Shippers and Non-Shippers

[lady.nymphaea at faerielands.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 28156

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., John Walton <john at w...> wrote:
> Ebony wrote:
> 
> > Actually, from talking to kids in the target age range for the
> > series, it seems as if they actually care more about the romances
> > than we do.  I think if you took a poll, you'd find that
> > proportionately more adults are no-shippers.
> 
> Possibly because they feel more involved? i.e. they are much more 
likely to
> say "wow, wouldn't Ron make a crap boyfriend?" -- "Yeah, especially 
for
> Hermione", because it's their age group.

This is kind of funny, because I was having this discussion with my 
13-year-old cousin, who is definitely in the H/H camp. (Harry and 
Hermione are closer friends than Ron and Hermione, after all.) She 
likes Ron and thinks he's funny, but she feels he has a bit of 
growing up to do before he'd make a decent boyfriend, especially for 
Hermione. He's too fixated on looks at this point.

Then again, she also thinks that Snape and Trelawney would make a 
good couple. I'm still trying to wrap my head around that.

I'm not pro-any ship in fanfic (the whole point of fic, after all, is 
to play around with what the author wants to see) and as for canon, 
I'll accept whatever Rowling throws out at us as long as it's  
believable. I emphasize that point as I've read too many 
romance novels where the relationship is not arrived at in a way 
according to what the reader knows about the characters.

Meril