It really is a big hole. Women friendships in general, to me, seem very different in terms of what we get. And maybe that's because we see them through Harry's eyes, but basically what he sees is giggling. And even Hermione and Ginny are, imo, bonded over men. They're like sisters in law and their fight right before the H/G happens seemed totally natural to me--Ginny was staking her position via Harry. Cho and Marietta seem completely foreign to him and there's nothing wildly romantic about their sticking together. Lavender and Parvati remain shallow even while Ron goes out with Lavender--Dean and Seamus I think already have a more interesting dynamic to play with just because of the issues they've each individually had with Harry and what we can see glimpses of on the side. (Like when Harry drops Dean from the team and you wonder what he and Seamus are saying about it; or when Dean eventually brings Seamus to the DA.)
It just doesn't compare to the type of thing we get with the Marauders. Lily, like Ginny--and even like Hermione to an extent--does not exist with that kind of social bond with other women. Hermione has it with Harry and Ron, which is important, but Ginny just sort of has references to "friends" to prove she's popular with none of the importance on the individual.
That reminds me--somebody recently told me a friend of theirs believed that the guys on Entourage were all "aspecs of one guy." Which I think is silly, but what he really meant was that they fell into that familiar 4-guy pattern that seem to make up a balanced whole. I don't think women's relationships are thought to break down quite the same way, but still James' friendships form an actual family everyone rightly acknowledges, which makes Lily almost become the Wendy-character to their Lost Boys.
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Date: 2007-06-02 07:42 pm (UTC)It just doesn't compare to the type of thing we get with the Marauders. Lily, like Ginny--and even like Hermione to an extent--does not exist with that kind of social bond with other women. Hermione has it with Harry and Ron, which is important, but Ginny just sort of has references to "friends" to prove she's popular with none of the importance on the individual.
That reminds me--somebody recently told me a friend of theirs believed that the guys on Entourage were all "aspecs of one guy." Which I think is silly, but what he really meant was that they fell into that familiar 4-guy pattern that seem to make up a balanced whole. I don't think women's relationships are thought to break down quite the same way, but still James' friendships form an actual family everyone rightly acknowledges, which makes Lily almost become the Wendy-character to their Lost Boys.