Thoughts on a certain ship in HBP, as well as the TLC interview

[author_by_night]

We should've forseen this.

Yes, Hermione/Ron happened. And ever since then, we've been in danger of another massive flame war.

Harry/Hermione's who are flaming:

I have to say, the interview with TLC was good - but I also have to say, while Emerson, Melissa and JKR are allowed to say whatever they want, there's a reason people don't like journalists. I have a pretty good inkling that JK Rowling never meant for the "delusional" remark to get in the transcript - and I really don't think Emerson and Melissa had any business putting that in there.

That said... don't get ticked off at JKR for simply not writing H/Hr; it's her books, she can do whatever she likes. And frankly, it wasn't like she did it to smite you all. She has been planning the ship, I'm sure, since before Harry Potter fandom even existed, at least as we know it. And blaming us, and calling websites that support R/Hr names, is immature. JKR didn't type up that interview - neither did we.

And lastly - why does it matter that Harry and Hermione aren't together romantically? As far as I'm concerned, they can still love one another - they're just not in love. There's something smile-worthy about that too.

Hermione/Ron's who are gloating:

Okay, I think I have been a bit paranoid. Icons and stuff - that's one thing. But the voiced consensus that all H/Hr's are stupid anyway, and deserved what they got, still bugs me. This isn't the time to tell H/Hr shippers "well you all had it coming" and such.

Emerson's "delusional" comment was not, or so I hope, the epitome of our ship. It wasn't funny, and it didn't merit a high five and a loud cheer. It was rude. Again, with all due respect to Emerson, you at least have the tact to not let anyone see snark like that. Comments are comments - I might have said something similar about ships I dislike. But I would never actually let anyone else hear or see those comments, because I'm sure the shippers of the ships I dislike aren't all delusional. I've even seen some very well-written, if not completely believable from my viewpoint, arguments on such ships.

Besides, what exactly is wrong with H/Hr? Yes, the ones who are acting as though JKR caused rain on their parade are wrong, but is acting like JKR personally helped us all become famous any better? Besides, in all honesty, I used to be one of those delusional, H/Hr shippers.

 

I'm not trying to wank anyone, I'm just trying to say... the flames are getting silly.

Comments

[starpaint.livejournal.com]

Melissa is a journalist, so there you are. Although I always thought that a big part of reputable journalism was tact - you, as a reporter, have to be (or act) unbiased, even if the person you're interviewing is anything but. But there you are.

Methinks the problem is that Emerson and Melissa did the stunt for themselves as much as anyone else - understandably, because who wouldn't want to meet Rowling? And in that case, it'd have been more, I don't know, sane to only give us parts of the transcript. But they didn't. And life goes on.

[dancing-kumquat.livejournal.com]

Do you really think that the delusional bit was rude? I mean I guess I see how it could be offensive things online can often be taken the wrong way, but was it not just a joke?

[ghostlygrove.livejournal.com]

H/Hrers were just really mad and they took it personally. OK, Emerson could've chosen a different word (and he could've said it less times), but those shippers need to get over it already. What are they gonna do, boycott JK? *rolls eyes*

[author-by-night.livejournal.com]

Well, maybe rude is a tad harsh, but I did think it was a bit out of line. That said, the H/Hrs shouldn't be *so* offended.