SHIP: Ginny/Harry, Remus/Tonks, and RL experiences

[Tonks]

No: HPFGUIDX 136337

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "sienna291973" 

> If you're lucky enough to be part of the crowd who could accept 
the 
> anvils and the contradictory subtextual stream they were floating 
on, 
> then you are reading the books correctly according to JKR (which 
> strikes me, again, as a tad egotistical). But what happens if you 
> were one of those who couldn't get passed the fact that those 
anvils 
> weren't sinking?


Tonks:

First let me say that the "Ships" are of no real interest to me, I 
read the books for the story of Harry's triumph over LV, good over 
evil, love over death. (Also as many know I read the books for the 
Christian symbolism that I have seen in them from the first book and 
which has caused me to become interested in a work of fiction when I 
do not normally read fiction.  And one of the symbols gave me the 
idea of H/G from the second book.) Skipping over this let me go on.

I am wondering if the reason so many people are upset with the H/G 
ship is the difference in the way people perceive or take in 
information.  Some are very intuitive and I think that this may even 
come across when reading a book like this.  Small subtle clues 
register with us in a way that they might not with a more sensing 
type.  That personality type need more concrete, visual, or even 
auditory clues.  In RL these are the people who remember what a 
person they just met looked liked, what their officemate wore today, 
and where they parked their car.  While the intuitive types are in a 
Luna sort of fog most of the time, and we rely on our subconscious 
mind to do the work for us. (For an intutive type the subconscious 
takes in all the *tiny* little unrelated cues and pops out the 
answer without the 1+1 sequence.)

I just put that out there as a possible reason that some people saw 
it (H/G) coming and others did not.  Nothing to do with the author, 
but a difference in perception styles of the readers.  Of course, 
one could argue that the author should know that about people and 
make the book fit all personality types, but she is only human after 
all, and not a psychologist.  She may be an intuitive type herself 
and not really able to cross over to understand what other types 
need to see/ hear.  So give the lady a break.

Tonks_op