A different and totally serious Harry 'ship

[Mandy]

No: HPFGUIDX 98321

Marcus wrote:
> Harry will not end up with Hermione, Ginny, Fleur, Luna, Parvati, 
>or any of the other usual suspects.  He will end up with Pansy 
>Parkinson.
> The germ of this idea comes from an interview Rowling once gave.  
>She was asked about unusual pairings.  She replied that there was 
>one that nobody had guessed, but went to the very heart of the 
>series.



Mandy here:
I'm not a big shipper, although if forced to have an opinion, I am 
for a lifelong tragic, unrequited H/H relationship with poor Ron 
left out in the cold to stew in a jealous rage until he does 
something stupid that will threaten all their lives.  

But, I must confess I don't really understand the urge that some 
fans have to marry off all the kids to each other before their 18th 
birthdays.  The books will end at the end of Harry's 7th school year 
with no time for walking down the aisle, except perhaps by a wild 
child like one of the Weasly twins.   We have Harry's parents 
marrying very young, sometime during their 19th or 20th years of 
age, but if history is to repeat itself, as it often does, we won't 
be around to witness it.  There are no books 8 or 9 and I'm afraid 
you are all doomed to ship for eternality, as no resolution is 
forthcoming imo.  

If there are to be any important parings, they will be between the 
adults of the story, and my money is on Snape.  There has to be a 
deep connection between Snape and Harry that goes further than 
Snape's life dept to Harry's father. And I think it has to do with 
Lily. Also there has to be another deep connection between Snape and 
Sirius that will explain the full extent of the rage between them.  
Sirius trying to kill Snape at 16 not the just the result of teenage 
bulling and is so far from just a 'prank' as to be unbelievable.  
I'm not a Sirius fan, and am under no delusions as to his character, 
believing him to be selfish, petulant and arrogant. And yes, we're 
all foolish at 16, but we also know where to draw the line if the 
result is clear, and it was clear to all that Werewolf/Lupin would 
and could willingly kill any human he came face to face with.  
Sirius knew that, and he was trying to walk the path of good having 
begun to turn on his dark family.  Premeditated assault and 
attempted murder at 16 is serious business, and I guess I need to 
believe there has to be some huge betrayal behind it that we don't 
yet know about.  

Maybe it is a simple as Sirius trying to do James a favor by getting 
his best buddy crushes boyfriend out of the way? I can see James 
sitting under that tree, watching Lily talking to Snape and casually 
stating that he wished Snape would just die. Would Sirius jump that 
high for James?  And to do something that extreme for your friend? 
There would have to be more than just fraternal love between Sirius 
and James Potter. (Which I would love to see but is tad 
controversial even for 21st century children's literature.) And then 
to have James disrespecting Sirius' helping hand by saving Snape' 
life?  Potent stuff.  Who knows!  

Cheers Mandy