Support for He/R; Harry's Shell

[Ebony]

No: HPFGUIDX 7497

--- In HPforGrownups at egroups.com, Penny & Bryce Linsenmayer 
<pennylin at s...> wrote:
>  
> Well said, Ebony!  <g>  I think a Ron/Herm pairing of some sort in 
the canon may indeed be inevitable.  I am still a strong believer in 
the Farmer in the Dell theory (that Hermione likes Harry, not Ron) 
but .... a canon pairing of Ron & Hermione does not mean they 
eventually get married & live happily ever after.  They're 
teenagers.  Ron will get tired of being shown up by his superstar 
girlfriend, and Hermione will get tired of always arguing & bickering 
with her boyfriend.  It doesn't stand much chance of lasting.  So, 
they date .... leaving Hermione free to date Harry in adulthood (in 
the PoU sense or otherwise).

You're right, Penny--it makes sense.  Another thing that Carole 
pointed out to me a few days ago is Hermione's tendency to "show off 
her smarts" by correcting others.  She does this to the boys a lot 
("Aren't you two ever going to read *Hogwarts:  A History"?) and I 
imagine it's a personality quirk that would carry over to any 
relationship she had.  This may also be one of the reasons why she 
doesn't seem to have too many female friends.

That might be cute for a while, but... do you think Ron would put up 
with it for long?  I'm trying to speculate on how any long-term 
relationship between the two (Ron and Hermione) would play out, so 
I'd welcome the H/R folks giving me some help.  Not just evidence of 
attraction from the canon--Mike Gray will be the first to tell you 
that's just the first step.  What are the strengths of the pairing? 

--Ebony