What to do if you hate SHIPping

[cindysphynx]

No: HPFGUIDX 31508

Penny wrote:

>Here are 2 
> things you can do if you don't like the SHIPping discussions:
> 

I think there is a third thing a non- or anti-shipper can do.  If you 
can't beat 'em, join 'em!  

Therefore, 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.

Cindy (admitting that Shipping can be entertaining)