Teenage romance wasRe: SHIP: That Darned Kiss--The Problem With ading R/H in GoF

[Ali <Ali@zymurgy.org>]

No: HPFGUIDX 50320

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "blauemeanies <cmsore at w...>" 
<cmsore at w...> wrote:
 
>>> As to the tean romance question, yes many fail but not all do.  
If  she can show a teen romance that has a lot of the things that 
keep an  adult romance together, then I don't think we should write 
it off  because of their age.  It does happen.  Not all the time, or 
to everyone, but it does happen.  And R/Hr have a type of intimacy 
that makes them more likely to sustain than many teen prom fantasy 
 relationships.  Statistically speaking, yes most fail, but 
 statistically speaking most people aren't chased by megolomaniacal 
 dark lords either.<<<


I think the key question here, is not whether most teenage romances 
work, but whether JKR thinks that they can. IIRC her own mother was 
only 20 when she was born, indicating that her parents met when they 
were both young. James and Lily Potter and Arthur and Molly Weasley 
met at Hogwarts. These are clear examples of successful teenage 
romances in the Potterverse.(This is obviously from the evidence that 
we have to date, as I suppose it is possible that James and Lily's 
relationship was a sham).

If you accept that the WW is in some way harking back to a bygone 
era, it is possible to believe that wizards could meet their life 
partners in their teens, just as many did in say the Victorian era.

Ali

(Who met her (now) husband when she was 18, and 16 years later is 
still very happy).