[HPforGrownups] Re: SHIP: HP Pair-Ups

[Erika L.]

No: HPFGUIDX 88278

Andrew wrote:

>In OOTP, when Ron first meets Luna, Ron >tells a joke. 
<snip>
>"Everyone laughed, but nobody laughed >harder than Luna Lovegood. 
>She let out a scream of mirth that >cauesed Hedqig to wake up and 
>flap her wings indignantly and >Crookshanks to leap up into the 
>luggage rack, hissing. She laughed so >hard that her magazine slipped 
>out of her grasp, slid down her legs, >and onto the floor.
>     'That was funny!'
>     Her prominent eyes swam with tears >as she gasped for breath, 
>staring at Ron."

>This sounds like a typical girl trying >to make a good impression on 
>a guy she obviously is into.

Przemyslaw Plaskowicki countered:

>I just couldn't add here similar quote >from the end of the OOP (the 38th 
>chapter).
<snip>
>"Hermione and Ginny muffled their >laughter in the bedclothes.
>`Speaking of centaurs,' said Hermione, >when she had recovered a little, 
>`who's Divination
>teacher now? Is Firenze staying?'"

    I think, however that the point about the Luna quote is that she laughs louder and longer than everyone else, that her response seems disproportionate. Yes, Hermione laughs at Ron's joke in the second passage, but so does Ginny. Hermione's reaction isn't exceptional; Luna's is.

Andrew wrote:

>We could argue over these points until >the 6th book is 
>published, but the vicious love polygon >will be nearly impossible to 
>predict until JKR enravels yet another >of her mysteries.

People discussed shipping for the three years between GoF and OoP, so I'm sure they will continue to do so until the next book as well. And they will probably continue right until book seven is published (unless of course there's a rash of underage weddings in the sixth book ;)

But hey, isn't that part of the fun? Though I'm very attached to my ship, I'm always curious about the others' arguments. I find it fascinating that though we all read the same words on the page, we sometimes seem to be reading completely different books.

Just my two knuts
Erika (Wolfraven)

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