Ginny VS Harry

[fanofminerva]

No: HPFGUIDX 135275

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "catjaneway" <slmuth at h...> wrote:
> LPD wrote:
> JKR certainly left subtle clues throughout the books but clues none 
> the less.  
> 
> Now me:
> It seems to me like the basic problem with JKR's portrayal of Harry 
> and Ginny's relationship is that she treats it like a MYSTERY, 
> using "clues", rather than like a ROMANCE, exploring feelings.
> Romance is all about mystery and obsession and frustrated desire, 
and 
> finally release and revelation. In a romance you're constantly
> asking, what does he feel for her? What does she feel for him? You 
> experience those feelings along with the characters. There is zero 
> romance in any of the relationships in the Harry Potter books 
(except 
> between Lupin and Sirius, which we now know was a mirage) ;-)
> 
> Janeway

I think this is because of the genre in which she is writing the 
books.  It is a mystery/fantasy genre, not a romance genre.  I do 
expect very little in the way of romance in the HP series, and what 
little I do expect is more along the lines of teenage angst for 
character development.

My two knuts...
Julie