[HPforGrownups] SHIP cliches (Was: Re: H/H SHIP)

[Przemyslaw Plaskowicki]

No: HPFGUIDX 79822

I wrote:

>>I mean cliches are called cliches just because they happen so 
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>often. 
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>>They happen often, because they are based on real life peoples 
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>emotions 
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>>and experiences: hero gets the girl, because heroics is very 
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>attractive 
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>>to women; 
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>>So, if JKR is going to give us realistic description of teen 
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>romance 
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>>(and from what she wrote so far we can deduce that she is), this 
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>must 
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>>inadvertly lead to cliche ending.
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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.
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Now me again (Pshemekan):

I believe that hero doesn't get the girl in real life not because girls 
don't like heroes, but because lack of heroes in real life, and 
abundance of them in Hollywood movies.

I'm sure that it is not the idea that counts, but transforming this idea 
into a story. Frankly, all HP books are plagued with not so new ideas 
and yet we find them interesting enough to discuss them here. And as JKR 
is being praised for excellent storytelling and not for  superb 
imagination, I'm sure that she would make even that cliche plot interesting.

Regards,
Pshemekan, wondering how he could end up defending H/Hr ship...