Shipping Waters...

[harry_potter00 at yahoo.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 11111

Ok I've finally caught up on the messages. I had a little trouble 
with the big switch but things are fine now! Thanks Penny and Jim!

I must say that I've found the shipping debate very interesting, and 
the boat analogy is quite the hilarious joke. Whilst I'll always be 
H/H the no-shippers seem to be quite enticing as well. Great 
margaritas, pychedelic submarines, and Switzerland waters ARE 
tempting. Especially as the H/H ship preference that I have is mostly 
post-canon.

Anyhow, at least for now I'm firmly planted on the HMS H/H (with a 
large bottle of sea-sick pills-don't ask). I asked myself what job I 
had on "The Love Boat" erm, sorry that's the H/H...Can I be the Chef? 
One who serves both Black Pudding AND Boullubaise (no Ron to refuse 
the latter...)

Now that I've got a job (did you notice that I didn't wait to be 
appointed) I thought I should ask myself WHY I am a H/H shipper.  
Well I honestly can't say. I guess that when it comes down to it I 
just don't like or relate to Ron. (I know that is no excuse) To a 
certain extent I also think that the character most like me is 
Hermione and so I want to set her up with the hero.

I also see H/H as working out in the long run...Not that I don't 
agree with Ebony that both relationships will have problems. They are 
bound to since- "to err IS human".  I also agree with  Jim (?) that 
the friendship is more important. In the long term, even if H/H or 
R/H don't work out the friendship will endure. I mean at fourteen 
they've already faced more together than many of us face in a 
lifetime. Not that ordinary situations aren't challenging too, but 
they've faced death (at least Harry has) and come out on the other 
side. This will most likely continue in the future. 

I can't see a lot of the post-canon scenarios happening that have 
been presented in essays, fanfiction etc. I can however see them as 
friends when all is said and done. More so if they find other 
partners, but through thick and thin I hope they will stick together.

On another sorta-shippy topic- I don't think that Harry has to marry 
to become part of the Weasely family. Not to mention OBHWF isn't 
likely (IMO) either. JKR hasn't gone for the neat "tied up with a 
bow" endings so far (GoF was by far the darkest, but non of them made 
everything perfect) and I don't think that the series will end that 
way either.

Scott