Ye Gods...

[Milz]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at y..., Amber <reanna20 at y...> wrote:
> 
> Recently I started looking in the archives for posts dealing with 
the
> Grand Shipping Debate. Just out of curiousity, mind you, it seems 
to be
> a...er...sore subject in the main list. Well, I was shocked and
> flabbergasted. Who knew that so many people were so concerned about 
who
> Harry/Hermione/Ron/Draco/Ginny/AnyOtherCharacter ends up 
romantically
> with? The logical reasoning, the complicated theories, the rapacious
> wit, the backstabbings, shouts of foul, the passionate tantrums, 
they
> have all made my head spin! I may not be able to walk in a straight
> line for days!
> 
> And I've only looked at approximately 20-30 posts. I can't even 
imagine
> reading all of them. I must admit though, I'd love to see the debate
> revived. <evil grin> While things can get ugly at times, it looks 
like
> tremendous fun...oy, the problems with discovering something too 
late! 
> 
> ~Amber
> (Who is, against her will, starting to form a ship
> preference...NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! AWAY, AWAY!)

Personally, 'shipping' doesn't interest me. However, in an evolving 
work like the Potter series, it interests me even less because the 
characters are evolving too and for all we know Rowling might kill 
someone off or might change another character's likes and dislikes 
completely. 

If she decides to have a Ron-Hermione relationship or a Harry-
Hermione relationship or have Hermione move to the US, teach at the 
Massachusets Institute of Magic and marry a Muggle named Joe, that's 
fine by me. Rowling's the one driving this car; I'm just along for 
the ride and I'm not disappointed with the road she's taken.

Milz