The Trio and the nature of love

[msl at fc.net]

No: HPFGUIDX 10950

Awwoooga!  Bravo, Jim, for a grand post.  Reading it reminded me of 
the Lord of the Rings and the friendship that forms between the 
members of the Fellowship, especially Samwise and Frodo.  By the end 
of the story they've gone through so much that their inhibitions sort 
of fall away, and their friendship and mutual encouragement is 
expressed in a language of love that's simultaneously homely and 
sublime; it's difficult not to cry when I read those passages.

I'm also reminded of "love in the trenches," "brothers in arms," and 
so on. People who go to war together do develop intense emotional, 
sometimes even physical, bonds; and yet these bonds rarely transform 
after the war into domestic arrangements.  They are made possible in 
part because while the war goes on everyone involved is denied the 
choice to live as they see fit, and so they make do as best they 
can.  But once the war is over that choice returns; the characters of 
your fellows and yourself begin to expand and in freedom take on 
aspects that might not have been apparent in the foxhole or trench.

The buddies will likely get together to reminisce as years go by, but 
they aren't likely to spend the rest of their lives seeking one 
another out.

I think that once the "war" ends, if everybody survives, our trio 
will find themselves gradually turning into very different people, as 
we all do, becoming more unique and more ourselves.  Unless JKR goes 
in for mawkish sentimentalism, our heros will have to face another 
great adventure, adulthood, each in their own way, and very likely 
without turning to one another for permanent companionship.

Marvin
Austin, TX
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