Misc comments (Shipping and Ron/Sirius parallels)

[drmm at fuuko.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 11022

Having just gotten back from my first post-college job interview 
(teaching English in Japan), I've decided to make a few minor comments 
 . . . 

Um, due to the recent creation of the H/G ship, I've decided to
create a clone and split it between that ship and the Snape/Lily ship 
I'm creating (both of those ships are IMO far more unlikely than R/H 
so they only get my single clone. . . ).  About the whole "One Big 
Happy Family" issue. . . I honestly think by the time we get to the 
end of the books, a cheesy happy ending will be a huge relief after 
all the death and mayam . . . . And, while cliche isn't exactly my 
favorite thing, I have no objection to it if it's done well, which JKR
*would*. I only object to bad cliche.

So, here's a possible H/G ship slogan: "One Big Happy Family isn't 
such a bad thing."

On a completely unrelated note (well, maybe slightly R/H related as 
it's a semi-defense of Ron, but not really), I've decided to come up 
with a bunch of parallels between Ron & Sirius to confuse the 
Ron-dislikers but Sirius-likers . . .

1.  They both have tempers.  We've seen *tons* of times that Ron has 
gotten upset, and Sirius' actions in the Shrieking Shack don't show a 
whole lot of calmness of mind IMO.  A person with a calmer temperment 
(and I don't understand why Lupin went along with Sirius) would have 
realized that taking Peter to the authorities would be a better
action than killing him . . . 
2.  Fiercely loyal to their friends.  Ron *always* loses his temper 
when his friends are insulted (Malfoy calling Hermione a mudblood, 
etc.) and when they're in danger (trying to get Harry to leave in PoA 
when they think he's a killer, sacrificing himself in the chess game 
so that Harry & Hermione can continue).  Sirius is willing to risk
his life to save Lily & James and is willing to kill the person who 
betrayed them (although I don't think that's terribly wise or 
thoughtful of him).
3.  They both do really *really* stupid things.  No matter what
people say about how Sirius was only 16 (or was it ever stated how old 
he was then?) when he pulled the werewolf stunt with Snape, I think 
that it shows *far* more immaturity than anything Ron has done.  
Stopping speaking to a friend for a stupid reason isn't on par with 
causing a possible death and who knows what dire consequences to a 
*friend*.  I don't need to comment on Ron's stupidity because we've 
already seen it ;)  Sirius probably wasn't thinking clearly when he 
did it, but nor do I think Ron has been thinking clearly when he's 
gotten into the silly fights with his friends (although really, I 
don't think the Crookshanks incident was entirely his fault & Harry 
showed just as much immaturity in the Firebolt incident as Ron did).

Don't get me wrong, I don't dislike Sirius (although really, since 
Snape is my favorite character, I don't quite understand that werewolf 
incident).  I just think if people give him a break for doing stupid 
things in his youth, they should pass it on to Ron too.

And I still think that the fight in GoF will (and probably has)
helped Ron mature and realize that *some* things are more important 
than pride.

Errr, that's all I can think of at the moment.  If I think of more 
(and if people find this interesting) I'll try and post them.

DrMM (who's been most opinionated on-list lately, and who would like 
to announce how much she despises yahoo (the whole "you must list
your birthday and zip code" really ticks her off which is why all that
info is totally untrue -- and who is most distressed to find out that 
her server is down or has crashed and her e-mail account won't be 
working for a bit. . . )