[HPforGrownups] Re: Ship predictions(scenarios)

[JuHu]

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Justine74 at aol.com said:

And keeping all this "bringing in new people into
Harry's life" and "shaking things up" thoughts in
mind, I just can't shake this "Harry falls for Susan
Bones in Book 6 or 7" feeling that I got after reading
OOTP. Everytime I mention it to someone I know who
reads the books they always have a good laugh, and so
do I, because I know the theory is definitely out of
the mainstream to say the least <g>.

I reply:

Ah, now I'm glad you've brought up Susan Bones. I've
been wondering about her for awhile now, because of
some (alas!) movie contamination. Why has she been
given so much screen time when we've seen neither hide
nor hair of Lavender and Parvati? She was sitting with
Hermione in the boat on the first-year trip across the
lake, she was the only other person shown being sorted
besides the trio and Malfoy, and we see her sitting by
Hermione in Lockhart's first class. Why? When I first
saw the first movie I couldn't figure out who the heck
she was, I still wasn't a huge fan at that point and
didn't know all the characters inside and out. Now
that I've become an obsessive freak, I've been keeping
an eye on her, wondering what JKR has in store for
her. Does anyone else have theory about what role she
will play? 

A H/S ship is interesting. I've been a closet H/G, H/R
shipper, rooting for Ginny because I liked the same
guy for five years in secondary school and he never
returned it (someone suggested Ginny will have really
moved on by the time Harry notices her, ah, it's so
Send in the Clowns-ish). I also identify with the H/R
bickering because arguing was a staple of this same
guy's and my very close friendship, it flexed our
brain muscles to debate issues. It was fun and never
hurt our friendship. However, I'm starting to realize
that it doesn't matter to me if Harry ends up with
Hermione or Angelina Johnson, as long as he gets some
happiness out of this crummy hand he's been dealt. 

Okay, that's my two knuts on the shipping issue. Any
thoughts on Susan Bones?

JuHu, curling up in a fetal position, to weather
another night without book six...

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