SHIP Krum's Role (was SHIP Luna.)

[delwynmarch]

No: HPFGUIDX 106213

Annette Hamel wrote:
> Regarding "SHIPping" in general - I think it comes down to the 
> question, "is Rowling writing the HP books in the romantic 
> tradition?"

Del replies :
I don't think that in the romantic tradition, the girl actually
happens to be one of the *guys*. Hermione doesn't fulfill the role of
the traditional heroine at all. In your example, Arwen and Rosie did
very little in the battle : some support of a hero once in a while,
and that's about it. They are pretty much just waiting for their hero
to finish his quest and come home. Hermione is *nothing* like them. If
she's like anyone in The Lord of the Rings, it's Eowyn, who did have a
crush on the main hero but ended up marrying one of the sidekicks.

Del