SHIP: RE: H/H Mission Statement - FF

[Amy Z]

No: HPFGUIDX 13897

I wrote:

> > MY argument is that [one] reason I DON'T like H/H is that I DON'T 
want
> > to see "the hero gets the girl."

Penny wrote:
 
> Even if the "girl" wants the Hero?

Yes!  Yes, yes, yes!  Precisely.  ESPECIALLY.  

Let's forget for a moment that we are talking about real people with 
real feelings and opinions about how their lives should go, and let's 
pretend that Hermione, Ron, and Harry are simply inventions of a 
fiction writer.  Okay.  My objection to Harry and Hermione ending up 
together is that it seems like a very safe, simple, and obvious thing 
for a writer to do.  She creates a hero, writes the entire series from 
his POV, gives him one female friend, and what do you know--they fall 
in love.  Not only does he fall in love with her, but she falls in 
love with him.  Yawn.  Boring, and treats the girl (and the boy, to 
some extent) as a commodity--as you've said.

Now, it ain't necessarily so...JKR could put them together but make it 
interesting.  She could put in lots of conflict (I don't mean 
bickering).  She could keep one of them in doubt about the other's 
feelings for a long time.  Lots of possibilities that spice it up.  
But as a *very* rough rule, as a gross generalization, I would prefer 
that the hero and the one interesting female character not end up 
together.  (Introducing another interesting female character would be 
a start . . . but that's another topic.)

Amy Z

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 "Blimey," said the other twin.  "Are you--?"
 "He *is*," said the first twin.  "Aren't you?" he added to Harry.
 "What?" said Harry.
 "*Harry Potter*," chorused the twins.
 "Oh, him," said Harry.  "I mean, yes, I am."
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