New thought(!) on H/H (SHIP)-old thought on H/G

[babelfisherperson]

No: HPFGUIDX 33092

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "pippin_999" <foxmoth at q...> wrote:
>  How can it be both a  ridiculous notion (something that would
> never happen) and a cliche (an utterly predictable development)?

It's ridiculous because JKR would not do anything so cliché as having 
Harry automatically end up falling in love with the first eligible 
girl he sees (or, more accurately, that we're told about him seeing). 
Even if Harry does end up with Ginny, I can't imagine that it even 
occurred to JKR that Ginny's appearance at King's Cross could be 
considered a hint.

And clichés can be fundamentally ridiculous. The "hero falls for the 
first girl in the story" falls under that category. It doesn't work 
that way in any remotely realistic story (it's not inherently 
unrealistic to end up with the first eligible girl you meet, but it 
is unrealistic to end up with her BECAUSE she's the first eligible 
girl you meet), and while this is a fantasy story, JKR makes the 
characters quite realistic.

>    I must point out that JKR manages to establish that  Bill and 
> Charlie exist without dragging them onto the platform at King's 
> Cross or giving them a cameo, even though Charlie plays a 
> larger part in the first book than Ginny does.

That's because they're adults, and don't live with their parents (or 
even in England) anymore. They also have full-time jobs. It wouldn't 
make any sense for them to be there.

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