[HPforGrownups] RE: Re: H/H shippers clues

[Brigid Black]

No: HPFGUIDX 8222




>From: "Amy Z" <aiz24 at hotmail.com>
>Reply-To: HPforGrownups at egroups.com
>To: HPforGrownups at egroups.com
>Subject: [HPforGrownups] RE: Re: H/H shippers clues
>Date: Sun, 31 Dec 2000 15:59:11 -0500
>
>
> >Okay, I don't understand how people can say that there is no evidence 
>that
> >Hermione likes Ron back. What about the several times in GoF when 
>Hermione
> >gets all annoyed at the attention Ron is paying to Fleur?  I know I know,
> >we've been through this before, I know the time after the 2nd task could 
>be
> >interpreted as H/H or H/R because Fleur kisses both Harry and Ron, but, I
> >will say it again:  When they are leaving Hogwarts at the end of GoF, 
>Fleur
> >"smiled at [Ron]; Hermione scowled" (GoF, UK ediiton, p.628).  That's a
> >SEMICOLON people; these things are related.  And I still maintain that 
>the
> >kiss two pages later is a)Hermione being supportive of one of her best
> >friends who has been through hell and b) a subtle attempt at getting back
> >at Ron for the incident with Fleur.  Although seriously I think putting 
>any
> >romantic spin on "the kiss" takes away from the story at this point.  To
> >me, the ending scene was a beautiful reiteration of the closeness of the 
>3
> >friends and how Harry can make it because of his friends support.  That,
> >more than my H/R leaning, is the reason why the big hooha about the kiss
> >bugs me.  It's like it cheapens the whole thing somehow.  (And, as B.
> >Bennett's "The Other Kiss" shows, we certainly don't know what happened
> >after Harry went through that barrier, do we?).
>
> >Anyway, rant over
> >(for now)
>
> >Kathy
>
>I agree with you on all counts, Kathy!  I wonder what teenage *girls* say
>about the final kiss.  Boys are more likely to think a kiss has to be about
>romance; girls kiss each other, their parents, etc., more readily, hence
>don't think every kiss is a prelude to romance/sex.  I didn't even take
>notice of it (I'm 32, though, so what do I know? better ask a 14-year-old).
>
>Your sister in ranting,
>Amy
>
>P.S.  I can't believe I'm getting into the shipper debate!  I don't even
>know what the **** a shipper is!  Is it from "relationship"?

Here is the opinion of several teenage girls: a kiss does not mean you ahve 
romantic feelings for a guy.  If you were in a relationship with that guy it 
would mean something but if he was a friend and you kissed him it wouldn't 
nessecarily mean you liked a guy in a romantic way.  I asked around and all 
the girls I know (some who hadn't read HP before I asked) didn't think that 
such a kiss would be romantic.  They all said that the circumstances have to 
be taken into consideration.

As always people have to remember that teenage boys think everything has 
something to do with sex.  Girls do not usually have that problem and would 
not immediately think 'She likes him.' after reading that.

Rantmeister General,

Brigid
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