Harry Potter: the Romance Novel
Jul. 21st, 2005 09:00 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
billroperBehind the cut, Uncle Bill explains it all:
Ok, so why Harry gets Ginny and Ron gets Hermione? Simple story dynamics, folks, based on the available women.
If Harry gets Hermione, then Ron becomes the perpetual third wheel. Not a good fate for the best friend.
But if Harry gets Ginny, then Ron's his eventual brother-in-law. And if Ron gets Hermione, then everybody's family in the end, which is a pretty satisfying way to end up.
The triangle is unstable, but the square isn't.
Ok, so why Harry gets Ginny and Ron gets Hermione? Simple story dynamics, folks, based on the available women.
If Harry gets Hermione, then Ron becomes the perpetual third wheel. Not a good fate for the best friend.
But if Harry gets Ginny, then Ron's his eventual brother-in-law. And if Ron gets Hermione, then everybody's family in the end, which is a pretty satisfying way to end up.
The triangle is unstable, but the square isn't.