Shipping Quibbles

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Are you a fan of the romance in the Harry Potter series? Jo Rowling has revealed how she feels about Love in her books and in interviews - that it is the single most important life-giving force that we can use to oppose Death - but in spite of all that, some fans were still disappointed with the ways in which love was presented in her novels. Some didn't agree with certain romantic pairings of her characters.



Here at the MuggleNet Quibbler, we enjoy the debates that go back and forth between fans who see proof of certain character ships in the books, even if those theories are non-canon. Below, read all of our quibbles about Potter-love, in which our writers have speculated everything from post-Deathly Hallows marriages to hints in the text of secret children!

If you would like to submit a quibble about love to us, peruse the rules for submission right here. Have a certain character ship in mind or broader theory about love in the HP books but haven't yet formulated it into quibble form? No prob - discuss your thoughts with the Editorials community at large on the bottom of this page.

- Two Arguments Against

- A Woman and a Snake: Did Lord Voldemort really Know NOTHING of Love?

- Bellatrix's Secret - A reply and expansion

- Bellatrix's Secret

- The Fleeting Treatment of Romance in Harry Potter

- The Rejected Ship: Explaining Neville and Luna

- Neville and Luna: The Ship That Should Have Been

- O Children: An Ode to Harry and Hermione

- LOVE IS THICKER THAN BLOOD: The Harry and Hermione debate

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