Thoughts on SHIPS

[Risti]

No: HPFGUIDX 44717

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., Susanne <siskiou at e...> wrote:
<snip>
> Using a love triangle to split up the trio would be one of
> the ultimate cliches.
> 
> And these ships seem to hinge so much on personal
> preference.
> 
> The poor author will be in hot water, no matter *which* way
> she decides to go ;)


Using a love triangle to split up the trio would be one of the 
ultimate cliches

Having the hero get the girl is also cliche

So is having the bickering friends turn into lovers

So is having the main character fall for his best friend's little 
sister.

So is friendship subconsciously turning into more.

For D/H or G/H shippers, the Anne/Gilbert or Romeo/Juliet idea is 
also very cliche now.

For that matter, so is throwing all idea of romance out the window 
because they are 'too young.'

Romance and love work that way.  We live in an age where so many 
stories have been discussed and analyzed that we have a label for 
just about any path that a romantic relationship could develop upon.  
That doesn't stop each story from being completely original and new 
to the people involved. (I know, bring out the sappy violin music and 
the corn.)

As Susanne said, no matter what JKR does, someone is going to decide 
they don't like it because it's been 'done before.'  The point of 
good, creative writing isn't to come up with a whole new way for 
human nature to work.  It's to take the understood laws of human 
interaction and place them into a new setting.

That's what the appeal of the Harry Potter series is.  Strip away the 
magic and the strange creatures and the charicaturized people, and 
all your left with is a boy who in many ways is just like you.

~Risti