I don't think I would have been satisfied with an unequal relationship between Terry/Whoever. I think for a couple to really work, they each have to change. A good example is the way that Draco changed, and that made him a good match for Hermione. Or Justin and Hydra.
And yet, if Justin had been interested in Hydra, and Hydra (or Hydra's player) had not and the relationship had never happened, then Justin just wouldn't have changed in the same way.
It would have been interesting, I think, to see the way that Terry would have changed if he had ended up with Hermione, in a way that both of them would have been a full person and it would have been a relationship of equals. I wouldn't have been willing to have it any other way. I think it could have been done if we had tried--we would have had to sort of feel our way along. But since there wasn't the vision on one side (and things ended up nicely between Draco and Hermione), I'm really very content with the way Luna and Terry ended up together. Although it was a surprise.
If Luna and Colin had ended up together, I would have had a much harder time writing Terry's coda! I hope it would have been a good one; I would have wanted him to end up happy somehow. But having Colin live would have made Terry's future quite opaque again to me.
(Sorry, Colin! You and Luna would have been great together, too.)
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Date: 2015-09-03 03:59 am (UTC)And yet, if Justin had been interested in Hydra, and Hydra (or Hydra's player) had not and the relationship had never happened, then Justin just wouldn't have changed in the same way.
It would have been interesting, I think, to see the way that Terry would have changed if he had ended up with Hermione, in a way that both of them would have been a full person and it would have been a relationship of equals. I wouldn't have been willing to have it any other way. I think it could have been done if we had tried--we would have had to sort of feel our way along. But since there wasn't the vision on one side (and things ended up nicely between Draco and Hermione), I'm really very content with the way Luna and Terry ended up together. Although it was a surprise.
If Luna and Colin had ended up together, I would have had a much harder time writing Terry's coda! I hope it would have been a good one; I would have wanted him to end up happy somehow. But having Colin live would have made Terry's future quite opaque again to me.
(Sorry, Colin! You and Luna would have been great together, too.)