H/H v H/R

[Ebony]

No: HPFGUIDX 7613

--- In HPforGrownups at egroups.com, "Scott " <harry_potter00 at y...> 
wrote:
 Is it at all possible that Hermione could also be holding back 
feelings for Harry.  I mean perhaps she thinks that Harry's attracted 
to her but she's not sure, thinking perhaps along the lines that 
Harry is afraid to show his feelings b/c of his situation.  Maybe she 
is making an effort to care about Harry from a distance as not to put 
him in an uncomfortable situation an not to offend Ron. 

Thanks, Scott.  That's another problem with our ship... Ron's 
reaction.  The fics always have to deal with the question "What do we 
do with Ron?"  Most of them, I'll admit, either take Ron OOC or match 
him with Lavender/Fleur/American exchange student or someone equally 
ill-suited to him.  He deserves better!

The better-written H/H stories deal with it in various ways.  In 
PoU/ASA/TSTNE, Ron is a non-issue.  In DD/DS, he doesn't figure into 
the equation (forgive me if I'm wrong, but in the backstory didn't he 
and Hermione date and it didn't work out?).  In Alicia/Sue's fics, 
the characters are middle-aged adults and the issue is not so 
immediate.  And so on...

Your observation is exactly why H/H is impossible in canon at this 
point (the end of GoF).  Even if Harry *did* have any feelings for 
Hermione, you'd better believe he'd face a hundred Dementors before 
he'd reveal them.  And vice versa.

--Ebony