[HPforGrownups] Re: Harry, Ginny, and age appropriateness...

[Susanne]

No: HPFGUIDX 136174



Hi,

Tuesday, August 2, 2005, 7:14:13 PM, sienna291973 wrote:

> Now me:
> I actually think there is a fair bit to be said against the way male/
> female relationships are portrayed in general in the HP series but
> that is another post (and a long one at that). Realistic some may
> think them but almost all the romantic relationships in the HP
> universe are stereotypes of one sort or another (IMO). They subvert
> nothing, challenge nothing and ultimately, for all the strength in
> the female characters, paint a very comfortable patriarchal view of
> the world. And it disappoints me because I think she had the ability
> to do better.

But what you may consider as "better" might get a whole
other group disappointed and ready for a letter campaign.

No matter which way she writes relationships, there will be
people who find it cliched, dislike the pairings for one
reason or another, or find them stereotypes in another way.

Had it been H/Hr, there would have been plenty of complaints
about how wrong it is to show an intelligent girl like
Hermione bending over backwards to help Harry, who just
accepted her help when it pleased him, but otherwise ignored
her advice, lied to her or avoided her when he didn't like
it, and finally acknowledged her only after she had been
pining for him for years ;)

Each way a romance could have happened has in-built problems
and there is no way the author could please everyone.

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Best regards,
 Susanne                           mailto:siskiou at vcem.com