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An interesting report on shipping in general and *some* Harry/Hermione shippers' reactions to HBP in particular: in the San Fransisco Chronicle. I just thought it was...I'm having a hard time coming up with the right word for it...facinating behavior? And the little comment about Harry/Draco made me smile. Only in California
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And you're right. Our ship did shake me up a bit (to be honest, it threw me into a funk of depression for about 4-5 hours). But after that, I just simply shrugged and went back to writing MWPP-era, PoA-OotP, and AU fics. And you're right...the R/T (despite the crazy R/T shippers that have claimed to see it from OotP) is rather out of place. I mean, Tonks obviously loves him, but I don't see any evidence that her feelings are returned. There's no magic, no chemistry between these two characters like there is between Sirius and Remus (even if they are 'just friends').
That said, I forgot that H/Hr shippers had their ship mauled from two different directions. I see why the possibility of that ship would be attractive (the brainy bookworm getting the hero), but R/Hr has been hinted at from the beginning. Even my uncle, who is the most oblivious person ever when it comes to romance and such, asked me after he read the second book if R/Hr was going to happen.
RL/SB on the other hand is just glaringly obvious, isn't it? Oh, yeah. ;) At least, it is in my mind...but maybe not in JKR's. But you never know, this might be the closest she can get to hinting at some sort of gay relationship in a children's book without the world crying for her blood.
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I'm inclined to agree here. And JK always said that Remus was more or less the embodiment of the prejudice of the world... you know... judging a book by its cover (or its name, in poor Remi's case). He's got the werewolf prejudice against him already, what's one more? That's always been my take on it.
Also... yeah. I saw R/Hr coming a long time ago. As far as the books go, anyway.
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