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Add to FavoritesOf course, a romantic storyline follows the natural progression of the saga. Harry Potter has already made the move from a children's story to a fantasy that people of all ages can enjoy. The previous movies have laid the foundation for romance to spark between Harry and Hermione. It is only natural that their friendship will turn into something a little more.
I believe a romantic angle in the story follows the natural progression and development of the characters. A love story will add a sense of realism and humanity to the young wizards. Like any teenagers, the Harry and the rest of the crew will begin to start looking at the opposite sex in a little differently. The characters are getting to the awkward stage when feelings of love creep in their hearts and butterflies dance in their bellies when they are around that special someone.
Simply put, every hero needs to get the girl in the end. Some may argue that a love story will take away from the fantasy, and innocence of the series, but I don't see that happening. Harry and the rest of the crew will simply progress from children to adults, and allow the story and JK Rowling to continue far into the foreseeable future.
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No, I do not think that J K Rowling should allow her characters to be more romantic to each other. Why on Earth should she? What possible reason is there for her to do so? The books are good as they are, and I for one see no reason why they should be changed. Well actually I would have that James Potter and Sirius Black punished and I would have Lord Voldemort defeat that Harry Potter, but aside from these trifling little whims of mine I can really think of no Earthly reason as to why she should change her creations.
The books were staggeringly successful compared to other literature of the time and they have often been said to be the cause of the current boom in young people reading, which was somewhat an endangered phenomenon beforehand what with television and video games. They appeal to people of all ages due to the simple writing style, enjoyable adventures and to me at any rate because they take something so old fashioned, worn and dirtied as witchcraft and wizardry and turn it afresh with a jolly good rinsing and soaking.
The series is thus no doubt highly commendable as it is, so why change it? Adding to the already overflowing romantic traits in several of the characters would be overkill if you ask me. Harry and Cho's relationship, for instance, if it was more developed, could have ruined the main plot. Indeed these romantic branch lines would eventually turn the main route derelict and I should imagine change the course of the books if allowed to be developed beyond their present state.
The characters, being teenagers, should be thanked for not having embarked upon orgies of binge drinking, drug taking and violence. It is good to see them not resorting to overly romantic pursuits either, and I really think that those who want to push the boundaries with regards to these things are the type who enjoy watching Rocko's Modern Life for the subtle innuendos contained therein. She might as well turn the novel into a pornographic one. It is an innocent collection and should remain so in my opinion.
As to me I see no reason why the characters should be more romantic with one another. They are already bursting at the seams with youthful decadence and disregard for normalcy and the normal and upstanding ways, and I should think that by having them even more subject to their disgracefully savage hormones and to allow them even more rope with regards to their affectionate and overly social natures, one would be committing a most terrible crime to the literary world.
The purpose of these books is to entertain by way of adventures as with Holmes's adventures, not by way of romantic tales. Harry Potter is not and I hope shall never be thought of as being a romantic collection of novels, but a collection based upon magic and adventures of those people with possession of the aforementioned nonexistent talent.
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