H/H H/R or whatever combination...

[Ebony]

No: HPFGUIDX 7925

Hi, Maya and all--

Someone recently wrote in the ship debate: 

"...all of them together at the Burrow for wonderful family 
holidays.  It's just so perfect!  To me it's like the pieces of a 
puzzle fitting together - sure, you can force pieces into other 
places, but the picture doesn't end up nearly as pretty."

This is exactly why I started writing "Trouble in Paradise".  I began 
the serial at one of those perfect post-canon Weasley holiday 
celebrations... and I'm just letting the writing carry me along.  
Needless to say, what sound great in theory can be quite different 
than in practice.

BTW, Ch. 3, "Boxing Day", has been posted at ff.net for anyone who's 
following the story.  The URL is:
http://www.fanfiction.net/index.fic?action=story-read&storyid=154118

My rationale for writing this particular fic?  I can show you better 
than I can tell you why R/H isn't going to necessarily be all 
rainbows and teddy bears and sunshine.  No real-world relationship 
is, and judging from the canon, it doesn't follow that any future 
dealings these characters have with each other will be idyllic.  I'm 
trying to follow certain character traits I see in all of the 
characters to their logical conclusion... and it's scary.  (laughing)

Maya wrote:

"Does anyone else think that they should all marry separate people?"

If H/H is a future impossibility, yes!  (j/k)  Ship preference aside 
for a moment, I think the rational thing would be for all three to 
find love elsewhere.  Making sure, of course, that the spouses are 
*very* understanding people who realize that the friendship of the 
Triad is completely platonic... yet in some ways, perhaps even 
emotionally deeper than any physically intimate relationships could 
ever be.  If they could find such people, then yes, I think that 
would be best.

Or maybe they could move to one of those societies that practice 
polyandry.  Hermione could have two husbands (or three for the Draco 
fans) and the three biggest ship camps would be happy.

Or maybe JKR will kill Hermione off before the canon close. 

Or maybe JKR will write an epilogue that tells us exactly what 
happens to each character from the end of Year 7 until the day they 
die.  (Highly unlikely, I'll admit.)

Some of our members have in the past proposed perpetual celibacy for 
Harry.  Penny and others have countered that idea with some 
intriguing points that I tend to agree with.  But has anyone ever 
thought of perpetual celibacy for all three?  That would make the no-
shippers who want to line all us hopeless romantics up against a wall 
and leave us to the mercy of a firing squad very happy.  

You know, it would *really* serve us right if all three died in Book 
7.  But then, knowing some of you, you'd then begin your fics and 
theories with "All of a sudden, Harry woke up and realized it was 
just a dream.  Voldemort had been defeated, the wizarding world was 
saved, and all were free to live their lives according to the whims 
of HP fanatics with too much time on their hands."  ;)

In that case, count me among their numbers.

--Ebony