Ask Us Anything!

[alt_moderator]

The cast thread is filling up rapidly, and while we don't have to fuss about comment collapse, it is getting difficult to navigate...

So here's a new post, where we're asking YOU to ask US: WHAT DO YOU WANT TO KNOW?

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[naomikritzer]

Re virginal Harry:

1. Most of our in-character shipping happened sort of organically. Nothing ever really emerged for Harry. At the point when we started thinking about it, nothing really felt right.

2. As we got closer to the end of the game, it felt increasingly like writing a romance plot for Harry would feel very shoehorned-in. His primary relationships throughout the game were his friendships (which in fact is an echo of canon -- canon!Harry's romance with Ginny never has the vibrancy of his relationships with Ron and Hermione). So we focused on those.

So in a sense it was a conscious choice, because we did discuss it. But it was mostly just how the chips fell.

[(Anonymous)]

Good answer! I agree that introducing a major romance for Harry so late in the game would have been a mistake. It WOULD have felt shoehorned in! Not to mention that he didn't really have time for one!

It didn't bother me at all; I was just curious! Especially about whether or not his virginity was in any way symbolic? Like a virgin sacrifice kind of deal?

Honestly, I think THIS Harry and Ginny would have been even more badly suited to one another than they were in canon. Although if Harry had lived, his "saving people thing" probably would've kicked in HARD after Ginny's rape and brainwashing.