I was going to say the same thing as curia_regis about pregnancy stories, but she beat me to it. "Girl gets pregnant, girl gets abortion" does not make for a very interesting story. A girl dealing with the challenges of pregnancy and motherhood is much more compelling. And the genre isn't limited to HP fanfiction. During the past year, I've seen three fairly popular works of fiction come out dealing with the topic. Two are movies - "Knocked Up" and "Juno", and the third is a book - "Slam" by Nick Hornby.
All of these, in their own way are quite good. The heroine in "Knocked Up" is not a teenager - she's a 23-year-old career girl who falls pregnant after a drunken one-night-stand. It's probably the most unrealistic of three though - the story revolves around the pregnancy, and trying to make some sort of relationship work with the father of the baby. It all turns out rather well in the end... if you see the movie I think even you will agree that it's a bit overly optimistic.
"Juno" and "Slam", however, are both about teenagers, and both are relatively positive about the ability of teenagers to make responsible decisions, even when they've made a mistake and screwed up. I think you might find them interesting.
I need to get some sleep, so I won't try to respond to your other points just now. But you raise some good ones - even, believe it or not, some that I whole-heartedly agree with! And some that I don't, but like I said, I'll leave this for later.
Oh, and congratulations on the lack of wank in the previous essay. I'm actually amazed - it got heated, but nobody insulted each other very much at all. :)
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Date: 2008-06-23 11:37 am (UTC)All of these, in their own way are quite good. The heroine in "Knocked Up" is not a teenager - she's a 23-year-old career girl who falls pregnant after a drunken one-night-stand. It's probably the most unrealistic of three though - the story revolves around the pregnancy, and trying to make some sort of relationship work with the father of the baby. It all turns out rather well in the end... if you see the movie I think even you will agree that it's a bit overly optimistic.
"Juno" and "Slam", however, are both about teenagers, and both are relatively positive about the ability of teenagers to make responsible decisions, even when they've made a mistake and screwed up. I think you might find them interesting.
I need to get some sleep, so I won't try to respond to your other points just now. But you raise some good ones - even, believe it or not, some that I whole-heartedly agree with! And some that I don't, but like I said, I'll leave this for later.
Oh, and congratulations on the lack of wank in the previous essay. I'm actually amazed - it got heated, but nobody insulted each other very much at all. :)