Jumping ship (was What is no-shipping?)

[Susan McGee]

No: HPFGUIDX 10244

--- In HPforGrownups at egroups.com, "Kimberly " <moongirlk at y...> wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at egroups.com, "Susan McGee" <Schlobin at a...> 
wrote:
> > 
> > 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
> 
> Susan, you have converted me!
> I am officially abandoning ship(s) of all kinds.
> 
> When the issue first came up when I was a newbie to the board, I
> kinda 
> thought I was supposed to choose a side, so I chose what I thought 
> would be the closest to a happily-ever-after ending for everyone, 
> simply because I love all the characters too much to want anyone to
> be 
> left out.  But even then I said if this were the real world I'd
> prefer 
> that nobody got together because they're all so young.  
> 
> The more I've seen the arguments of the shippers (both sides), the 
> more surreal it has all become to me.  I think you're right - the 
> important relationships in these books are the friendships and 
> loyalties that have been and continue to be forming.  I'd rather 
not, 
> in all honesty, see any romances develop between the main (young) 
> characters, now that I've gotten to know the 'characters' on this 
> list.  Just like I didn't want Ron or Harry or Ginny or anyone to 
> be left out in the stories, I now don't want any of these lovely 
> listmembers to be hurt either!  If R/H is disproven, some people on 
> the good ship R/H will be very, very sad, and if H/H is disproven 
> there will probably be some sort of terrible cry wrenching the sky 
> from the battleship H/H, so I have now decided that my preference 
is 
> ambiguity, so that long after the stories are over everyone can 
> continue to imagine what they want.
> 
> I know I'm kinda nuts, but I don't make my decisions so much based 
on 
> what I think should happen, or even what I would personally prefer,
> as 
> what I think will make the most people happy.  So from now on, I am 
a 
> no-shipper, and this is my shipless rant!
> 
> Question for Susan - now that I've jumped ship, do I get a dinghy, 
or 
> a raft, or an inner tube or something?  If not, that's ok, I float 
> pretty well on my own, I'll just stretch out on my back and relax.  
> Ahhh - dontcha love a good float trip?
> 
> Kimberly,
> hoping that no sides get offended by the implications of the other 
> side/sides that they are delusional/demented/defective and/or 
> suffering from a disorder because of their shipping preference.


Kimberly, I'm sorry, but you don't get anything! Better enjoy the 
float.....  

If it's any comfort, I think about 50% of the list are not invested 
in future relationSHIPs.

JKR will give us more data about future relationSHIPs in the Order of 
the Phoenix because the kids are getting older. BUT, as someone said, 
not too many people get involved in high school with their future 
partner (some do of course....but few)....

Susan