OOP: Some shipping thoughts

pippin_999 foxmoth at pippin_999.yahoo.invalid
Tue Jun 24 03:26:58 UTC 2003


--- In the_old_crowd at yahoogroups.com, "pennylin" 
<pennylin at s...> wrote:
> Hi --

> *nods*  I do take Pippin's point though that we can hope that 
JKR is just holding this all in reserve for when it *really* matters.
 
But, I do still think it was a tad too G-rated, given all her hype
for 
years now about aging the characters realistically.  She seems 
almost Tolkien-esque in her inability to write the true sexual 
awakening for her characters.<<

JKR said it wasn't going to get gritty. I see plenty of signs of 
sexual awakening, though the idiom is more Jane Austen than 
Sex in the City.  Which makes sense in the context of the story. 
No society that puts such emphasis on bloodlines is going to be 
anything but reticent where sex is concerned.

Penny:
> Oh, how can she not?  That's not the question.  She obviously 
knows that he fancies her rotten, Barb.  The question is: why is 
she not encouraging him, if that's what she wants?  Why is he 
not doing anything to pursue her is a secondary question and 
given Ron's maturity level, it's fairly easily answered.  But, 
honestly, if the girl has the forthrightness to push Harry into a 
relationship with Cho, do we *really, really, really* believe she 
lacks the gumption to make some moves on behalf of her own 
love life?  There was ample opportunity for Rowling to develop 
this ship, even subtly, and it was not done.  Hermione seems 
well aware of everyone else's love lives ........ why is she not 
making sarcastic remarks all over the place if she wants Ron to 
wake up and smell the coffee?  Isn't one possible answer that 
she doesn't *want* this?  <<

Oh, that's the way to get a boy to make his move...be sarcastic at 
him <g> Hermione knows Ron isn't ready. More to the point, she 
knows *she*  isn't. She has OWLs to prepare for, House Elves to 
liberate, Ron and Harry to coach and You know Who is back. 
Some women in that situation would use sex  to blow off steam, 
but Hermione is not like that. Quarreling with Ron is a way to 
keep him at a distance and interact with him at the same time.

I think Hermione is chary of going after Ron too obviously. Didn't 
you hear what Sirius said about pure blood families not staying 
that way by accident?  What happened to Percy/Penny? We don't 
know, but knuts will get you galleons that Hermione does.

Pippin






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