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Welcome, one and all, to the Harry Potter Shippings Thread!
Welcome, one and all, to the Harry Potter Shippings Thread!
As we (should) all know, the Harry Potter series, authored by the wonderful J.K. Rowling, is one of the most popular book series to date, and is enjoyed by children and adults alike. The story focuses on a young orphan named Harry Potter, who, after living with his aunt and uncle for the first ten years of his life, comes to realize, with the assistance of Rubeus Hagrid, that he is not the ordinary boy that he believes himself to be. Upon revelation that he is indeed a wizard, he is unsurprisingly thrilled that he can finally be part of a group who would understand him. Upon receiving an invitation to enroll into a school that focuses on his incredible talent, Harry wastes no time to make sure he can get there. Upon collecting his school belongings, including the beautiful snow white owl, Hedwig, he boards the hidden platform 9 3/4, and sets off to what will come to be his most exciting adventure, Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, headed by Albus Dumbledore.
Over the years, Harry Potter befriends a colorful cast of promising witches and wizards, including the tall, spunky, and red-headed Ronald Weasley (along with the rest of the Weasley family), the intelligent, witty, and kind-hearted Hermione Granger, the less confident, yet brave Neville Longbottom, his fierce, yet loving godfather Sirius Black, and many others. Harry is also well respected among most of his teachers at the school; Minerva McGonagall and Remus Lupin often assist him in matters he wouldn't otherwise be able to accomplish. However, with great friends comes great enemies, including the smug and proud pure-blood Draco Malfoy, the prim, proper, and prissy Dolores Umbridge, and, perhaps Harry's "Achilles Heel," the quiet and mysterious Severus Snape.
But what is perhaps Harry's greatest enemy comes in the form of the psychotic and wicked Tom Marvolo Riddle, a.k.a, Lord Voldemort. While the true history of Lord Voldemort is masked to the public, sans some well-informed minds, what is known about this dark entity is that he had impeccable power, even amongst the strongest witches and wizards around. However, on a night that would live in infamy, the Dark Lord was stricken down....hit by his rebounding Killing Curse.....by a one year old baby, Harry Potter. Seemingly defeated, Lord Voldemort sought numerous methods with which he could survive: drinking unicorn blood, possessing the bodies of his followers, until finally, upon Harry's fourth year at Hogwarts, Tom Riddle finally resurrected, using Harry's own blood, which now allowed him to have contact with Harry without feeling any repercussion. With his body resurrected, Voldemort now needed to reassemble his masses, and reclaim what he believe what was his destiny: supremacy over the wizarding world, genocide of every non-pure blood wizard, and immortality. Now knowing what he was up against, Harry, with the assistance of Albus Dumbledore, took it upon himself to find the secret to Voldemort's terrible and fantastic power, and subsequently,
find the remaining Horcruxes and destroy them, to give them any fighting chance against the Dark Lord.
Now, looking at that, this series seems to be quite the epic tale. In my opinion, it is. But that doesn't mean that there are other elements in the story. From Book 3 onwards, it became evident that shipping hints were present in the books, and on second glance to the previous two novels, some hints and moments can be seen as well. Over time, these hints and moments began to develop ideas for the pairing, and THAT in turn began the Harry Potter shipping fandom. That is what this thread is for!
Whether you support the mainstream pairings such as Harmony or Ron X Hermione, or you go for pure crack like Luna Lovegood X Draco Malfoy or Harry X Severus Snape (McGonagall X Nearly Headless Nick FTW), or just want to put all of the characters together in one massive ship-fest, this is the thread for you! Just because the series is over, doesn't mean that we can't come up with some awesome scenarios! Let's try to keep this thread up with the Pokemon parings!
However, let's try to be mature at the same time, and follow the rules:
Follow the general forum rules! You should already know these but in case you don't, they are located here.
Don't spam! Show some life in your posts, aka, elaborate on your answers to topics and whatnot - people are definitely more than interested in what you have to say. You will receive a 3 point infraction if you do spam.
No bashing or flaming shippings, characters, or members! This should be a given, but people tend to forget sometimes. You will receive a 5 point infraction and/or warning for this, depending on the severity.
Do not bump threads that have been inactive for two weeks (14 days) since the last post! It's more than likely the thread is old and dead. Remember, check the last post date before you try to reply. If you still want to discuss the shipping, make a new thread instead of replying to the dead one.
Cite your source(s)! If you want to post fanworks (images can be posted using this format: [img139*]insert-link-here[/*img139] (remove the stars)) that are not your own, remember to credit the original artist, author, or maker! Failing to do this will result in an infraction.
I will be asking for Co-Ownership of this thread, so if anyone wants to step up and take the job, you need only say so in your post BUT ONLY AFTER SHADOW SHIPPER HAS RUN BY THIS THREAD. As far as I know, he was to have made this thread a long while back, but hasn't. I have decided to make it, but since he was the one that had the original idea, I will let him have first say as to whether or not he wants to be co-owner. If he accepts, then more power to him. If he declines, then co-ownership is up for grabs.
I am also accepting a person for the position of Supreme Yaoi Fanboi, just so you know.
Lamentations of a Starry Eyed Twit (Snape X Sinistra) - She's a Star
Diaries of a Dungeon Dwelling Moron (Snape X Sinistra) - Gedia Kacela
Diaries of a Dungeon Dwelling Moron (Snape X Sinistra) - Gedia Kacela
Sonic Boom - Owner
Skiyomi
Araleon
Shadow-Saur
Tadashi
Cascade88
Demon of Light
The Renowned Obscurity
Shadow Shipper (Shadow, co-ownership, yay or nay?)
C. Gholy
Uzamaki Hinata
Steffrox
Skiyomi
Araleon
Shadow-Saur
Tadashi
Cascade88
Demon of Light
The Renowned Obscurity
Shadow Shipper (Shadow, co-ownership, yay or nay?)
C. Gholy
Uzamaki Hinata
Steffrox
If you have any questions about this thread, feel free to VM/PM me.
And now for the generic, but enlightening, thread starting topics:
What Harry Potter shippings do you support? Why do you support them?
I'll start off, I suppose.
Harry Potter shipping is an aspect of shippings that I like to adhere strictly to the canon for; rarely do I venture out and look for fanart and the like for other ships that put two random characters together. This said, the first shipping I noticed, and subsequently supported, was Ron X Hermione, during their huge fight during a bulk of Book 3. I was (and still am) a fan of the bickering moments used as shipping hints, and this big fight won it for me. And as the series went on, the sexual tension that they had started to escalate even higher, to the point that even mixed company began to question whether they were going to get together or not. Book 6 was shipping gold for me for this ship, all because of Hermione's reactions to when Ron started going out with Lavender. I could go on, but I fear of making this post even longer. Let's just say GAH, I just like this ship!
Harry X Cho was the second shipping I noticed and supported, and for good reason: Harry's crush on her just kept on surfacing each time Cho was mentioned in Books 3 and 4. But this ship wasn't one I stuck with faithfully - when they broke up in Book 5, I just dismissed it casually, strangely.
Then came Harry X Ginny. To me, this is like Ash and Misty, minus the bickering. Harry: the young male protagonist with a heart of gold whose life was already marked as being different than the others, appropriately dubbed The Chosen One. Ginny: the headstrong red-headed girl who lived in the shadows' of her siblings, and would stand up for what is right. These two personalities just work well together
That's it for me now
Have fun guys!
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