there's more to HP than the ship

[sienna291973]

No: HPFGUIDX 134019

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "allthingshp" 
<allthingshp at y...> wrote:
> TLC interviewer and JKR both expressed concern over these "fans" 
who dislike Ron.  If you 
> can't appreciate Harry's best friend, recognize his importance to 
Harry (not just as 
> sidekick) in the ultimate showdown, and forgive him the immaturity 
that is natural for a 16 
> year old teenage boy, I can't imagine we are reading the same books.
> 
> From the interview:
> 
> MA: I have to tell you, I'm looking forward to [this coming out], 
because, you know, a lot of 
> this is predicated upon a necessary hate for another character. Ron 
has suffered horribly at 
> the hands of Harry/Hermione shippers.
> 
> JKR: That bit makes me very uncomfortable, actually. Yeah, that bit 
does make me 
> uncomfortable.
>

Once again I feel I have to butt in to defend my ship. *sigh* This 
statement from TLC's interviewer:

"... lot of  this is predicated upon a necessary hate for another 
character. Ron has suffered horribly at the hands of Harry/Hermione 
shippers"

Is incorrect. Both H/Hr and non-H/Hr shippers disliked Ron. I, for 
instance, liked Ron (just not for Hermione). No theories surrounding 
H/Hr were 'predicated' on *hatred* (a very strong word) of Ron. Just 
another barb we were forced to endure. Why so much vilification?

Sienna