I will never understand fanon HP. Truly. I've been and done some bizarre fandoms, and even if it's completely off-the-wall, I can usually find some sort of emotional tweak which might get people to write what really isn't there. The only place I've really seen things like declaring ships passe or citing "more evidence" is the morass of Gundam Wing fandom at its peak; in that case the creators *deliberately* set up situations to cater to the yaoi crowds. So not the case with JKR.
It's almost like one's ship is also one's peer group. Which is good in one way because it fully delves into whatever slash pairing is hot... and bad because it ignores whatever isn't in vogue. And that works within the pairings too. H/S attracts, by and large, a certain kind of fic, and a certain kind of trope. Same with S/D. I'd venture to guess those bits of canon evidence are treated differently because of how they compare with what attracted those shippers in the first place.
Personally, I'm quite tongue-in-cheek about slashpoints. Of course I know it wouldn't hold up in an English class. In the case of HPOP I really feel JKR was more aware of removing fanon fodder (I mean, she can't possibly ignore all of us) -- a lot of the strongest 'evidence' are emotional connections and well, our main POV wasn't interested in connecting with much of anyone still living.
But as you said, it doesn't mean fanficcers should also eliminate their own preferences according to JKR's tone. I hold on to a lot of pairings which are so unpopular that I don't think anyone else ships them; I write what I want to read. In a limited POV canon like HP, that should increase options, not stifle them.
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It's almost like one's ship is also one's peer group. Which is good in one way because it fully delves into whatever slash pairing is hot... and bad because it ignores whatever isn't in vogue. And that works within the pairings too. H/S attracts, by and large, a certain kind of fic, and a certain kind of trope. Same with S/D. I'd venture to guess those bits of canon evidence are treated differently because of how they compare with what attracted those shippers in the first place.
Personally, I'm quite tongue-in-cheek about slashpoints. Of course I know it wouldn't hold up in an English class. In the case of HPOP I really feel JKR was more aware of removing fanon fodder (I mean, she can't possibly ignore all of us) -- a lot of the strongest 'evidence' are emotional connections and well, our main POV wasn't interested in connecting with much of anyone still living.
But as you said, it doesn't mean fanficcers should also eliminate their own preferences according to JKR's tone. I hold on to a lot of pairings which are so unpopular that I don't think anyone else ships them; I write what I want to read. In a limited POV canon like HP, that should increase options, not stifle them.