[HPforGrownups] Jumping ship (was What is no-shipping?)

[John Walton]

No: HPFGUIDX 10259

Ebony Elizabeth Thomas wrote:

> But all too often, as we float by on the Sea of Romance, we see a confirmed
> no-shipper clinging to a piece of driftwood, weary of their shipless fandom
> existence.  That's when we on the Love Boat/Destroyer H/H throw them a
> lifeline (usually the first chapter of PoU) and reel 'em on up.  Right,
> Neil?  ;-)

::camp tutting sound:: Oooh, she's waxing lyrical.

> You see, no one's lives revolve around matchmaking fictional characters and
> writing mushy fanfics (though none of the most-plugged H/H ones qualify as
> sap--most of them are action/adventure or mystery).  Most of the shippers
> I've gotten to know have families, significant others, jobs and/or school,
> social lives, etc.

::confused look:: But I thought...er...umm...

::starts swaying from side to side:: Harry is Life. Harry is Life. Harry is
Life.

--John, Chief Minion of the HP Cult (and won't THAT delight the religious
opponents of the books!)

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