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

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No: HPFGUIDX 98443

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Susan" <teilani2002 at y...> wrote:
> Kneasy: first of all, you're cracked to think that no one reads your 
> posts, because yours are most entertaining.  I love how gleeful and 
> delighted you sound and can almost hear your maniacal laugh as you 
> think > about which significant characters will die a horrible, painful 
> death :-).
> 

Kneasy:
Maniacal laughter? (Igor! More potion. Quickly!)
Aaah. Yes, I do enjoy it. It's wonderful. Letting my imagination
romp across a landscape strewn with dearly departeds.

Must correct a misconception that I caused. This "nobody reads 'em"
thing. I  didn't mean nobody reads my  posts; the gratifying number
of responses belies that - it's the references I give for past posts
that I  have my doubts about. Nobody ever comes back wiith "Hoi!
You said...,,but......"

Susan:
> The Weasleys:  you're right, of course, that some of them will have 
> to die.  Why else go into detail about Molly's worry (the boggart) 
> and tell us all about the clock?  I hope Ron's not one of the ones 
> who dies, but he probably will be.
> 
> The twins are certain candidates because they're ornery and seek 
> excitement.  They'll land in the thick of it.  Percy, I'm afraid, 
> won't get killed because he's too cautious and obedient.  Someone 
> will probably tell him (right before the big battle) that his report 
> on cauldron bottoms needs to be revised, and he'll miss the entire 
> thing because he's rewriting his report.
> 
> I think Molly will live, but I'm really worried for Arthur.  He's a 
> good guy and one of my favorite characters, and he'll go to his death 
> defending his friends and his children.
>
> Bill and Charlie:  They've got to figure into this somewhere, but for 
> all you shippers out there, I think Ginny's gonna meet her maker.  
> She's the only Weasley girl.  Gotta die.  IF Harry survives, he'll 
> spend the rest of his life as a tortured soul knowing his one true 
> love died saving him. [:-)]
>

Kneasy:
Yes, the  Weasleys are a problem aren't they?
 
Charlie is a non-entity, so there's no point in knocking him off.
I  mean, who'd notice?

Molly? No, I don't think so. Someone has to be prostrate with
grief when the bodies are brought home. She's elected.

Arthur; well, he's had his brush with  death. Hardly fair for him
to have survived the ministrations of St Mungo's only to cop it
in the neck later on. Besides, I like him. I shall be displeased if
he goes. Be warned.

Percy is a sneaky little snot, but reconciliation with his family
is more likely than his demise. It'll add that touch of "Little
House on the Prairie" to proceedings.  

Ron will end up rich and famous.

Ginny  I see going into partnership with MADAM WHIPLASH at
her pleasure parlour down on the Bay. I have high hopes of Ginny.

Who's left? Bill and the twins. Perfectly logical. Sorry boys. You're it.

 Susan: 
> I agree that Lucius will probably live, but Draco?  Hmmm.  That's 
> tough.  I can't decide about him.  Neville however, should live just 
> because he's so endearing, and actually, because he'll finally find 
> out how much magical power he really possesses.  I can see him being 
> a teacher at Hogwarts; a nice teacher, perhaps of potions, who takes 
> the time to explain WHY and HOW.

Kneasy:
I've already read the runes;  Draco will meet a most interesting end at
the hands of Dominatrix Bella. A schoolboy fantasy par excellence! The
trouble is Draco  won't be up  to it.

Neville will survive I think. Though once he breaks free of Gran the
WW had better watch out. He'll be making up for lost  time. Can't make
up my mind if he'll end up  as the greatest  herbologist of the age or
as Mundungus Fletchers' apprentice.

> Susan (who's apologizing immediately for taking such delight in the 
> deaths of so many characters ;-)

Kneasy:
Why  apologise? Remember, the fan world is where the people of the 
imagi-Nation live and play.