SB/RL ship in OOtP- was: Oldman and Thewlis

[chintz22]

> kchuplis:
> I'm curious. What in the film led you to feel this? I've watched it 
maybe 5
> times now, and it would never have led me to this conclusion. Is it
> something in the actors performance? Any dialogue in particular? I 
just have
> never understood where these ideas come from.
>


I don't remember much in the POA book that made me wonder about ship 
issues, but in POA the film I thought the few scenes we were given of 
SB and RL were open to interpretation—how Black and Lupin interacted 
in the Shack, how concerned Black was for Lupin during the 
transformation, Lupin's comments as he was packing.  I absolutely 
think someone could interpret those scenes as SB and RL just being 
good friends and the werewolf issue but I think the potential that 
they could be seen as something more is there as well.  The main 
thing that made me think a bit deeper about the ship issue in the 
film was Snape's "old married couple" comment.  Film Snape had used 
a "throwaway" comment to try and tell the viewer something before 
("out for a stroll in the moonlight?").  But then again, I could make 
a valid case for seeing it as a jibe and nothing more too. 

I wonder about the ship issue in the film of OOP because of the 
history with the film of POA but more because of the book OOP.  
Again, I don't think anything is blatantly said but I think there are 
many more incidents in OOP the book that could be interpreted as ship—
the interactions between SB and RL, the fact that the RL moves into 
#12 when nobody else does so, SB and RL giving Harry a joint present, 
RL's grief when SB goes beyond the veil, etc.  I was musing on how 
this will be handled in the film and just wanted to get the input of 
other folks on the matter.  

Again, I don't have any ax to grind on any of this and I don't mean 
to offend anyone.  It's just an interesting issue to me and I'm 
wondering what others may think of it all.