[HPforGrownups] SHIP: Hermione, Ginny and Luna Oh my!

[Taryn Kimel]

No: HPFGUIDX 84721

Kitten:
I am new to the Harry Potter world, literally, I read all five books 
after Order of the Phoenix arrived (Looks around the room and grins 
nervously) 

Taryn:
First off, welcome to the world of waiting! ^_~

Kitten:
And even though I don't think the love life of our teenage 
boy is going to be a great significance in the upcoming books. I 
would like to see Harry walking into the sunset with "his" girl. (I 
think he'll earn it) Which is why I decided to post. It seems to
me that the major "SHIPS" people seem to like are H/H, H/G,
and
H/L is it only me? Or does anyone else out there think that none of 
these girls are right for Harry?

<SNIP>

Taryn:
There ARE some people, among which I count myself, who think that Harry shouldn't get together with ANYONE. It may just be my Irish blood and its thirst for tragedy, but I feel that Harry is destined, at the end of everything, to be alone in more than one way. He will face Voldemort alone. He's been set apart from others his whole life, even from his best friends. Even they understand that it's his destiny to stand as a lone hero. He's an epic hero, and epic heros rarely have time for romantic attachments. It usually clashes with their saving the world. ^_^;;

I'm not so much for any Harry SHIP (including Harry with no one) than I am AGAINST the H/Hr ship. And this is not my preference for R/Hr, which is not so strong as to block out any other possible SHIP's with them, then the fact that I find Harry and Hermione so UTTERLY platonic. You could have POSSIBLY (a pretty small possibly, at that) convinced be before OotP, but the last book just sealed their brother-sister relationship in for me.

However, OotP also introduced Luna. And Luna's surprisingly similar to Harry in that she's set apart from others, albeit for different reasons, and that she also understands loss. Their scene in the book where Harry surprisingly finds Luna is the one he can talk to is very telling of a possible connection between the two. H/L is maybe a Harry SHIP I could believe in and I'll be very interested to see what develops in the next book. (I, for one, don't believe at all that Luna liked Ron in OotP--I thought the evidence of it was just her quirky way of acting. ^_^;;)

Harry and Ginny I can see, but only because of her very cool development in OotP (especially developing AWAY from her hero-worship of Harry). I think she still likes him, but she's an independent, strong young woman and doesn't have to get weighed down with it.

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