Dallas Theory - Shipping

[leavingedenbehind]

No: HPFGUIDX 133320

I jut have a few brief comments on a couple of things you said...

Neil:
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> 2.  R/Hr fans are quite happy.  They wish there had been kissing, but 
> otherwise are on cloud nine except for Ron's actions toward 
> Lavender.  Many feel it was too much.

> 4.  Overall most fans feel the shipping was poorly written.  You felt 
> more lust than love Ex.  Harry and Ginny just seemed to happen.  No 
> sign of it in book five, no build up in this book.  Just suddenly 
> Harry looked at her and was in love.

> 5.  Characters seemed out of character, especially Hermione.


I agree to a certain extent with these points, but on the other hand, these are teenagers 
we're talking about.  Even with the weight of the world on his shoulders, isn't Harry, as a 
breathing, red-blooded alpha male (well, pretty much, anyway), allowed to suddenly 
develop a crush?  Flighty, probably, but it's happened many a time to many a teen. 

...<explanation of love potion as quoted>

> Now over night Harry gets the hots for Ginny and Ron, who supposedly 
> loves Hermione, starts kissing sessions with Lavender Brown.  I don't 
> know what either smells like at the present time, but I'm sure at 
> some point Harry refers to Ginny smelling like flowers at the Burrow.

I think it can be pretty convincingly argued that Ron spontaneously started snogging 
Lavender because his own little sister, Ginny, told him that he had all the experience of a 
twelve year old - a pretty low blow, if you ask me.  Plus, if he /is/ in love with Hermione, 
and I accept that he at least thinks he is at this point (not to say his feelings aren't 
genuine, but they are at least *inserts word less insulting than 'juvenile'*), then it makes 
perfect sense that he would see Lavender 'seeing' him, and figure it was the perfect 
opportunity to a) gain experience that will doubtless come in handy later, b) shut up his 
sister, and c) make hermione incredibly jealous.  It's not like he's cheating on her - they 
haven't done anything yet.

  Now. In response to your argument that it acted, from a distance, on Harry to make him 
lust after Ginny.  The Amortentia smells, to any given person, like whatever most attracts 
them to any other given person.  It causes attraction, yes, but it doesn't cause /choice/.  
Harry was already attracted to the smell of flowers - possibly, if these flowers already 
smelled like Ginny, there is a strong case to argue that he already had subconsious 
feelings for her.  However, it doesn't work the other way.  Harry does not /become/ 
attracted to someone because they smell, to him, like the love potion does.

JMO.

Amanda