[HPforGrownups] Re: Shippers,Happy Endings & Related Topics / Merchandise

[Penny & Bryce Linsenmayer]

No: HPFGUIDX 7975

Hi --

SKTHOMPSON_1 at msn.com wrote:

> But, I don't see the evidence that the H/H shippers do that says she
> fancies Harry.  (It's been too long, Penny; remind me of your points
> again...)

Ah ... in short: she bought him expensive birthday gifts in CoS, PoA &
GoF (granted, we don't even know when Ron's birthday *is* or what
Hermione might be buying him); she chose to spend all or the vast
majority of her time with Harry rather than Ron during the H/R fight;
it's Harry who is the recipient of Krum's jealousy, not Ron
("Herm-own-ninny talks about Harry all the time according to Krum); she
kissed Harry at the end of GoF.  It's also just a feeling that I have as
well, much like the R/H shippers see a mutual attraction between those
two, I see evidence that Hermione likes Harry instead.  I'm very
intrigued by the girl that came up with the "Square" theory that Ebony
talked about yesterday, before PoA.  I know I wouldn't have picked up on
it until after PoA.

I guess I just agree with the instincts & intuition of all these teenage
kids who think Hermione likes Harry.  It's a gut feeling, combined with
the "evidence" cited above.  I know it won't be strong enough to
convince any R/H shipper to change sides, but it's good enough for me.
I still put my money on some variation of Farmer in the Dell/Square
theory.

There are also people like my sister, who have read each book through
once, and are amazed that people would think anything other than
Hermione likes Harry but Ron likes Hermione.  Since she has accurately
predicted more about each book's surprises & plot twists than anyone
else I know, I'll put my money on her instincts as well.  <g>

> I don't see it like this, either.  I do expect rays of hope for the
> surviving good guys (and for us as well), and, as of now, I'm still
> putting my money on R/He, Ha/G.  I in no way see the ending as
> maudlin or schmaltzy.  By the same token, I don't see the end being
> gloomily, depressingly dark, either.  Somber, but hopeful...?  More
> like that...

Yes -- like you, I see the ending as being something somewhere in
between schmaltzy and dead depressing.  I don't think it will be all
gloom & doom at the end; there will likely be a ray of sunshine & hope
for our surviving characters.  But, I think there will have been losses
along the way.  And, I just don't see JKR as the type author who will go
for the "tie *everything* up with a neat bow" at the end.

> Bet you guys wish I had stayed lurking, right?

No, not at all.  Great thoughts!

Penny



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