[HPforGrownups] SHIP: Responses to Firoza (and Cassie) on R/H and Such...

[Morsus Crustum]

No: HPFGUIDX 13828


I want to make a comment. I have been looking closer at the people who ship, 
and I think that I have a pretty accurate theory about them. H/H shippers 
are (usually; by no means are all) older fans of the HP books. As in, 
they've been around for the long haul, ever since the beginning. They have 
had time to analyze and over-analyze the other books vivaciously. Subtext? 
They've been there, done that, bought the tee-shirt. These people have 
pretty much raked through the first three books tirelessly and plucked out 
all of the H/H preludes to assure themselves that Is The Way It Is. (That 
wasn't a diss. Read on.)
R/Hr shippers tend to be newer fans of the books. They went from one book to 
the next, and so on, not re-reading a million times * before * moving on. 
They make their opinions, then go back and re-read the books, pulling out 
what supports R/Hr, and convince themselves that Is The Way It Is.
The idea is - there has been subtle H/H overtures for a long time. But you 
only catch them when you *really* look. Now, obviously, there will be a 
bunch of people yelling "no, no, I have thought it was R/Hr and I was 
reading HP before it was cool!" or "I am a H/H shipper, and I just started 
reading them." I know. It's just a theory. I'm certain there is an exception 
to that rule.

Flame away.

MC


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