SHIPping Attitudes

[anguaorc]

No: HPFGUIDX 55677

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "derannimer" <susannahlm at y...> 
wrote:
> See, there's nothing wrong with saying you see no evidence for a 
> theory, as long as you acknowledge that someone else *does* see it, 
> and that they aren't necessarily doing so from sheer intellectual 
> dishonesty. (See Angua's recent assertion that one could only be 
H/H 
> from--paraphrase--a "stubborn romanticizing and eroticizing 
impulse.")

In the interest of clarity, I'd like to point out that I did not say 
that one could only "be H/H" out of such an impulse. I made a more 
limited assertion -- that to deny that Hermione's feelings for Harry 
in GoF are those of a "very platonic friend" can only be prompted by 
such an impulse.  It is a denial, after all, of quite a bit of canon 
evidence as well as a direct assertion by the author.

However, one could certainly "be H/H" without believing that Hermione 
showed non-platonic feelings for Harry in the book Goblet of Fire.  

If anyone has any interest in my personal opinion (and I don't see 
why you would), I believe that there are a variety of reasons one 
might want Hermione to end up with Harry.  An early romanticizing 
impulse and a negative reaction to the character of Ron or JKR's 
portrayal of the R/H dynamic would probably be the two most common 
reasons.  Others would be a distrust of the "obvious," a preference 
for tragedy over comedy, or even something as trivial as a preference 
for brunette over red hair, or for Radcliffe over Grint.


Angua