SHIP:Re: Ginny/Harry/Cho - a long way to go...

[Brooke]

No: HPFGUIDX 60763

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "pippin_999" <foxmoth at q...> 
wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Brooke" 
> <brookeshanks at m...> wrote:
> 
> > 
> > In most great literature, the hero (Harry) ends up with a really 
> > great heroine, if he ends up with one at all.  <<
> 
> Hermione's a great heroine, no disagreement from me. But what 
> makes you think that Ron's not a hero? He's not the same *kind* 
> of hero as Harry, but IMO he's just as heroic, ie a person noted 
> for feats of courage and nobility of purpose, especially one who 
> has risked his or her life...yep, Ron qualifies. 
> 
> Not all heroes get the girl, either in great literature (Beowulf, 
> Achilles) or pop culture (Luke Skywalker). This is especially true 
> when there's an upwardly mobile sidekick around. 
> 
> Harry is an epic hero.  He's defending his whole culture. Epic 
> heroes generally *don't* get the girl, because it would throw the 
> whole story off balance if  they did. Saving the world and finding 
> the right mate simply aren't concerns of equal weight.
> 
> Ron, on the other hand, is a "romantic" hero. His problems stem 
> from  the weaknesses of the very  culture Harry is trying to 
> defend--its exclusionary policies, and its emphasis on wealth 
> and family connections. Ron himself  mirrors these 
> weaknesses. By the end of the story he must either overcome 
> them or utterly succumb.  If he does overcome them, he will be 
> more than a fit match for any girl, I think.
> 
> What kind of heroine is Hermione? Unlike Ginny, (but very much 
> like Ron) Hermione has so far been more challenged by her lack 
> of status in the wizarding world than by Voldemort and the  Dark 
> Powers. She is indeed menaced by the Dementors at the end of 
> PoA...but like Ron, she can't, and doesn't, do anything about 
> them. 
> 
> Pippin

I agree.  I love Ron.  I think he is a great character and definitely 
a hero as well.  I think he and Hermione are quite well suited - Like 
Han Solo and Leah (you mentioned the Star Wars parallel above & I had 
thought about that before - the HP trio having sort of the same type 
of relationships as the SW trio).  I think that since they are all so 
young, there is probably a chance that JKR will not put much of an 
emphasis on romantic relationships, and focus mainly on the most 
urgent and important situations.  However, and maybe it's still just 
the anxiuos teenager in me that tends to surface when reading HP, I 
still find the Harry/Hermione and Ron/Hermione shipping fun to 
speculate about!  

Brooke