[HPforGrownups] Re: What is no-shipping?

[Ebony Elizabeth Thomas]

No: HPFGUIDX 10117

> > Charmian wrote:
> > > b)someone who just isn't interested in entire romance aspect of
>the series in general ("who cares about their love lives. What I'm
> > > burning to read is a fanfic that resolves the student population
> > > issue and the wand order thingy convincingly")

And Amanda wrote:
> > That would be me. I think romance isn't the focus of the books, nor
yet even a plot device, and discussing the fluff isn't appealing.
>Especially since most of the characters in question are in their early
>adolescence.

And Mike wrote:
>I'm going to have to agree here. Especially as it's
>something not really dealt with in the canon (yet?), speculating on
>the love lives of 14-year-olds just doesn't seem all that exciting to
>me... But to each his (or her) own...

Ah, most adult shippers age them up a bit... that's why we read and write 
fanfic.  We're not pedophiles.  We're just jumping the gun, so to speak, and 
having a ball speculating on what the characters will be like as grownups.

Discussing the love lives of 14 year old *is* boring.  Not to mention 
annoying when you catch said 14 year old passing a note in class when you're 
teaching a lesson or oral interpretation or the present perfect tense.  ;-)

No-shippers, I really admire you guys' resolve, though.  It had to be said.

--Ebony (who as a Lucy Maud Montgomery fan has no qualms about predicting 
future matches for kid characters... when you're into Maud, it comes with 
the territory)

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Ebony AKA AngieJ
(H/H Special Agent, First Class)

"'We start by recruiting members,' said Hermione happily.  'I thought two 
Sickles to join--that buys a badge--and the proceeds can fund our leaflet 
campaign.  You're treasurer, Ron--I've got you a collecting tin 
upstairs--and Harry, you're secretary, so you might want to write down 
everything I'm saying now, as a record of our first meeting.'

"There was a pause in which Hermione beamed at the pair of them, and Harry 
sat, torn between exasperation at Hermione and amusement at the look on 
Ron's face."

--from Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, p. 225, 1st Amer. ed.

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