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urbandruid) wrote2003-09-11 04:36 pm
urbandruid) wrote2003-09-11 04:36 pm
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It's not a bandwagon, people
I am starting to be really scared by the commentary appearing in the Snape/McGonagall thread at FictionAlley. When did my ship become overrun with children? Oh, I know, I'm a snob, but there's just something about this kind of thing that grates on my nerves. Maybe it's because I feel like most of these people haven't a thought in their pretty little heads, and they don't seem to, well, get it, you know?
See, once upon a time there was no Snape/McGonagall ship, per se, there was just me, and after a while a few other people, all of whom were intelligent and mature and basically the kinds of people I like to meet in fandom, people you can talk to about stuff. And we were ridiculed and flamed, and we debated McGonagall's age for months... And now we're overrun with newbies and kids, most of the old-timers are gone, and I hate it. I hate that juvenile element that's moved in and taken over.
And I know I'm being stupid, that this stuff doesn't even matter, but gods how it bugs me.
Anyway, I think I'm too hungry to even rant coherently anymore, so I'm going to go do something about dinner. And then I suppose I'd better get on with my Algebra homework, since I spent half my day downloading Windows patches. I swear, damn software's got more holes in it than Swiss cheese.
See, once upon a time there was no Snape/McGonagall ship, per se, there was just me, and after a while a few other people, all of whom were intelligent and mature and basically the kinds of people I like to meet in fandom, people you can talk to about stuff. And we were ridiculed and flamed, and we debated McGonagall's age for months... And now we're overrun with newbies and kids, most of the old-timers are gone, and I hate it. I hate that juvenile element that's moved in and taken over.
And I know I'm being stupid, that this stuff doesn't even matter, but gods how it bugs me.
Anyway, I think I'm too hungry to even rant coherently anymore, so I'm going to go do something about dinner. And then I suppose I'd better get on with my Algebra homework, since I spent half my day downloading Windows patches. I swear, damn software's got more holes in it than Swiss cheese.
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Okay, on of the things that attracts me to this ship is how close it is to being a non-ship. If there is anything going on, it is well below the surface.
The question is not "would they ever kiss in public," or "are they shagging like rabbits," or "do they have a secret love-child." The question is, "could they ever break through their reserve and even *contemplate* a relationship?"
I can see them together, but the challenge is putting them together believably. And these plebey I-don't-know-whats totally ignore all we know of McGonagall and Snape in canon and don't even try.
I guess I'm a snob too.
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And at one time, there was no Harry Potter ship, per se, only J.K. Rowling. And now you know how she feels.