H/H Mission Statement

[Amy Z]

No: HPFGUIDX 13869

Ebony wrote:

>Then I realized something.  We haven't been communicating the terms
>of the ship debate very well.  You see, the H/Hers want the R/Hers to
>synthesize all the GoF quotes into theories and postulates.  The
>H/Hers aren't as interested in your list of facts as they are in
>conclusions that can be defended according to logic.

>The R/Hers, on the other hand, don't care about our theories.  To
>them, all our theories, all the extrapolated trends we can point to
>in fan writing, all our anecdotes, and all our "gut feelings" are
>bunk... if not sheer insanity.  I do believe that the Ron/Hermione
>camp wants to knows want to know exactly what JKR wrote *in canon*
>that rings the H/H bell in our minds... chapter and verse.  Am I
>correct?

Not exactly...I have no problem with the gut feelings and such.  (The fanfic 
trends, however, are completely unconvincing to me.  If I found fanfiction 
convincing on the matter of canon, I'd think Harry was receiving angsty 
love/lust notes via a certain eagle owl on a regular basis.  Much as I love 
the idea, when I go back to canon I laugh aloud at the very thought.)  I 
just like to see the whole thing laid out.  I'd seen a few of the 
arguments--like the one about the end of the 2nd task, the H/H piece I find 
most convincing both on a gut and an analytical level--but not a whole list 
of Exhibits A through Infinity.  Sorry to make you repeat it, but I've only 
been on the list since late December.

So, thanks, Ebony!  Your chapters and verses were what I wanted to see.  I 
look forward to poring over the messages you list and the passages you cite. 
  They might even convince me to swim over to y'all's cruiseship!

Like you, I hate to be proven wrong.  So I'm not going to do any 
Trelawneyizing here.  Whatever JKR does in Books 5-6-7, I'm sure I'll be 
thinking, "Well, I didn't see THAT coming."

Amy Z
who thought Lupin was a baddie just 'cause the Sneakoscope was whistling on 
the train...so much for prescience

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If only the hat had mentioned a house
for people who felt a bit queasy,
that would have been the one for him.
     --HP and the Philosopher's Stone
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