[HPforGrownups] Harry / Hermione

[lrcjestes]

No: HPFGUIDX 1773


> Another topic: A friend and I were discussing Harry's possibilities
> for a future partner. She thinks that JKR has Harry's future pinned
> in
> with Hermione... I am leaning towards the idea that Harry is
> careening
> towards single-hood, much like Dumbledore. Hermione just seems a
> little too close to become a future romance. They are best friends.
> And then where would that leave Ron?
>
> Any thoughts?
>

My what an innocent question that has stirred up reams of commentary on this
subject....(oh for our FAQ's).  Penny is the expert on this subject and is
writing up the FAQ on the various (probably thousand or so) posts on this
issue.  Its interesting that your friend would pick up on a Harry and
Hermione pairing....she will be popular with Penny.  Most people see strong
Hermione / Ron pairing in the books.  There have been reams of fanfiction
written about every conceivable pairing...the most popular being :

Harry / Hermione
Ron / Hermione
Harry / Ginny
Harry / Cho

Some of the more bizarre are:

Hermione / Draco
and one advanced by our own Simon:    Harry / Hedwig  (Harry as an Animagus,
of course)

My personal opinion was shaped strongly by a piece of fanfiction that a lot
of us on this board have read called Paradigm of Uncertainty (link at bottom
of message).  The premise of that is that in the Hogwarts years Ron and
Hermione hook up,  Harry and Cho dated.  After Hogwarts Harry and Ginny date
for a bit (see prequel to Paradigm....blatant self promotion here...chapter
8 just posted) then in Paradigm Harry and Hermione finally find each other
as soul mates.

I do see Harry and Hermione as destined for one another, but in the context
of Paradigm, not during the Hogwarts years.

Here's the link:

http://www.egroups.com/group/ParadigmOfUncertainty

You don't need to sign up for the egroup list in order to read the
chapters....they are posted in the files section of the homepage, but now
that we are in egroups anyway, you can simply add it to you list of
egroups...and enjoy the discussion.

carole