SHIP: Ron & the Yule Ball

[paxber at yahoo.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 13643

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., star_ling at w... wrote:
> Oh dear, I fear that I've opened a can of worms here but oh well.  
I 
> know that everyone disagrees with me, that's why I started this 
> simply to see if one other person thought along similar lines, I 
> guess not, oh well I'm used to being the odd ball.  One reason why 
I 
> think that we differ so much is that I'm bot an adult, yes I know 
> there are otehr teenagers on here but for the most part it's 
adults.  
> I'm only 15 (16 in May YAY!) so I can see other sides to what is 
> happening to the characters not to mention I've been in wierd 
> relationships enables me be different and see things as most 
don't.  

Oh, please. I refuse to use the phrase "typical teenager", especially 
since several of the people I know who are currently in that age 
bracket are quite extraordinary people.... But stereotyping in the 
opposite direction doesn't work either.  I don't think it's quite 
safe to assume that those who are now adults haven't been in, aren't 
in, or don't remember "weird relationships". Ditto with having 
friends who are mostly of the other gender; I did in nursery school, 
I did in grade school, I did in college, and I do now.

All that said, I do agree that being in the thick of what the 
characters are experiencing has to give you a bit of a different 
viewpoint. In fact, I think that's one of the tests of good writing, 
that it can stand up to a multiplicity of views, and mean something a 
little different to each reader.

the other Paula