[HPforGrownups] Re: One Big, Happy Weasley Family

[Carole Estes]

No: HPFGUIDX 10908


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From: <moongirlk at yahoo.com>
>
> --- In HPforGrownups at y..., cassandraclaire at m... wrote:
>
>
> Then why make the comparison?  I'm not asking for the natural laws of
> the universe to be broken, just for the poor kid to get a loving,
> supportive, happy place to be after it's all over.  Why is that so
> bad?  I admit it's not necessarily the most realistic, or the
> most likely thing to happen, but I can't for the life of me understand
> why people seem to feel it's a bad thing to wish for.  If there were
> an option for me in my life to get the happy family scenario, I
> certainly wouldn't pass it up to avoid being cliche. Would you?
>

Why does Harry have to marry Ginny in order to have the Weasleys as part of
his family?  Harry is and always will be a part of that family, no matter
who he ends up with.

> , but I don't think I'd be alone in
> > finding it cloying. One of the most attractive aspects of the HP
> > books, and part of the reason I believe it appeals so much to
> adults,
> > is its bracing lack of sentimentality. When Harry finds out he has a
> > loving godfather, he * doesn't* get to go live with him and spend
> the
> > rest of his summers toasting marshmallows with Sirius on camping
> > trips.
>
> YET - you can't allow something like that to happen in book 3 of a 7
> book series that depends on pathos, but at the end, why not allow them
> to have that relationship?

Too easy....as Penny just posted...I really can't see JKR tying everything
up in a nice happy bow!

> I always see JKR
> > choosing the less sentimental, less **pathos-driven narrative path
> and
> > I don't see why she'd change that when the series ends.
>
> Because happy endings requires unhappy beforehand?

But just because its not One big happy weasely family does not mean its not
a happy ending for Harry!  It just might happen that Harry meets a wonderful
exchange student in the end and lives happily ever after....the OBHWF is not
the only happy ending possible.

Dare I say Harry might fall in love with Hermione and still have a happy
ending?

> Kimberly,
> who doesn't mind cliches if they allow her heros to be happy

But why can't the hero be happy in a story that wasn't cliched...then the
readers would be happier.

carole
who does not pretend to be a spokesperson for cassie...she just plays one on
this list.