SHIPping Attitudes // Hermione's Age

Wed Apr 23 00:34:23 UTC 2003

No: HPFGUIDX 55923

Yours truly:
> So...do you see that "certain feelings
> between the three of them" also proves
> nothing and disproves nothing?  No 
> death sentence being signed here?  No 
> death knell being tolled?  No swan
> song being sung?

Penny:
> Er........*YES*!  I thought I have
> been abundantly clear, but apparently
> not.  I don't quite understand the
> animosity in tone (sarcasm) of your
> recent posts, Petra, but let me try
> to explain my position a bit more
> clearly.

<giggling madly!>

Sarcasm?  Regularly...though mostly to 
make a point as opposed to scoring a 
point.  I should mention that more 
often, no?  :)

Animosity?  Not intended, I quite 
assure you, even as I hammer away 
at my soap boxes.  <g>

Penny:
> <snip> I did use the word "trump,"
> but substantively, all I mean is
> that the *scope* of the "platonic
> friends" quote must surely be called
> into question a bit based on DVD
> interview quote.  It should make the
> reasonable shippers raise their
> eyebrows a bit, *I* would think.

Well said.  :)

Yours truly:
> Because to be specific now is to
> spoil the future books.  JKR
> cannot possibly wish to spoil Books
> 5-6-7.  Therefore she's going to be
> truthful without actually 'trump'
> any ships.

Penny:
> *EXACTLY.*  Exactly.  So, the "platontic
> friends" quote is *likewise* not a
> spoiler of "forevermore" scope.  Right?

<head a-nodding>

As proof of the lack of actual and abiding 
animosity, I gift the hammer to you as a 
*replacement* of the "certain feelings 
between the three of them" in defense 
against the "platonic friends" quote.

In fact, this hammer is sturdy enough that 
anyone else who can make good use of it, 
regardless of ship preference, is 
welcome to it.

Penny:
> Overall, I think we must agree on one
> thing: the interview and chat
> statements are subject to multiple
> interpretations and really can't be
> taken to mean anything definitive on
> shipping by one side or the other,
> especially as we consider the point
> that Petra hammers home again and
> again: it's not in Rowling's interest
> or desire to spoil the later books
> on plot points.

QED  :)

     *     *     *

Jo Serenadust:
> OK with me.  I still don't see
> Hermione's age having any real plot 
> importance, unless it's just not
> been revealed yet.  I really didn't 
> care until this DVD timeline issue
> came up, and I still don't get 
> why it is so very important to you
> that she be younger by a matter 
> of months rather than older.  Did
> I miss a post explaining that?  If 
> so, please direct me to it because
> I have a feeling that I'm missing 
> *something*.

Well, at least one shipper somewhere 
(can't for the life of me remember 
exactly where in Potterdom) argued 
that if Hermione is older than Harry 
(or did she say Ron?) then they can't 
become a couple...'cause that'd be too 
'ewww.'

I really hope that there's more of a 
basis for the interest in Hermione's 
age than this but I've never seen it 
articulated anywhere else either.  
Anyone?  Does this issue come up (more 
than just in passing) anywhere else 
with the kind of passion it usually 
exhibits in shipping threads?

Petra, amateur handicapper
a
n  :)

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