SHIP: Evidence in GoF (from the main list)

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--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at y..., bbennett at j... wrote:

>
> 
> Ooo, a ship post – my favorite kind :*) Heidi, your comments made
> me wonder how people came to sail their respective ships. I 
> personally went into GoF without a relationship of any sort in 
mind, 
> and was rather surprised when I started picking up signs that Ron 
> liked Hermione and vice versa (I'm not arguing that Hermione's
> feelings are as obvious as Ron's, but I still think they're
> there). On the other hand, many members have very eloquently argued 
> the opposite –that Hermione likes Harry, and that there is
> evidence from canon to back this up. 
> 
> We don't need to re-discuss the evidence, which has already been
> very well presented on all sides. What I'm interested in is *when*
> people came to a particular ship conclusion. As I said above, I
> didn't see anything I would personally call "evidence" of
> a potential relationship between Ron and Hermione until I got to 
GoF. 
> How about everyone else - was it GoF? Did you see something prior 
to 
> GoF that made you think one person liked another as more than a 
> friend? Was there a fan-written story which seemed so perfect that 
it 
> got you thinking? Did you simply see potential in a particular 
> character, and wonder how his or her personality might change if 
> paired with <fill-in-the-blank>?
> 
> Just curious,
> B


Like you I didn't think about romance between any two characters 
prior to GoF. I don't remember the thing in GoF that gave me my 
first impression that there is a romantic undercurrent to Ron and 
Hermione's relationthip. In any case, it was so obvious to me by 
the end of the book, that it wasn't something I consciously 
said to myself ("Well, lookee here! Something's happening between 
them!"). It was just unquestionably there. 
It was only when I joined the group that I became aware that there 
was something to think and disagree about. I read the H/H-ers 
arguments with disbelief. I think I actually suspected they were 
arguing with tongue in cheek, you know, just trying to stir things 
up. When I realized they were serious, I felt that I owed these nice 
people to show them the error of their ways <g>. (But, alas, for they 
heed not the words of the wise ... so the wise has decided to let 
them spew forth their vain utterances unchecked.. for, lo and behold, 
the heavens will rupture and truth will rain upon us (that is, OoP 
will be published..), so that their own words will return unto them 
with a vengeance and fill their bellies till they choke! alas.) 

In short, you might say my consciousness was raised to explicit 
R/Hsness simply by disagreeing with the arguments against it. 

Naama