[HPforGrownups] OBHWF/Plot Devices

[Rina Stewart]

No: HPFGUIDX 11028

Ebony wrote:

<<Good fiction writing is all about "raising the stakes" at strategic points.  
In all my training as a creative writer, I can't see how the OBHWF scenario 
contributes to any stakes-raising.  ("Oh, great!" said Harry, holding 
Ginny's hand and beaming at Ron and Hermione.  "I knew you two liked each 
other.")  It may be smile-inducing, but it does nothing to raise the stakes.>>

Okay, I don't know HOW, but this little bit inspired me to write a scene for a fic. LOL Lovely little angsty, dramatic action scene followed by Harry saying, "I knew you two liked each other!" <g> I think Ron snaps back, "Why the hell didn't you tell ME that?" And it definitely raised stakes. LOL

<<On the other hand, I humbly suggest that H/H causes an immediate 
stakes-raising in canon--which is why most non-H/H fans--even so-called 
no-shippers--are disquieted by the very idea of it. >>

Well, yes, H/H would raise the stakes. But in it's own way, so would H/R. I'm not sure if it's so much H/Rs are disquieted by change, so much as they have interpreted scenes and lines in a way that leads them to H/R. Plus, this is JKR. I don't think she's going to go the easy route on any story or direction this may take. <g> No matter who Hermione ends up with - Harry, Ron, random guy, or no one - it's almost guaranteed it will be some big plot thing. She doesn't really do something for absolutely no reason, and I don't think this would be different.


<<As JKR has chosen to focus on the theme of friendship rather than romance up 
to this point, I can't see her writing romance for romance's sake.  I do see 
her possibly setting up romance to be used as a plot device as applied to 
her theme.>>

Yeah, exactly. LOL Someone pointed out that there's been big friendship fights/separations in each book. This would make a good one, too. 

<<(It's funny that H/H and R/H are so diametrically opposed 
that both ships would rather see Ron and Harry slashed than for the other 
ship to prevail!  What?)>>

Not this R/Her. <g> I mean, sure, I like Harry/Ron, but I also like Harry/Hermione. I see exactly where you're coming from with all of your points, and they make sense. It's just that when I look at all the characters, I see Ron and Hermione complimenting each other the most. He makes her lighten up, she makes him be more serious. Anyone who watches Remember WENN knows that bickering can be a very powerful aphrodisiac (sp?). And making up is always fun. LOL That's just me, YMMV. 

I think I've said this before, but for me, if H/H ends up canon, I'll smile and go, "Cool!" And then I'll hie myself to a computer and either write a R/H ending or find someone else's. And then I'll find a Ron/Harry just for the hell of it. <g> 

Hey, Captain Kathy, can I be amabassador for the good ship R/H? LOL I don't think there's a pairing I wouldn't go for. But, PLEASE don't take that seriously. I don't want to find myself visiting something like Dumbledore/Ginny, okay? LOL

Rina
trying to find a backstory for the snippet Ebony inspired
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