SHIPping Attitudes

[Petra Pan]

No: HPFGUIDX 55736

Part of Penny's retort of Pippin's 
retort of Penny's "toldcha so":

> I'm not sure I'm following the transition
> from Rowling conceding that the
> romance angle involves feelings between
> all *3* members of the Trio to a
> R/H Big Moment.  :--)

"Conceding?"

Interesting diction, Penny.  <eg>  Still 
sure you're not on a battleSHIP?

[1] Did JKR put her name in the goblet and 
entered the shipping fray?!?  I missed 
that somehow...

[2] For JKR to "compete" in the shipping 
debate is a bit unfair, ain't it?  She does 
control the ultimate outcome after all.

It would be as if when bookies all around 
the world are taking bets, a la Ludo Bagman, 
(What?  Can't you just see this happen?)
JKR places her bet on the underdog...and 
then proceeded to write into canon the 
successful launching of the ship that she 
just bet on...

Nope, can't see her participate in a 
competition in which she'd have such an 
unfair advantage

[3] So, if she hasn't entered the boxing 
ring as a contender, how can JKR be 
considered to "concede" anything?  In horse 
racing terms, she'd be the handicapper, not 
a competitor.

The statement "they are platonic friends" 
proves nothing and disproves nothing.  
Convenient, eh?

As you've transcribed: 
> "Chris [Columbus] has kind of
> foreshadowed in this second film
> what I don't do until the 4th book,
> which is, you get hints of certain
> feelings between the three of them
> ......that belong to a slightly
> more mature person."

This too proves nothing and disproves 
nothing.

No acts of trumping here...no acts 
of concession either.  Heck, you 
can't even make a strong case for 
considering more than the minimum of 
one person actively having feelings 
from this quote alone.

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BTW, anyone else not getting ALL of their 
HPFGU emails from Yahoo?  Umm...have we 
short circuited Yahoo...or is it just me?

Petra: "Call me Auntie...Auntie Shipmissile."
a
n  :)

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