[HPforGrownups] SHIP: movie contamination

[HimemyaUtena at aol.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 84198

In a message dated 11/4/2003 10:22:03 PM Eastern Standard Time, bcbgx6 at yahoo.com writes:

[Brian]

> I was polling a couple of my students about their SHIPping 
> preferences.  The thought occurred to me that my R/H SHIP 
> inclination, and SHIPping in general is a product of movie 
> contamination.  Romantic prospects don't seem as salient in the 
> books.  Steve Kloves is an obvious R/H-er and I think his 
> presentation of those characters has changed the way I read them in 
> Rowling's books.  Character interaction in books one and 
> two seems 
> more matter-of-fact than the movie representations.

I'm inclined to agree. I was convinced of an R+H ship for ages. But the more I go back and reread the books, especially OOTP, the more I'm inclined to believe H+H. 

I don't think Ron and Hermione would make a very good couple and I was struck by this the most in a re-read of POA and OOTP. Ron is always making fun of Hermione and the things she cares about. Like SPEW. 

Harry makes fun a bit too, but not as much, and not so much to her face. Also, he doesn't tell Hermione that Dobby is the one taking all of her clothes, because her clothes making makes her happy and he doesn't want to hurt her feelings. 

I haven't really formed any hard core arguements about any ships, but I'm inclined towards H+H.

Adrianna