[HPforGrownups] Re: Reading by JK Rowling at Radio City - Spoilers Within (SHIP)

[Jordan Abel]

No: HPFGUIDX 156452

Julie:
> If JKR is ridiculing the *concept* of a H/H ship, then she is wrong, because
> it is true that anything could potentially happen (Ron dies, etc) and some of
> those things might well lead to an H/H ship. But what I really think she is
> "ridiculing" is a H/H ship in *canon*, which she has already said more than once
> is NOT going to happen. Though I don't know that I'd call it ridiculing. From her
> perspective she may be wondering why she has to keep addressing a subject
> she unequivocally answered more than once now. Maybe she's frustrated ;-)

She's not done with it, though. Long stories (and with almost 900
thousand words to date, it's nothing if not long) with in-depth
characterizations have a habit of writing themselves. And, to me, JKR
declaring for a particular 'ship means that she's going to *force* it
if it doesn't otherwise happen - which is annoying enough in
fanfiction.

Julie:
> As for whether most high school relationships last the test of time, no they
> don't. But that fact is totally IRRELEVANT, because we're only talking about
> this one--R/H--and it IS going to last.

I thought we were talking about H/G - I don't really have a problem
with R/H. (The problem with talking about H/H in the negative is that
it's not clear which of the two "canon ships" you're supporting).

But how can one say it's "going to last"? They (R/H) don't even _have_
a relationship yet, all they have is the kind of irrational jealousy
that's symptomatic of having not _quite_ admitted to themselves that
they are attracted to the other. (though, i'm not through rereading
HBP and I only skimmed it the first time, so I'm not 100% sure of
this)

Julie:
> And while JKR has changed some things during the course of writing the books,
> including changing who will die and who won't, she seems to be saying she is
> *not* going to change R/H. So I'd hesitate to accuse her of being certain of
> something she can't know for sure, when she most certainly CAN know for sure!
> She's writing it, after all.

And she hasn't finished writing it. For one thing, there's no reason
at this point to think that it's certain that either or both of them
might not _die_.

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Random832