[HPforGrownups] Re: SHIP: Holding the Tiger's Tail

[Susanne]

No: HPFGUIDX 92957



Hi,

Saturday, March 13, 2004, 2:41:50 PM, Jim wrote:
> Of course I don't know, but I believe it.  He's always the follower in
> the adventures, not the principal actor, and he always acts in the way
> an ordinary person would, except that he finds himself in
> extraordinary circumstances and sticks by his friends.

Well, that's what Hermione and Harry do, too.
Harry just happens to be the boy who lived, and he inherited
some stronger or unusual powers, but other than that, he
acts like an ordinary person.
He gets angry, jealous, annoyed, smug, happy, sad...

And I've met plenty of "Hermione's", too, who love studying
and helping people, and always feeling they have the right
theory.

Not everyone can be a leader, especially in a book like HP.


> Susanne:"For some reason, Hermione is seen by many readers as this
> perfect person, who "deserves" the "best" guy, which is, of course,
> Harry. "

> It's not a question of deserts with me; I've said before why I think
> Harry and Hermione are so well suited to each other.  They all deserve
> to be happy.

And I've tried to explain why I don't see them as very well
suited, or at least no more suited than Ron and Hermione
would be.
I don't think Harry and Hermione would be permanently happy
as a couple. It might be okay on the surface for a while, as
long as Harry doesn't blow up, but the way he avoids
confrontations with Hermione (many times more for his own
good, than for hers), doesn't bode well for future
disagreements (which inevitably happen, in any
relationships).

You didn't address any of the points I made regarding the
way Harry and Hermione interact.
I'd be interested to talk about that part.

> And why is Harry the "best" guy, anyway?  He's likely to be severely
> damaged goods by the time this is over, physically, emotionally and
> psychologically hammered, tortured, maybe difficult  he was pretty
> unlikable for large portions of OotP  maybe a young woman would be
> better off with Ron.

That's why I put *best* in quotation marks. I don't feel
that Harry is better, but it's quite obvious that many
others see Harry as vastly superior to Ron, not only
regarding magical powers, but also his personality.


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