Sinking Ships (was Re: Shipping heading for the rocks?)

[rachelbeth007]

No: HPFGUIDX 60865

> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, Rebecca Stephens 
> <rsteph1981 at y...> wrote:
 > > I think romance will be a side plot, not a main one. 
> > The battle against Voldemort is what it's really all
> > about.

***  Totally agree.  These aren't romance novels.  The battle of good and evil 
will always be the primary concern.  :)

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "beldasnoop" <beldasnoop at y...> 
wrote:
> I agree that whatever romance is there will be a side-plot, but I 
> think there will be at least one romantic pairing (JKR pretty much 
> told us this).  My thought, though, is what happens if JKR *does* 
> solidly put two characters together romantically?  What will all the 
> other shippers (and fanfic writers) do at this point?  Say, for 
> instance, she puts Ron and Hermione together.  Will all the H/H 
> shippers give up at this point, or will they just hang sneer and 
> say "yeah, well wait 'til the next book."  :)  Just wondering.

***  Shippers give up?  Haha.  Don't count on it.  Trust me, the "shipping wars" 
won't be over no matter what happens in OotP.  It will simply fuel the fire.  Any 
pairing that occurs in Book Five will become fodder for supporters of that ship, 
while supporters of competing ships will say (paraphrasing your post) "just 
you wait, just you wait."   

Shippers have simply invested so much in their love boat of choice that they'll 
go down with the ship.  Something tells me that even once we all learn the 
fates of these characters in Book Seven, people will still argue that so and so 
really should have ended up with so and so.  Blah. Blah. Blah.

Being a shipper myself, I really shouldn't act like I'm not a little ship crazy.   I 
will certainly continue to fervently support my ships even after OotP.  It ain't 
over til the fat lady sings (JKR writes).  Once she does, hopefully all will be 
resolved one way or another....forever.  I don't know if I could stand a lifetime 
of the shipping wars.  

Rachel
- Who has both a birthday and a graduation this week but just might be 
looking forward to 12:01 on Saturday more than the other two combined.