What is no-shipping?

[Susan McGee]

No: HPFGUIDX 10127

--- In HPforGrownups at egroups.com, "Mike Schubert" <mschub at y...> wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at egroups.com, Amanda Lewanski <editor at t...> 
wrote:
> > 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")
> > 
> > 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.
> >


 
> 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...
> -Mike


Exactly. JKR takes us to the realm of puberty where Ron is bowled 
over by the Veela, and Harry is crushed out on Cho, and Ginny is 
crushed out on Harry, and Viktor is interested in Hermione.Percy and 
his girlfriend obsess and kiss....(Fred and George don't seem 
interested in girls on any kind of daily basis at all)..
The adolescent crushes are sweet, but only mildly 
interesting...THAT's why I can't
get very passionate or bent out of shape about shipper issues....

Of course human relationships are at the crux of any good story....
but JKR has deliberately kept us away from sex...and mostly from 
romance....she has happily married couples...Petunia/Vernon; 
Arthur/Molly; Lily/James; Lucius/Narcissa; Cedric's parents; some 
adult romance -- Madame Maxine and Hagrid (no one seems to be too 
interested to discuss their romance? too adult?); a few adolescent 
crushes. but a lot of solitary adults..Sirius, Lupin, McGonagall, 
Snape, Dumbledore, Crouch, Moody, ..but the passion in her books is 
about friendship, (the Marauders,  Harry, Hermione and Ron; the 
loyalty Hagrid and Dumbledore have for each other;  the love of 
parent for child (Diggory; Potter) and the fight for justice against 
evil. 

Susan