Sunday, November 18, 2007

If Miranda from Miranda Over the Valley met Harry from If They Knew Yvonne, they would form a couple. There parallel immature approaches to relationships would make them a good couple. Miranda, like with Brian, would not love Harry, but would still give him sex to get the company and the comfort of another person. In parallel, Harry would not love Miranda, but still give her comfort and intimacy to get sex, just like with Yvonne.
This relationship would work, at least for a while, because neither person is looking for something the other doesn’t have. In If They Knew Yvonne, the relationship fails because Harry just wants sex, but Yvonne wants an intimate relationship, as illustrated by the scene in Yvonne’s house. Since Miranda would not even love Harry, and would just look for comfort and company, and he would give it to her, there would be no gap between them, and the relationship would hold strong.
The interesting phase of this relationship would be the one when Harry and Miranda grow up from their sophomorish approach to relationships and look for actual love, instead of sex or comfort. I suspect they would break up find new people to see. Having learned that all men are not genuine in their intimacy from Harry, Miranda would seek a man with little sex appeal and a big heart. Harry, on the other hand, having been with this almost whore, who offers her body in exchange for another service, might look for someone harder-to-get, and more independent.

2 comments:

steven curran said...

Creative Response: D

Tmart said...

This was an interesting post Steven...on one level I do think you are right in matching them up as they both are in the story initially. I do however think you are being too harsh on each of the characters. See Joe's post on how they differ. Also see Sloane's last two questions....she has some insight into the depth of Miranda that seems to be lacking in your read. Both of these characters are complex--more then simply seeking sex and yet you are right, in my opinion by labeling it "sophomoric."