SHIP: couples 'lasting' in the HP world...

[Kelley]

No: HPFGUIDX 13807

> Carole wrote:
>>  My one commmnet is that H/H is not just wishful thinking on our 
part any more than R/H is wishful thinking on your part.  JKR could 
go either or no way on this issue.
> I do however take issue with this statement:
> 
> firoza wrote:
> >  R/H is the way JKR is headed IMO, and since none of us REALLY
> believe that the canon HP is a soap opera (as much as we enjoy HP
> fanfics of this genre ;-)), it serves no purpose for JKR to build up
> R/H and then switch to H/H post-Hogwarts, as some H/H fans believe
> will happen.
> 
> Carole wrote: 
> Why not? There are loads of reasons why she might do R/H and then 
tear them assunder.  Including but not limited to exploring feelings 
of loss and betrayal and individuals deciding to do what is good for 
them vs. what is good for the wizard community as a whole.
> We can't possibly know what JKR has up her sleeve as far as 
relationships and their repercussions.   I see no reason for your 
confidence that while OBHWF (one big happy weasley family) might 
happen, why it necessarily will be preserved. 
>
> firoza commented:
> Nor do we think that R/H or H/G when they eventually
> DO get together will break up and not last. That is not in keeping
> with the tone of the HP books, however 'unrealistic' that may be and
> despite all the fanfics out there <vbg>.
>  
> Carole's comment:
> Again Why not? Could you predict the tone of GoF from the previous 
books.  There are still 3 massive books out there to be written.  I 
think you give way too little credit to JKR's imagination.  No, 
romance is not the prime theme of these books, but I think it will 
play a role if even a rather minor one.  But since there is just the 
beginnings of evidence for these relationships to happen at all, how 
can you predict that once these relationships (that you are so sure 
of) form they will last forever? <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<

Here's me:
Actually, I can see JKR have some of the characters in relationships 
in books 5 and 6, and not necessarily keeping them together 'til the 
end of 7 and beyond.  Death would seem to be the most likely cause of 
a relationship ending, but yes, there are other ways this can happen, 
too.  What I would expect, however, is that -whomever- she puts 
together as a couple by the end of 7, will stay together.  Divorce 
hasn't been introduced in the series yet, and the only abandonment 
we've seen is Vold's father and Hagrid's mother.  Since we haven't 
met her yet, who can say what she'll be like.  Other married couples 
seem to have been together for quite some time, with no impending 
signs of a breakup.  So, to me, if JKR really doesn't want to return 
to HP, I would think that the couples, if any, at the end, will be 
intended to give us the impression that their relationships/marriages 
will be lasting.  I'll also say that since GoF is the pivotal book in 
the series, and that so far she has been dealing with the romantic 
subplots very gradually, it doesn't look as though she's planning to 
do something different later on.  I know about JKR pulling the rug 
out and all that, but this usually seems to happen within the main 
storyline of a single book, e.g. the 'bad guy' isn't who we all 
expected it to be, etc.  It seems if JKR tries to do this with 
romantic couples, while that might be fun for her to write, it might 
seem too out-of-the-blue and unsatisfying to the story as a whole.  
IOW, if she's been leading us one way through half the series now, 
and maybe even more once we get 5, then to suddenly change the 
couples around might diminish the story's integrity.

I've written enough for now, and if my thoughts are unclear, which 
would be likely, let me know.  I'll try again.

Kelley