CANON FODDER re Harry, Hermione, Ron, Luna, Ginny, Neville

[maneelyfh]

No: HPFGUIDX 74344

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "samnanya" <yswahl at s...> wrote:
> I love SHIP debates. However, some posters seem to be pontificating 
> on conjectured SHIP as if their and ONLY their SHIPS are plausible 
if 
> the Harry Potter story be properly told.
> 
> If there is one thing that JKR made sure of in writing this series 
it 
> is that NO ONE  - be they reader or character {neither Trelawney, 
> Firenze, nor even Dumbledore} can predict the future with 100% 
> certainty. There are lots of juicy hints scattered everywhere in 
the 
> first five books, and some may matter and some may not. 
> 
> I don't believe that what passes for interpretative "canon" should 
be 
> used by anyone to shoot down the SHIPs proposed by other posters to 
> this site - unless there is an OBVIOUS and WRITTEN error or 
omission 
> (say .. Ron is attracted to Hermione's straight black hair and 
> dottiness). 
> 
> I can easily develop arguments "from canon" to suppory any 
> Male/Female SHIP combination of the above 6 characters {except 
> Ron/Ginny}. What is even more interesting is that I would be 
> satisfied by any combination of them if supported by JKR's writing 
> skill and awesome plotting ability. The endless character 
development 
> and plotting possibilities are ultimately what make her books so 
> satisfying and absorbing. 
> 
> The SHIP of Harry/Hermione is just as valid as Harry/Ginny or 
> Ron/Hermione Neville/Hermione or Neville/Ginny  Ron/Luna  
> Neville/Luna or  {yes .... even} Harry/Luna (which I happen to 
> favor) - and I {or better yet of course, JKR} can easily develop an 
> EXTREMELY convincing  story line supported by "canon" how any of 
> these SHIPs can happen and even be DESTINED to happen !
> 
> So please !  Give JKR some credit in crafting a tale where 
virtually 
> everything is possible and let your fellow SHIPpers have some fun 
> without pontificating about what YOU think has to happen and 
shooting 
> down the theories of your fellow posters. Their opinions are just 
as 
> valid as yours or mine!
> 
> -----------------------------------------------------------  
><SNIP> 
> SUPPOSITION 3
> Luna and Harry? Not a chance. She and Ron have a much more similar
> sort of vibe, she's much more interested in Ron than in Harry, and 
so 
> far her interactions w/ Harry have been of a 'female Ron' sort: 
> comradely, companionable, off-hand, very much "guy-style". MUCH 
more 
> Ron's type (at least, he's a sitting duck for her). In Book 6, I 
> expect to see her making even more effort to catch Ron's attention, 
> in part by simply inserting herself into the group; 
> 
> RESPONSE 3
> Most readers would agree with that.
> 
> SAMs RESPONSE 3
> And since when are most readers right ???
> Puhleeeeze - dont get me started on that dismissal .......
> Seems to me that in SHIP analogies,    Luna is to Ron as Harry is 
to 
> Cho  --- an infatuation at best that can easily be grown out 
of  .....
> 
> And when any good writer sees "Not a chance" they read "Gotta 
Happen 
> That Way!" because if they can pull it off successfully they have a 
> GREAT book on their hands. 
> 
> FINALLY -----
> I have had several posts here as to the possibility of a Luna and 
> Harry SHIP and the more I think about it the more I think it is 
> destined ..... and can happen VERY easily !  Please read OOP 862-
864. 
> When it comes down to it, Luna is the only one whose words 
comforted 
> Harry before he left Hogwarts. 
> 
> Once again, that does not mean that is the ONLY way the story MUST 
> unfold -- that is my opinion and not "canon" {and hopefully not 
canon 
> fodder}
> 
> Samnanya

My 2 Knuts:
I am on the side of Harry/Luna SHIP.  It came in the pages you 
mentioned above.  Something really hit me  there, just a gut feeling. 
I had up to that point thought it would be Ginny/Harry SHIP. Hermione 
will always have a strong relationship with Harry but more as a 
sister.  I think Ron and Hermione are the siblings Harry never had.
Of course this is only MHO, and these opinions are from what I read 
and interpret, not what I emotionally want! The things I would like 
to happen would make for a  maudlin, boring book :0)
fran