OOP: Some shipping thoughts

[Milz]

--- In the_old_crowd at yahoogroups.com, "Neil Ward" <neilward at d...> 
wrote:
> I'm probably going to look back on these initial comments and 
wonder what I
> was thinking when it clearly states "xxxx" on page 581.  Anyway...
> 
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> I don't usually comment on shipping, but there were some rather 
heavy signs
> and hints in this book, not to mention actually kissing.
> 
> Did JKR really need to cut away at the moment Harry and Cho were 
about to
> kiss?  It's not as if the next scene had them in bed smoking post-
coital
> cigarettes [note to self: would probably be pipes in the wizarding 
world].

ROTFLMAO.....Yep...Harry Potter and the Playboy Mansion Party.

> So, the H/C ship was explored, but appears to have been for the 
purposes of
> noting the awakening of Harry's hormones and introducing Madam 
Puddifoot's
> coffee den.  Harry fancies Cho, yeah, but is over her by the end of 
the
> book.
> 
> Okay, Hermione really likes Harry and pushes him to chase Cho, 
because she
> realises he likes Cho and thinks he needs something to take his 
mind off his
> mind. This "why don't you go after Cho and by the way mention that 
you think
> I'm ugly" behaviour could be interpreted as clear evidence of Ha/He 
from
> Hermione, but Harry, being rather preoccupied, is almost oblivious.
> 

I got the impression that Hermione loves Harry as though he were her 
brother. Even in the previous books I never got the impression 
Hermione liked Harry any other way. She always seemed more attracted 
to Ron imo.

> I expect to be roasted alive for saying this, but imo, JKR is 
definitely
> heading more towards a R/He ship now – the bickering, the 
comparison to Mr &
> Mrs Weasley, Hermione's letter to Krum to make Ron jealous.  It 
seems rather
> obvious, but she is tending to follow the obvious lines rather than
> potentially inventive theories hidden between the lines.
> 
> It's clearly still a bit Farmer-In-The-Dell overall: Ron likes 
Hermione
> likes Harry likes... ?
> 
> I felt there was a hint of Hermione/Draco in comparison to Lily's 
attitude
> to James in Snape's memory and later marriage to same arrogant 
bully, but I
> think the "mudblood" thing is a major barrier to any sort of 
romance, unless
> Draco performs a spectacular U-turn.  I don't see any evidence that 
JKR is
> going to convert Draco into a nice young man.
> 

I'm with you there, Neil, on all accounts.

> Ron obviously thinks Harry should be with Ginny and is surprised 
that she is
> seeing other boys, indicating his own immaturity (i.e. harking back 
to an
> old crush she had on Harry and thinking she is still 10 and a 
virgin).

lol, I think Ron is surprized that Ginny is actually dating. But it 
also indicates that Ron isn't up-to-date with Ginny's life. HE was 
still under the impression that she still had a crush on Harry.

> There were hints that Luna Lovegood has her eye on Ron, so I 
speculate that
> she may be used to wake Hermione up to her unrealised interest in 
Ron in
> Book 6.
> 

Good thought.

> Back to the ? for Harry, I think Tonks is a possible match, which 
may be why
> she was introduced.  The (slightly) older woman, who knows a few 
tricks...
>
Don't forget Susan Bones. Harry never met her before the DA. And they 
share a commonality: family killed by Voldemort and the Death Eaters 
(doesn't that sound like a '60s rock and roll band? "Voldemort and 
the Death Eaters with their number one hit, "Die, Die, Die")
 
~Milz