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[pikabot]

It struck me today that there isn't actually a single pairing I actually like in Harry Potter.

None. Not a single one. Which is weird. I mean, romance is not exactly a large part of the experience for me, but usually I can come up with at least ONE pairing I like more than the others, especially in a canon with as large a cast as Harry Potter. But there isn't.

There's a few pairings I hate enough to eclipse the sun, but everything else just gets a 'meh'. Harry/Ginny, the actual canon pairing, feels about as valid to me as Snape getting sucked off by the Sorting Hat.

When I think about it, I think the problem is that Rowling isn't a very good romance writer. Although she includes it all over the place in her works, there's a near-total lack of actual chemistry between the characters, and the end result is just sort of...bland.

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[redbrunja.livejournal.com]

Now I want to know which pairings you hate enough to eclipse the sun.

[pikabot]

Harry/Drao, Harry/Snape, Hermione/Snape, Hermione/Draco...really, most of the ones involving protagonists bumping uglies with the Complete Dickweed members of the cast.

[redbrunja.livejournal.com]

Ah. I can understand that.

[pikabot]

It's probably because, when Rowling wants to make a character a jerk, she seriously goes all-out. bad attitude, total lack of redeeming features, subtlety of a herd of elephants.

[redbrunja.livejournal.com]

Good point. I thought Snape was actually rather well done, but I think most of his character arc needed some more polishing.

[pikabot]

Snape did improve with time, but he was a jerk right up until the end and I still couldn't pair anyone with him.

[redbrunja.livejournal.com]

Totally understandable.