SHIP cliches (Was: Re: H/H SHIP)

[cressida_tt]

No: HPFGUIDX 79811


> I mean cliches are called cliches just because they happen so 
often. 
> They happen often, because they are based on real life peoples 
emotions 
> and experiences: hero gets the girl, because heroics is very 
attractive 
> to women; love triangles are caused by blindness of heart;  
bickering 
> require great deal of interest in other person in order to find 
those 
> petty things to bicker about, and such interest may eventually lead 
to 
> romance.
> 
> So, if JKR is going to give us realistic description of teen 
romance 
> (and from what she wrote so far we can deduce that she is), this 
must 
> inadvertly lead to cliche ending.

Cressida replies: 

I think that you are forgetting here that the cliche of the hero 
getting the girl is HOLLYWOOD which is about as far from real life as 
it is possible to get. This scenario was created as a sop because 
things like that really do not happen in real life. If JK Rowling is 
trying to portray realistic teen romance in her sub-plot then the 
ending of the book will be as unlikely as real life itself. I am sure 
that she will show more spark of imagination than most of 
the 'shipping' arguments I have recently seen on this board.

D.

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