hrs or so.  Can we call a cessation to the whole notion
that this list is loudly & vehmently pro-H/H?  Enough already!  You guys
have plenty of mates aboard -- that much is evident.  <g>

Penny


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