[HPforGrownups] Re: SHIP: Ginny/Harry, Remus/Tonks, and RL experiences

[P. Alexis Nguyen]

No: HPFGUIDX 136309

Del replies:

> This definitely shows that the readers' experience accounts for a lot
> in how they understand a romance that is little developed.
<<<SNIP big, good post>>>


I've agreed with everything you've said thus far about the H/G ship,
but I'm going to have to disagree on this point.  I've had similar
teenage experiences as the kids from HP, so I can empathize with them
on a certain level.  However, I still don't get the H/G relationship
as it happened in HBP.  (It was simply devoid of any depth!) 
According to your theory, just because I know what a "teenage romance"
is supposed to be like, I'm supposed to understand the Harry/Ginny
ship.  However, no amount of projection made me empathize with that
ship.  (Then again, since I've been know to say that Romeo & Juliet,
widely considered to be one of the best romantic story of all time, is
shallower than spit, so maybe I'm just cynical.)

Like Fran said, real life experiences don't help in liking or
disliking the H/G ship.  I think it's just whether or not you accept
JKR's word as truth.  For me, I accept *no* author's worth as truth
without proof, and JKR gave *me* zero proof that the H/G relationship
had anymore depth than any fairy tale princess and her knight/prince.

~Ali