[HPforGrownups] Re: Getting Shippy With It

[andeinmn at aol.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 10738

In a message dated 1/25/01 7:53:33 PM Central Standard Time, 
MinnesotaGirlie7 at aol.com writes:

> Er... hi! Was just floating around in the HP waters, looking for a 
>  ship like this... I'm glad I'm not the only R/H shipper around (yes 
>  yes, I've read PoU, DD/DS, ASA, all of those... they're very good, I 
>  just don't agree with them).
>  
>  < salutes >
>  
>  Hmm. "One of the few, one of the proud." It should be our motto. What 
>  say you, fellow R/H shippers?
>  
>  Minnesota Girlie                                  
>  

Count me among the few and the proud.  I have nothing personal against the 
Good Ship H/H, I simply don't see any indication from either of them that 
they see each other as more than friends.  As early as CoS, it's Ron who has 
to be held back when Hermione is picked on, even before he really notices 
she's a girl.  And all their bickering seems an adolescent way of covering up 
what is going on below the surface.

If I were to guess who might be in Harry's future I would say Ginny Weasley.  
Harry's overall arc is concerned with the loss of his family.  The Weasleys, 
for all intents and purposes, have been his surrogate family and Ginny will 
not be a star-struck schoolgirl forever.  Jo might surprise me, but I think 
that may be where she is headed.  We'll see.  I'd like to see the Weasleys as 
Harry's actual family someday, and if the Good Ship H/R comes in as we 
expect, Hermione will make Harry a wonderful sister in law!  

Dipping her toes in the shipping waters,
Andrea