{"id":40950,"date":"2014-02-02T13:20:40","date_gmt":"2014-02-02T20:20:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2014\/02\/02\/the-problem-of-the-evolving-plot.html"},"modified":"2014-06-13T15:33:10","modified_gmt":"2014-06-13T21:33:10","slug":"the-problem-of-the-evolving-plot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2014\/02\/02\/the-problem-of-the-evolving-plot.html","title":{"rendered":"The problem of the evolving plot"},"content":{"rendered":"
Should Harry and Hermione ended up together? It makes a heck of a lot more sense — the whole Harry \/ Ginny thing always seemed out of left field.<\/p>\n

On the other hand, romance is strange, and people end up together that you never quite expected.<\/p>\n

I think it's more interesting the "meta" around this question — that Rowling had a vision for how things ended, and, even with misgivings as they progressed, stuck to it. \u00a0I see that sometimes in my own writing (and GMing, for that matter) — the tension between sticking with the plan even if tempted to leave it, and being able to adapt and change even if it means tearing a bunch of stuff up, is, I suspect, a constant in most creative minds.<\/p>\n

Reshared post from +Terrence Lui<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Sticking to Previous Choices<\/b><\/p>\n

J.K. Rowling has said in an interview that she made a mistake in pairing Ron and Hermione. \u00a0This of course has a lot of fans up in arms. \u00a0 Frankly, I agree with her. \u00a0Always seemed strange and a little bit forced that Hermione ended up with Ron \u00a0And quite frankly, I never understood why Harry ended up with Ginny. \u00a0<\/p>\n

She admits that she wrote it that way because that's how she first imagined it. \u00a0I think we have all been in situations where we have made one decision an stuck with it even if it later proves not to be the best one. \u00a0In this particular case, I'm sure that as the story evolved, and the series became a bigger success than she could have ever hoped for, she clung to the idea as she first imagined it perhaps in a hope to stay true to the story. \u00a0However, storytelling is fluid and she just failed to recognize that she had taken these characters in directions she hadn't first imagined.\u00a0<\/p>\n

What do you think? \u00a0Was it better the way it was written or do you think Rowling is right now and that she made a mistake?<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.nydailynews.com\/entertainment\/rowling-hermione-married-harry-potter-article-1.1599445<\/a>\ufeff<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

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J.K. Rowling says Hermione should have married Harry Potter, not Ron Weasley<\/a>
\n The British best-selling author, 48, admitted in an interview with “Harry Potter” actress Emma Watson that she should have paired Hermione Granger with the titular character, instead of his red-headed sidekick Ron Weasley. \n <\/p>\n

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Should Harry and Hermione ended up together? It makes a heck of a lot more sense — the whole Harry \/ Ginny thing always seemed out of left field. On the other hand, romance is strange, and people end up together that you never quite expected. 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