[HPforGrownups] Understanding SHIPping

[Ebony Elizabeth Thomas]

No: HPFGUIDX 17897

Hey, Paula and list...

> > I should say that in a recent ship debate on the ff.net message boards, 
>a
> > R/Her could only cite two GoF textual supports for He----->R, while I 
>see
> > at
> > least seven (and that's not without checking the books) of He---->Ha.
> >
> >
>
>
>LOL, I guess I should introduce myself.  You'd know me as Firebolt909 on 
>ff.net : )  Might want to go and read my replies to your reply, Angie, if 
>you haven't already.  I can't believe I actually forsworn myself and got 
>involved in a Shipper debate, but who knew it'd be so much fun?...that and 
>I'm still trying to avoid my term paper until the eleventh hour. : )
>

I went and read the thread, Paula (Firebolt).  Cute post--I laughed at your 
refutations--thanks for responding!  As I said, those points were just off 
the top of my head and typed up in five minutes, but I can comb through 
canon and find plenty more.  ;-)  I can talk as much SHIP as the day is 
long... it's one of the few fandom topics I never tire of.

Truthfully, shipping *is* the HP equivalent of the Tower of Babel.  Some of 
us speak Hebrew and some of speak Greek.

And some of us speak Gobbledygook and Mermish.

And some of us are just... mute.

We can certainly talk more about this offlist if you want.  I was just 
responding to Michelle's post about understanding FITD because of listening 
to the Fry audioversions.  She was sort of updating us, I think, after the 
Great Shipping War we had onlist from mid-December to February.  (NEWBIES:  
if you want to read "HP4GU Ship Debates, A History", go to the message 
archives and search either H/H, R/H, or ship.  Believe me, it isn't too 
pretty... which is why we tiptoe around the issue now.)

But unless we can tie it to canon, Paula, shipping is OT and Neil will come 
after us, hairnet, bunny slippers and all.  I may be a fellow Gryffindor, 
but the Mod Squad scares me at time.  *Especially* that rock-wielding John.  
;-)  Don't want to cross them.

>Anyway, I'm going to quietly wear my H/G Crown rather than fight for the 
>R/H's, they have enough support without me getting in the battle.
>

Yes, there are a lot of R/Hers out there.  (sighs)  As my gran would say, 
"Lord love 'em."

--Ebony

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