SHIP: a few kayaks and a large fan-tom ship

[amy_marblefeet]

No: HPFGUIDX 53641

The Admiring Skeptic wrote a very interesting post on shipping but 
started it off by saying it was a little off centre.  Comparing this 
to the Florence theories that have been floated I found the post 
entirely "on centre", well, at least it contained characters that 
have actual physical description and lines.  Apart from Hermiones 
sister, but I'll get on to her later.  Now my reply:

>Snape and Fleur. 
Hmm, not sure about this one.  Would be hard to see how JKR would 
make it work, and I never really got the impression that Snape cared 
that much for looks.  Also he is almost twice her age, though it 
would make a rather amusing scene if they were caught together.  I 
would like to know where you stand on Snapes feelings about Lily, I 
am completely in love with the theory of LOLLIPOPS and your theory 
about Fleur is similar.  Apart form she's alive and Lily is quite 
dead though.

>Hermione and older wizard
Well, there is that small rather bent group of shippers over there to 
the left who are quite happy to pair off Hermione with Snape, as long 
as it's after she leaves school of course, this is a children's book 
after all.

>Neville and Ginny. They could be very happy together, once Neville 
>becomes a respectable absent-minded professor.
I love this pairing and it always makes me smile.  But why wait until 
they both leave school.  There are endless comic potential with this 
pairing.  I don't have any brothers but I think the six Weasly boys 
would be pretty protective of their little sister, oh dear, poor 
Neville.

>Ron and Hermiones muggle sister
I never really thought of this one before.  I do like your little 
twist at the end though.  My favourite SHIP for Ron would have to be 
Eloise Midgen though.  Introduced in book four when she tried to hex 
her spots off but removed her nose and had it put back on squint, in 
Rons opinion.  Ron also hated the thought of being left without a 
partner to go to the ball and having to go with her.  However we know 
Hermione thinks she's really nice.
It might not be till book six or seven where Eloise "matures over the 
summer" and suddenly the spots are gone, her nose is not squint but 
unique and her personality a wonderful match for Ron.   Who, in my 
opinion, is now tired of being shunned by Hermione and at the 
beginning of term bursts into Harrys train compartment and 
exclaims "you'll never guess who I just saw!"
Can you imagine the scene when he tells Hermione who he is going to 
Hogsmead with, alone?

"I thought you said she was a troll!"
"I never said that!"
"You did!  You said her nose is squint!"
"I think her nose is cute!"

sigh Ron finally gets over his crush on Hermione just as she realises 
that she quite liked him back.  Oh, the endless drama!

One pairing you missed off was Hannah Abbot and Ernie Macmillian.  
Seen swapping chocolate frog cards in the three broomsticks over the 
Christmas of fourth year it is my prediction that they will be the 
first two who start "officially" dating in book five.

Amy M
Passing out some heart shaped, soft centred, sugar coated chocolate 
sweets to all who board her Ron/Eloise kayak ;-)