OOP: The Shipping News (spoilers, of course)

[Claire Browning]

No: HPFGUIDX 62293

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "night_minstrel7" 
<night_minstrel at h...> wrote:
> > Helen (me): Oh lordy... if anything, OotP proved that the books 
are
> > soooo NOT about the shipping. I (a rabid H/Hr shipper) think 
both 
> R/Hr
> > and H/Hr are doomed. DOOMED. There will be some more 'stuff' for 
> both
> > sides to pick apart. There certainly was here. There were 
moments 
> for
> > both... and gosh, I think I will stop listening to anything JKR 
has 
> to
> > say and just read the books. 
> >
> >Helen

The books have NEVER been about the shipping! Even though I am a 
rabid Ron/Hermione shipper, and I don't think they are "doomed" - 
I've always thought the shipdoms were a fan addition to the books.  
Certainly JKR puts in some age appropriate behavior, but the fact 
that some readers - myself included - focus so much on the 'ships 
has much more to say about us than the characters themselves! LOL

Claire Browning