Why we SHIP (WAS: A different and totally serious Harry 'ship)

[scoutmom21113]

No: HPFGUIDX 98393

Mandy here:
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. <snip> 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.

Bookworm:
In an interview, JKR said:

<<"The final chapter for Book Seven is written. I wrote that just 
for my own satisfaction, really as an act of faith. (To say) I will 
get here in the end. In that chapter you do, I hope, feel a sense of 
resolution. You do find out what happens to the survivors. I know 
that sounds very ominous (laughs).">>
http://www.the-leaky-cauldron.org/quickquotes/articles/2000/1000-
oregonian-baker.htm?/books/00/10/al_11browl22.frame

I took that to mean we will find out what happens to them as adults. 
So we may not *see* our favorite pairings get married, but hopefully 
we will hear about it, just as we will find out which character (JKR 
says it is not Harry) will become a Hogwarts teacher. So trying to 
predict who will pair off with whom is just part of the fun of 
divination.

Ravenclaw Bookworm