Hermione's Reaction to... Was: Re: Harry's first Kiss (is it a smoke screen?)

[susanbones2003]

No: HPFGUIDX 105977

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "paul_terzis" 
<paul_terzis at y...> wrote:

Ananzi wrote:> > 
> > So it seems to me that Harry was the one that drew the short 
straw 
> > here.
> > 
> Then Paul:
> Right to the point Anasazi! We read all the time about who gets 
the 
> girl at the end and the endless debate about who is the best 
> candidate (Ron or Harry?). There is neither a comparison here  
> people nor a contest. We have from one side Ron a typical but 
> nevertheless important and competent teenager. And we have also HP 
a 
> strange hybrid between teenager and adult. Yes HP tries to live 
> normal and sometimes he acts as a normal teenager, especially in 
> dating matters. But he isn't normal anymore. He had lived any 
> possible nightmarish experience and there is more to come till the 
> end.  Ron fought with valor and he is willing to stand with HP in 
> this war. Nobody can deny that. But he can't understand the full 
> extent of his decision. And that because he didn't see someone 
close 
> to him dying. He didn't suffer overwhelming physical and emotional 
> pain. He didn't face death or pure Evil. Only HP saw the raw face 
of 
> war and cruelty and only he is destined to become murderer or a 
> corpse. That's the story and that is where we must focus people. 
HP 
> series is not mainly a teenage love story. It is the Odyssey of HP.
> 
> Cheers,
> Paul

Jen writes:

While it is HP's odyssey, Ananzi pointed out that there is terrific 
pressure on Harry, that he's in no way shape or form normal and that 
he has very little normalcy in his future. It seems inherent in the 
human spirit (and the writers of this list) to hope for some aspect 
of a normal life for Harry and all other mythic sojourners. Hence, 
all the glorious shipping we are doing. Very likely, we may never 
see Harry have a girlfriend. Doesn't seem like there is much time or 
opportunity left but forgive us if we digress into such a mundane 
exercise as speculating on Harry's so-called love life. It's just us 
hoping someday he comes out of all this alive.
Jennifer