H/H shippers clues

[Penny & Bryce Linsenmayer]

No: HPFGUIDX 8158

Hi --

Ebony wrote:

> I know no one will believe me, but at lunchtime on July 10 the first
> question I asked over our sandwiches and apples was nothing ship-
> related.

I believe you -- mainly because I recall that you were not really a H/H
shipper at all when you first found all of us on the listserves
(hpanonymous & the Yahoo predecessor to this group).  I seem to recall
that I played some part in convincing you to join the H/H'ers, although
I think your students were as big an influence as anything else
perhaps.  <g>

> "But Ron's going to get really jealous of Harry in the next few
> books.  Harry already has everything, and now Hermione likes him too."

I'm with Jeff -- seems a likely scenario to me.

> "Well, that friendship is doomed, for sure," some of the others
> aid.  "It's like a chain... each one likes someone else.  If Hermione
> doesn't like Ron, and he finds out about her crush on Harry... boy,
> there's going to be some fireworks.  He'd betray Harry because of it,
> I know he will."

Maybe my mind just works on a 14-yr old level but .... that's my feeling
too.

> "Where in the world are you getting this from?" I said, extremely
> skeptical.  "I'm your teacher, and I don't see all this crush stuff.
> Why do you think that Hermione sees Harry as anything other than her
> friend?"
>
> I remember Jeff telling me verbatim, "Because she kissed him."  All
> around the table, there were nods.

I recall smiling when I read that line & thinking "Uh, huh.  She *does*
like him."

Penny


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