SHIP, SHIP, AND MORE SHIP!

[Donna]

No: HPFGUIDX 80918

I recently posted this in the Harry Potter Lexicon Forum.  I was 
wondering what you all think about this...

I think in book 6 (boy, I wish we knew the title) one of the subplots 
will be Harry's dealing with his breakup with Cho, and the discovery 
of a new relationship on the horizon. I think that will be with 
Ginny, though. I think they are both smart enough to realize that 
this means trouble. They have both been intimately involved with 
Voldemort. This will probably what draws them closer together. Yet, 
they realize that starting this type of relationship is inherently 
dangerous. 

What will make this more exciting in plotting (and this is certainly 
just my opinion) is that Ron really wants Harry and his sister 
together. Since Ginny said she wants to try for Chaser, and Ron is 
already on the team this puts the three of them in close contact with 
each other. I can see Ron pushing the relationship. And Hermione is 
not above pushing Harry on. Witness her prodding in OotP. She 
initiates the conversations about Cho with Harry. She sees his crush 
quite plainly. BTW, this is one reason I cannot see her with Harry. 
What girl in their right mind would push the boy they like into a 
relationship with someone she sees as a rival. Certainly not logical 
Hermione. 

Let's face it, shipping is a very important part of a teen's life. I 
have a teenaged daughter and she talks to me about all the stuff that 
goes on in her school. It seems that the kids love lives are almost 
as important as their school work. 

I can also see Ron and Hermione being drawn closer together in a very 
amusing way over this. Can't you just see them arguing about Harry 
and Ginny and then Hermione grabbing Ron and kissing him, or the 
other way around? I am looking forward to this. But, of course, JKR 
has her own ideas. She has got the story firmly fixed in her mind and 
she does love to twist and turn our suppositions around. I don't 
think I will mind very much how all this 'shipping turns out, as long 
as Harry, Ginny, Hermione and Ron are happy in the end. Battered, 
bruised, enduring many horrible things, but in the end an ending that 
is satisfactory. After all, if she wants us to continue buying any 
books that she writes. She does have to resolve the story in a way 
that she won't betray her fans. (Ooooh! I hear the pens scratching 
away already.)

Just one more thought, I find her work very Dickensian. When reading 
these stories I was put in mind of how horribly abused Dickens made 
his heroes and heroines. Yet in the end, they found happiness. But 
this is a discussion for another thread. 

Boy, this view I am getting from the Mirror of Erised is getting 
better and better. Help, pull me away! 

D - who is hoping everyone will be kind when responding, after all, 
we are all entitled to our own opinions.