Re: SHIP: “Emma”, Twists, and HBP

[Marianne S.]

No: HPFGUIDX 136760

The following is a "snip" from a post of my own in a different thread,
but I think it bears repeating here. For a REAL connection to Emma
in a modern story, I suggest watching the movie Clueless.

Marianne S: 
Those readers looking for an Emma like twist... If there's one
to be found, I think we already GOT it. Harry spent around 2
years pining for Cho, and then fell for the girl who was just a
Friend and his Best Mate's Sister at that... the girl who was
always there. Mr. Knightly fell in love with his friend Emma even
though she was pursuing other suitors. Although I don't believe
Dean is secretly engaged to someone, Harry does definitely get
jealous of the time Ginny spends with him, much like Mr. Knightly
gets jealous of the time Emma spends with Frank. I don't think
that we have to worry about other Emma like twists, such as Luna
being similar to Harriet and falling for Harry... and if by some very
slim chance it did, I think Harry would still find a way to let her
down gently and stay with Ginny. But even this, what I think is
the most probable of remote Emma correllations, is highly unlikely
because Luna does not seem as concerned about finding love as
Harriet is. Nor do I think Ginny has been offering advice to Luna,
and I don't think Luna's the type to ask for it. The other only
remotely likely Emma-like twist could be how we are led to believe
that Mrs. Weasley wants Tonks for Bill or Harry believing that
Tonks was in love with Sirius. Again, though, I think it's a stretch.
Perhaps JKR aspires to have Emma like twists only in her MAIN plot,
which does not have to do with specific ships. I think she's woven
her story very well, in fact, but but perhaps people are confused
because the main plot of Emma had to do with love relationships,
so they take JKR's words to mean she is trying to have twists in her
romantic ships, where I think they are meant to be twists in the
relationships between Harry/Dumbledore/Snape/Lily/James/Petunia/
Sirius etc.