I see your point. I don't read fic, so I can't really comment on HP fic at all (mostly anything I've read dates back about eight years and comes from the horror-pit known as fanfiction.net), but your points re: Hermione are good ones.
I don't think Ron would care, one way or another. Ron doesn't come off as a particularly stubborn person compared to Hermione, I don't think.
I think it's something so ingrained in Western culture that fic writers just don't think about it. In the future I think I will always ask women I know why they are changing their names if they do so. I am always secretly looking to make people think.
I understand the point between personal/political, but it's a hard balance to work with. At this point I make what small changes I can without jeopardizing my entire career. I hate politics. Thank god I don't live in the southern states.
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Date: 2010-01-27 05:04 am (UTC)I don't think Ron would care, one way or another. Ron doesn't come off as a particularly stubborn person compared to Hermione, I don't think.
I think it's something so ingrained in Western culture that fic writers just don't think about it. In the future I think I will always ask women I know why they are changing their names if they do so. I am always secretly looking to make people think.
I understand the point between personal/political, but it's a hard balance to work with. At this point I make what small changes I can without jeopardizing my entire career. I hate politics. Thank god I don't live in the southern states.