Shipping and Other HP4GU Debates (long as usual)

[sashibuya at hotmail.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 11108

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., Penny & Bryce Linsenmayer <pennylin at s...> 
wrote:
> Hi --
> 
> Ebony Elizabeth Thomas wrote:
<snip>
> Charmian asked:
> 

> >
> Ebony was making the point that our "shipping" positions (or non-
positions as the case may be) may very well affect how we view other 
aspects of the HP series.  She used the 8 above
> as examples of positions taken by H/H types, noting that the R/H 
types on the whole seem to take the opposite approach with respect to 
her 8 examples.  Her thesis is that our
> personalities & world view come into play & influence not only how 
we view the "shipper" debates but virtually all other aspects of the 
books.  I think she's possibly onto something
> here.  The 8 examples are not exclusive.  I'm sure we could come up 
with lots of other areas.  There will, of course, be exceptions to 
the rule, but the general premise that
> shipping positions may be but one component of an overall approach 
to this series is intriguing I think.

Oh, I understand that. I think it's an interesting hypothesis. What 
I'm interested in how these eight random questions fit together, and 
with the ships. What underlying interest and preference makes one 
likely to say, view Harry as possessed of some special power and both 
support the HH relationship? My theory:  since a lot of these 
questions involve speculating on, from vague clues in the books, how 
JKR will finishing up certain subplots, we are probably (and I've 
seen a lot of people do this with Little House on the Prarie here, 
and another author) comparing it to other books we've enjoyed. That's 
probably why fanon Draco is so popular and so powerful a 
characterization.