What is wrong with shipping debates?

[jenn_ivory]

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Mystery, humor, character relationships are some of the aspects which 
bring all of us here to HPFGU to analyze this lovely series. 
Personally, I feel that everyone has different reasons for reading 
HP. I am big on character relationships within a plot driven story. 
In other words, I want to have a plot but not without understanding 
the character`s reasons. If you enjoy the action/adventure part of 
the series and you feel the "important stuff" is Snape `s actions or 
horcurxes's (sp?) locations, then debate it. We all know there are 
threads everywhere about Snape's motives or that DD isn't really 
dead. We seem to debate that calmly. Shipping, on the other hand, 
seems to be a sore point with people. I like debates on shipping. I 
enjoy the shipping aspects of the book. I enjoy the theories. I don't 
enjoy people criticizing readers for trying to understand the reasons 
for the character's actions. HP is not a romance but romance is apart 
of the development of the characters so why can't it be debated. I 
read posts indicating that Rowling has spoken so people should just 
stop debating the ships. I would say that canon right now has 
indicated that Snape is guilty and DD's is gone for good but I 
feeling that everyone would love to debate those two conclusions. In 
short, we all have different reasons for reading these books, no 
one`s reason isn't less "important" than another's. Second, these 
characters are fiction. So we aren't going to "hurt" Harry or the 
others by debating their actions or their choices. 

jenn_ivory




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