[HPforGrownups] marriage in the canon

[Susan Hall]

No: HPFGUIDX 19335

>I imagine that James and Lily were sort of like the WWII resistance
fighters.  Brave, dedicated, secretive by necessity, loyal,
>principled.

Yes, I rather thought that as well.  Anyone seen Meryl Streep's portrayal of
an ex SOE (Special Operations Executive) fighter in the film of "Plenty"
which is set *after* the war or, better yet, the stage version which was
done at the Royal National Theatre years ago with someone else in the lead?
That influenced my posting rather considerably.  Winning the post-War is
often more difficult than winning the war itself (look at what the MOM have
done with the Voldemort interregnum, for example)

We don't know how the James/Lily marriage would have turned out, but one
thing we do know for sure, like any long term relationship it would not have
been summed up as "happy ever after".  And if they did marry under threat of
death, and had, by some miracle survived, that would have taken a lot of
adjusting to.

Actually, one of the happiest marriages in the canon , purely seen as a
marriage, is the Dursleys'.  They never seem to have any doubts about each
other.   The rest of the world, yes, but not each other.

Susan