Clues for SHIPS and for the plot (was: Re: Mark Evans)

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No: HPFGUIDX 98598

> > Neri wrote: 
> > Like JKR, I find it hard to believe that some readers didn't work 
> > this out, but if any shippers out there still want to believe in 
H/H, 
> > I guess they still can.
> > 

> Melissa wrote: 
> Then there is her quote during the Albert Hall interview where she 
says one 
> of the reasons that OOTP is so long is that her need to put in 
additional clues 
> for books 6 and 7.  She didn't want anyone to be able to accuse her 
of being 
> "a cheat" or saying "Well you sprang that on us." or "you never 
gave us any 
> clues".  She also says that we can figure it out if we have our 
wits about us.  
> However in an interview just prior to the release of OOTP she said 
that, after 
> 10 years of writing these books, she'd be quite cross if anyone 
figured it 
> out in advance.
> 
> Hmm rather makes one wonder what she wants us to figure out and 
what she 
> doesn't.  Lots of  H/Hr hints in that book.  But if you still want 
to belive in 
> R/Hr I guess you can <g>

Neri again:
Well, some of the clues are in the best JKR tradition, very difficult 
to find and obscured by many red herrings, but other clues are quite 
simple and very easy to read (even JKR can't make *everything* 
complicated and convoluted, you know. Some things should be just kept 
simple). So if I read JKR's answers right, she is telling us that in 
shipping the clues are right there on the surface for everybody to 
read ("I can't believe some of you haven't got it yet") but with the 
main plot it's going to be devious in the best of JKR's style. In a 
way it is JKR's own fault that nobody just takes her on face value 
anymore, but regarding shipping she repeatedly told us that we can 
easily figure it out ourselves, so it means that the most obvious 
ships are the correct ones. This almost certainly means R/H and 
probably also H/G. Sorry, you fans of all other ships. I'm not an 
ardent shipper myself but I can read what's written.

Neri