My SHIP is sinking...

[Morrigan //Vicki//]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: pippin_999 [mailto:foxmoth at qnet.com]
> --- In HPFGU-OTChatter at y..., Katze <jdumas at k...> wrote:
>
> > After reading various fanfics, I've found a very strange pattern
> occuris fics that end up H/Hr.  It seems that the impulse reaction
> is to pair Ron and Hermione, and Harry with either Ginny or x (I
> won't read ficswhere he's dead). What disturbs me is that Ron is
> either made to be the bad guy/bad husband, or he is killed off in
> order to make the Harry/Hermione happen. Why is this?
> >
> > Knut for your thoughts?
>
> Well, this is not really hard to understand. Draw yourself a nice
> hot bath, sprinkle in the salts and the bubbles, light a scented
> candle, slip into the soothing waters, smile as your head
> touches the bath pillow, close your eyes and think of... Ron?
>
> See, Ron doesn't cut it as a romantic fantasy.

I've been meaning to respond to this, but I've been a somewhat busy bunny
the last few days.  So, onward...

I personally think Ron is could be quite the romantic lead.  He's got a
great sense of humor (which is always #1 for me), is cute (redhead!!), and
is loyal.  I won't read fics where they kill Ron off.  Someone has to love
Ron, and that someone is me. *grin*

I have seperate SHIPs in canon and in fanon.  In canon, I lean somewhat
R/Hr, seeing a *slight* possibility of H/Hr, simply because I don't see
Ginny as yet well developed enough to be a suitable partner for Harry, and
there really are no other well-developed female characters, period.
Honestly, I don't much care who ends up with whom, as long as JKR makes it
work.  I trust in her enough that somehow she will.

In fanon, I'm the captain of unconventional SHIPs.  I like Harry/Ron and
Draco/Harry mostly.  Don't ask me why; I don't know.  I just know what I
read and what I write often - although not always - have these combinations.
I find slash more often than not more interesting than het fics, and when I
do write het (see Sex in the Village), it's still strange.  I find by
getting into these areas which I'm quite sure JKR will NEVER touch, I keep
myself from confusing canon/fanon characters.  It works for me; it may not
work for everyone.

Morrigan
Morrigan's Harry Potter Slash www.byz.org/~morrigan/hpslash.html