H/H shippers clues

[Ebony]

No: HPFGUIDX 8126

Just when I thought I was going to get a *life* and be offline 'till 
the second... my car decides that it's sick of the snow and the 
brakes start coughing!  AARGH!

Oh, well...

--- In HPforGrownups at egroups.com, Penny & Bryce Linsenmayer 
<pennylin at s...> wrote:
> > What you're saying does make sense, but I don't think it's so 
much that the teenagers are saying that Hermione belongs with Harry 
because he's the hero & she's a heroine of sorts.  I think they're 
just saying that they perceive that Hermione likes Harry.  As far as 
I know, none of them are arguing that Harry likes Hermione back 
either.  Is this correct Ebony?  Do the boys feel the same way the 
girls do?


Actually, the few students in my classroom who are staunchly R/H were 
and are *all* girls.  The first proponents of FITD were all eighth-
grade boys.  About 2/3 of the HP fanatics at my school seem to be 
boys.

It's true that no one is arguing that Harry likes Hermione back.  The 
kids argue that if anything, FITD will cause problems on Ron's part.  

My students' insistence on this square/betrayal theory was one of the 
reasons why I went back to my post-PoA H/H sentiment (admittedly, PoU 
was the other)... so please don't think I'm planting information in 
their heads.  They have *no* idea that I'm such a fan... they just 
know that I've read the books and taught using them.

I've been trying all vacation to comb the books and find evidence of 
Hermione's reciprocation of Ron's interest... I needed an "I knew I 
liked you, Ron, when..." scenario.  I'm finding I'm making up stuff.

I don't think any H/H shipper on list has ever said that Harry thinks 
of Hermione in canon at this point as anything other than one of his 
two best friends.

--Ebony