H.M.S. Harmony - Of Ship Names and VOMIT

[runeharmonic]

Warning: Long shipping and fandom-related rant ahead-because I’m such a slave to canon. Beware. I vent and poke fun at OBHWF quite mercilessly, so if you don’t want to hear me raging about the ridiculousness of Pumpkin Pie and OBHWF, please turn away.

Don’t say I didn’t warn you. :P

Comments

[lierian]

I so agree with the discomfort you felt over the pumpkin pie names. For the life of me I couldn't figure out where it came from and once I found out I was kinda dissapointed that the same people who come up brilliantly researched and written essays could not come up with something better instead of something I'm sorry to say I consider somewhat lame: pumpkin pie. Just no. Uh uh.

When I first came across the HMS Harmony, I liked it. It made sense. As you say, Harry and Hermione's relationship is all about working in harmony. I also kinda like the Auror alliteration. I was quite pleased to find out about the Harry-Hermione thread at www.fanforum.com was called the Aurors thread. In reading GOF when Ron is dying for Moody to tell him he'd be a great candidate for an Auror position and Moody doesn't, I had a great laugh.

Re: the other ship names for R/Hr must be iconized. They were hilarious! Especially: H.M.S. Obvious Prefect and Second Choice, H.M.S. Off Page Only, H.M.S. Ungrateful Best Friend’s Little Sister, H.M.S. She Gave Up On Him. With the the_it_ship anti-icons and these names I'm having a grand time.

Lierian

[runeharmonic]

I hate the term pumpkin pie. I really do. I had originally used much stronger words in my above rant, but I toned it down for the sake of, well, approximate civility. My annoyance is that great.

And heck yeah! The scene in which Ron looks hopefully up at Moody, waiting for the same compliment bestowed upon Harry and Hermione, perfectly summarizes the trio. Harry and Hermione are at a level above everyone else; the aurors are elite. And then you have Ron, the personification of lazy mediocrity, wanting to get the same accolades as his friends but obviously falling short of them.

That scene practically represents the ship wars! Harmonians supporting the H/Hr auror side, and Herons pushing Ron's undeserving, mediocre character to be something he's obviously not.

Blech.

I'm glad you like the other ship names. I'm thinking of iconizing them myself. *grins* It's just so easy to make those up while staying within the bounds of canon. It's ridiculous. We don't have to make up crap like Cowering!Hermione, Abusive!Harry, Hero!Ron and Heroine!Ginny. Wish the OBHWFers would see that, but alas, they are blinded.