Shippers, Happy Endings & Related Topics

[Keith Fraser]

No: HPFGUIDX 7877

--- In HPforGrownups at egroups.com, Penny & Bryce Linsenmayer 
<pennylin at s...> wrote:
> Hmmm ..... I'm not so sure that even if R & H date in Book 5 that 
it can
> be assumed that they are "right" & the H/H contingent is "wrong."  
We
> won't know anything at all until the series is over ... and maybe 
not
> even then, eh?  Personally, I hope it's left ambiguous at the end 
("Will
> Hermione get back together with Ron (they had a spat & split up in 
Book
> 6)?"  "Will Hermione instead declare her true love for 
Harry?"  "Will
> Harry finally see Ginny as a woman?") -- then all the shippers can
> happily create fanfic to suit their preference for eternity!  <g>

I think this is unlikely, at least it won't be done for the reason 
given. Most readers of the books don't write or read fanfic, so they 
would be left in the cold.

> 
> When I read the books, I think it's much clearer that
> Hermione has her cap set on Harry, not Ron.  And, like Cassie, I 
hate
> the "consolation prize" arguments.
> 
I agree that putting people together by default is ungood, but I 
don't think the books give much indication of Hermione's feelings 
either way - there may be some hints that she likes Ron (e.g. in the 
argument after the ball and her irritation over the 'pair of trolls' 
statement), but she and Harry seem to have a pretty platonic 
relationship in Book 4 (though I could see what happens in Lori's 
Paradigm of Uncertainty happening in the future). Mind you, I'd be 
the first to admit that I am definitely not Mr Relationship Expert, 
so I could be talking complete dingoes' kidneys. Besides, we all read 
the books differently.