SHIP

[aichambaye at yahoo.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 13938

Well, here's my two bits.

People on this list are arguing over shipping. I don't think we are 
ever going to convince one another, and the debates are ever more 
repetitive and convoluted. People who won't discuss again the gleam 
in Dumbledore's eye - and are sometimes a bit rude to newbies who 
ask "the same old questions" - will repeat their interpretation of a 
peck on the cheek umpteen times. That's a bit contradictory, isn't it?

For the record, I am a R/H shipper (and a H/G shipper) because I want 
to be. It's my choice. It's more based on how I feel, what I would 
do, who I would like (I think I see myself in the female's shoes, and 
interpret their behavior along the lines of what I would do and have 
done). None of the H/H arguments are "wrong", they I just don't agree 
with the various interpretations. It feels wrong to me, and you guys, 
smart and interesting tho some of the arguments are, are not going to 
suddenly make me see the light. It's just a personal choice, like a 
favorite conductor or an actor. I've seen the same "evidence" 
accompanied by different interpretations. There are no new books, as 
someone just said. I believe what Jo said. nudge nudge wink wink. I 
think I'm just lucky that what she said coincides with what I wanted 
all along! And if it doesn't happen, nearly every couple I can 
imagine from the books has been done in fanfic, and usually in good 
fanfic. So everyone wins, as long as no one gets truely nasty in 
debate, and no one gets hurt. No one has so far, but it could 
(because this issue is nearly as explosive as politics!)

Oh, and the peck on the cheek? At 14, there was NO WAY I was kissing 
anyone on the cheek if I was romantically interested. I turned into a 
bumbling, slient, embarrassed idiot when confronted with my crush. 
Not going to pull a smooth kiss on the cheek. So you see, how we are 
interpreting. 

Heather M., who should probably not be pushing send....