[HPforGrownups] Re: SHIP: Of Love and War (More)

[Ebony Elizabeth Thomas]

No: HPFGUIDX 21126

Hey, HP4GUers!

I laughed when I saw David's post... *I* wrote the H/H mission statement?  
Moi?  Fearing a past attack by rogue Obliviators, I checked the archives.  
Msg. 13842 is entitled "Where to Find the H/H Mission Statement"--something 
I wrote during the last shipping debate (much more intense than this one is 
IMO--this one has no teeth, which is nice).

In that post, I said "there is no blanket H/H "ship position".  I only 
stated what *I* think, but of course I'm not the entire ship.

If there was an H/H Mission Statement, our dear Captain Penny would be the 
best one to write it.  I'm only along for the food... you know, Scott's a 
terrific SS H/H chef!  And my compliments to the bartender as well.  ;-)

Jenny wrote:

>>It is interesting to me that the H/H shippers believe that there is
>canonical evidence that Hermione is interested in Harry beyond
>friendship, because I never for one minute thought that.  After
>reading some of the examples given, such as Hermione's kiss at the end
>of GoF and some of the interactions between the two of them, I
>undertstand where they're coming from, but I still don't see it.

That's completely understandable!  I can't tell you how many of the posts 
I've read over the past 11 months on this list that have made me goggle and 
wonder what books these strange people are reading.

The message I referred to above contains a list of off-the-top-of-Eb's-head 
places in canon.  Every time I cycle through all the books, the less I'm 
convinced that we know what's going on in the romance department.

>However, I am more of an R/H shipper because JKR seems to be taking it
>that way, not because I think they should be together (although JKR
>convinces me that they should, at least, give it a shot).  I know that
>I am definitely NOT an H/H shipper; the thought of Hermione and Harry
>dating makes me weirdly uncomfortable.

To tell you the truth, the thought of any of them dating seriously during 
canon makes me wince a little.  :-)

It's not really a matter of right or wrong, I believe.  It's just a matter 
of preference.  Personally, I think R/H would be comitragic... but I'm sure 
JKR will write it up OBHWF beautifully, tie it up with a bow, and all the 
much-maligned H/H shippers will be converted to the truth... then we can 
sink the SS H/H and come party with the folks on the Good Ship R/H.  How's 
that sound?

Okay, okay.  I'm trying too hard.

>My cabin on the good ship R/H still has plenty of extra space
>but I stand alone proudly (like Hermione with S.P.E.W.) on the deck of
>the good ship H/G, gazing sadly into the distance!

Come to think of it, I have absolutely no opinion on Harry/Ginny.  I like it 
about as much as I do Harry/Cho these days.

--Ebony (who actually did something S.P.E.W.-like in high school, and got 
the standard GoF reaction from her peers at first)


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