[HPforGrownups] Partnerships

[Penny & Bryce Linsenmayer]

No: HPFGUIDX 1876

Hi --

Simon Branford wrote:

> Simon originally wrote: "> I am only convinced at this outcome if it
> occurs as it does in PoU. By this I mean that for Harry and Hermione
> to happen then Ron will die first. Are the poll results in for this
> question (was it here or on PoU that the question was asked?)?
>
> Penny wrote: "It was asked on PoU -- only about 11% of the members
> have voted but maybe that's the final outcome.  Low voter turnout.
> The results thus far are 47% favor H/H no matter what, 30% favor H/H
> as long as Ron is dead and 9% still favor R/H."
>
> Simon then said: There are two polls open there at the moment and the
> other has 43% for R/H and 25% H/H (no conditions used in this poll).

The first poll asks what pairing people favored *prior* to reading PoU.
This is the one where 43% said R/H.  *I* voted for R/H in that poll for
example.  <g>  Prior to PoU, I was ambivalent about romantic pairings at
best and mildly thinking that Ron sure had the beginnings of a crush on
Hermione.

The second poll queries what pairing people favor *after* they've read
PoU.  This is the one that I quoted last night since Simon originally
seemed to be saying that he thinks H/H is only plausible in the PoU
context (and only if Ron was dead).  I think that's what he was saying
anyway.  I feel certain he'll step in & correct me if I'm wrong.

The purpose of the polls was really to get a general idea how many
people were converted by PoU.  It seems that PoU converted a high
percentage of the poll respondents.  My guess is that people who remain
convinced that H/H is "wrong" in all circumstances haven't responded to
the poll.

> Of course you decided to leave off my option, so I decided to vote
> H/Cho.

Silly me!  It just seemed that those favoring the alternative H/H
pairing that Simon proposes might be a rather statistically small
sampling of PoU readers.  <g>

Penny



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