question for noshippers

[msl at fc.net]

No: HPFGUIDX 10976

Well, if there are more than two, anyway.  :-)

I thought up the Unterseeboot Noship on a whim, but I wonder if my
idea of "noshipping" matches the ideas of other noshippers.  For me,
what noshipping is most emphatically *not* is the "no-romo" of X-files
fanfic--people convinced that Mulder and Scully mustn't under any
circumstances fall in love.  That's not what I'm after.  The Uboat
isn't interested in torpedoing the shippers' cruise lines.

Rather, from my POV noshipping isn't "anti-shipping," it's just, "not
shipping."  As in, "I have no positive desire to see any of our trio
pair off with one another or any of the secondary characters."  It
doesn't imply that I deplore the idea of an H/H or R/H pairing, it
just means that I'm not anxious to see one happen.  In other words,
I'm not craving the vicarious thrill of seeing a romance between any
of these three characters.  (I'm just jonesing hard for book 5.  Hurry
*up* already, Rowling!)

If such a thing does happen in future books, I'm more concerned with
seeing JKR handle the situation *well* regardless of what pairing she
might come up with.

Also, I see nothing incongruous about a noshipper tossing a few words
into shipper debates, for two reasons.  1) These debates are
(sometimes) interesting, particularly when they involve textually
grounded speculation regarding the characters.  2) These debates are
often highly amusing, producing the image of a gaggle of soap-opera
fans pining over the hunk and vixen of the week.  ;-)  And it's just
hard not to poke fun at this sort of thing.

All in good humor, of course.

Awooooga!

marvin  :-)