HP4GU Contest -- September creative contest

[hpsmarty]

Here is the September creative/speculative contest. Stay tuned for 
the puzzle contest, and feel free to contribute to both.

This contest is speculative. In fact it's very, very speculative. 
It will also require some creativity. The object is to come up with 
the most outrageous, outlandish, off-the-wall ship –– that is, 
possible romantic relationship –– among two characters in the HP 
books. The things is, you have to come up with ACTUAL, DIRECT 
evidence from the books to support your ship.

This contest is inspired by Cindy C. (aka Sin DC or The Strawberry 
Moderator Tart), who came up with the following idea as a defense 
against an overwhelming number of shipping posts:

>I have decided to defect to the shippers and hereby 
>propose my own theory about who Hermione will wind up with *when she
>is of legal age*:

>::drumroll::

>Mad-Eye Moody!

>It is *so* obvious, once you think of it. The evidence:

>1. When Hermione first sees Moody, she is repulsed: "What happened 
>to him? . . . What happened to his *face*?" she says. Meanwhile, 
>Moody is "totally indifferent" to his lukewarm welcome in the Great 
>Hall. That is always what happens in a good romance: shock, 
>followed by an irresistible impulse to get to know the other person 
>better, which of course is not immediately shared.

>2. The man impresses the woman with emasculating her enemy: Moody 
>turns Draco into a ferret. How can Hermione fail to notice Moody now?

>3. Moody demonstrates his power: He overpowers, tortures and kills 
>spiders right in front of Hermione. Hermione starts to appreciate 
>the "bad boy" side of Moody. He only stops torturing the spider when 
>Hermione tells him to stop, showing how she can bend him to her will.

>4. Romantic tension: Hermione objects to having students placed 
>under the Imperius Curse. Moody shows her the door. She 
>submits: "Hermione went very pink and muttered something about not 
>wanting to leave." Tell me her knees weren't weak as she sank back 
>into her seat.

>5. Moody finally falls for Hermione: "Moody's magical eye quivered 
>as it rested on Hermione. 'You're another one who might think about 
>a career as an Auror,' he told her. 'Mind works the right way, 
>Granger.' Hermione flushed pink with pleasure." Roll the credits!

>It all fits. Moody is missing a number of teeth, and Hermione's 
>parents are dentists. It is simply meant to be.

OK, you got it? Send me a description of the strangest ship you can 
think up, and back it up with canon evidence. And don't forget: 
DON'T POST CONTEST RESPONSES TO THE LIST. Send them to me at 
hpsmarty at aol.com. (That's hpsmarty AT aol DOT com.)

––Joywitch M. Curmudgeon