SHIP cliches (was Re: H/H Ship)

[hannahwonder at aol.com]

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Pshemekan said: "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."

As someone without any SHIP preference, I agree -- I don't think cliche ideas 
are that horrible; they can be done well, in which case the cliche-ness of 
them deserves to be forgiven. It's comparable I think to love/angst poetry, 
which can be the most cliche type poetry written. But that doesn't mean it's all 
bad. I trust JKR's ability as a writer to create a situation which, though 
perhaps one similar to situations in other stories, is interesting and important 
enough to the plot for any similarity to not matter. 

Hannah (this is my first post :) )