[HPforGrownups] SHIPping For the Long Haul

[Susanne]

No: HPFGUIDX 50550



Hi,

Friday, January 24, 2003, 5:03:31 PM, Jim wrote:

> are you
> R/Hers for a date or two or three, or even a whole school year, or are
> you in it for the long haul?

Long haul, definitely!
And I don't expect any dating next book and think JKR will
milk the "boy/girl" stuff for all the humor she can get out
of it for a while to come (like I've mentioned before).

It'll all be very much in the background and moving very
slowly, probably intermixed with misunderstandings, people
thinking the other doesn't like them back, feeling they are
not good enough for the other...

>  How do you define R/H victory?

Well, I'm not quite that seriously into the shipping that
I'd call it a war ;)

I'm on this list to have fun, not to fight <g>.

> Ron would be a new man,

This reminded me of something I've been seeing frequently,
namely that readers are waiting for certain characters to
have some kind of breakthrough (Neville and Ron, for
example).

I like Ron now, rough edges and all, and what if Neville
or Ron never find out about any "special" talent to set them
apart?
Are they then not worthy to be liked?

Can Ron only stay friends with Harry and Hermione (or be
loved by Hermione) if he becomes more talented?

I'm probably being silly, but in RL there are lots of people
who never find that special talent.
What does it say to them, to read about characters they
identify with because of their "normalcy", who then suddenly
become "better".

It's almost like Eloise with her "off-center" nose.
Ron is seen as unworthy to be part of the trio in a way, or
be liked by Hermione, because he doesn't show any special magical
strength or logical thinking.

I'm not sure if I'm getting across what I'm trying to say :}


>  and we'd have this
> discussion all over again; but Harry and Hermione's duality would
> still be there.

As I said before, while I see Harry and Hermione as great
friends, I don't see this duality/symbiosis in their
interactions.

They seem just as different to me personality and
talent-wise, as Ron and Harry, or Hermione and Ron.

-- 
Best regards,
 Susanne                           mailto:siskiou at earthlink.net