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

[Susanne]

No: HPFGUIDX 156511



Hi,

Thursday, August 3, 2006, 3:46:45 PM, Jordan wrote:

> 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.

I'm not sure what you mean by "if it doesn't otherwise
happen".

It almost sounds like you feel R/Hr (or is it H/G) don't
have much convincing support in canon, and another ship is
writing itself instead.

The problem is that both ships do have a great deal of canon
support and many, many readers have been able to see them develop
throughout the series without any input from interviews.

With any story, there will usually be groups of readers who
prefer or dislike one character or another and this
influences their shipping preferences quite a bit.
Any friendly (or unfriendly in the case of D/Hr for example)
interaction will be interpreted to fit these preferences,
and other evidence might be ignored completely in favor of
the preferred ship.
There is nothing the author can do about this, and I almost
felt that JKR was going a bit overboard trying to clear up the
shipping in HBP.
Didn't work, anyhow.
Stating things in interviews without actually giving away
what she clearly doesn't want to give away before the last
book comes out, doesn't work either.

Shipping seems to be an especially hot topic, and as long as
there are several males and/or females in a story that could
theoretically become a couple, there will be people
supporting it, even if the author and canon clearly state it's not
happening.

There will be people claiming the relationships are just
wrong for the characters, will not last, and the preferred
couple will eventually come to be (through death, divorce or
whatever else needs to happen to get the "other" out of the way of
the true couple).

We'll just have to wait and see what the story brings in the
last book, but I already know that there will be angry
shippers, no matter which ship does or doesn't happen.

-- 
Best regards,
 Susanne                           mailto:siskiou at vcem.com