SHIP: Harry, Ginny and me accepting Del's challenge

[Lawrence Carlin]

No: HPFGUIDX 136354

> Larry:
> Compare this to H/G. There are no insecurities,
> hence no need to verbalize the ship, there is 
> absolutely no need to seek reassurance as there 
> would be in a less secure ship. Volumes are
> spoken in a glance or a touch; the very lack of 
> any relationship blather is JKR's indirect hint,
> through behavior and not dialogue, of the rightness 
> and permanance of the H/G ship.

> Sienna <jujupoet29 at hotmail.com> wrote:
> This is an interesting point Larry, but the lesson
> I've learned from all this (as a mildly chastised 
> H/Hr shipper ;)) is *not* to look beyond the obvious 
> when it comes to romance or to try to decipher clues,
> hints or attempt to figure out what the author may be 
> saying on my own or look at subtext but rather to 
> merely rely on the superificial reading given me by 
> the *anvil-sized* clues and Rowling's interviews. How
> then do I know in which direction I need to focus my 
> laser in order to understand the message you mention 
> above?  Or is this merely a case of focus it anywhere 
> you like as long as it's where the author meant it to
> be focused? 


Larry:

Sienna, try taking my above statement, and ignore my
references to JKR's intentions. I think what you'll be
left with is a sort of universal declaration that the
more secure a ship is, the less need there will be for
verbal reassurance.

I do believe it is JKR's intention, but of course I
can't prove it. I also don't think it matters if it is
her intention or not, because like I said, I take it
as a given that the safer and more secure one feels,
the less reassurance is required.

After all, between Harry, Hermione and Ron there were
never any protestations of love, loyalty or
friendship. They cemented all three as they entered
the common room PS, p.179 Am. Ed., with a quiet
"thanks" after the adventure with the mountain troll.

Furthermore, I can't recall anywhere in canon where
they verbalize how they feel about each other. It is a
given, a fixed and immutable thing, like the firmness
of the Earth; they just know it, thats all. Isn't that
the way the deepest relationships are?

Larry