SHIP: Back into the fray with R/H

[jennyandraul]

No: HPFGUIDX 31429

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "raolin.rm" <raolin1 at h...> wrote:
 
> Likewise, the whole Ron/Hermione fight after the Yule ball has been 
> misinterpreted by SHIPpers of all stripes, as nearly as I can tell.>

First of all, just because I interpret this scene differently than you 
do does NOT mean I have misinterpreted it.  Disagreeing with me is 
much more effective than insulting me.

Now, my FEELING is that Hermione and Ron are attracted to each other.  
I have never said that it is a fact.  My FEELING about the fight after 
the Yule Ball was that Hermione is, in an indirect way, telling Ron 
that he could have asked her to the Ball because she would have said 
yes.  She says "Next time there's a ball, ask me before someone else 
does, and not as a last resort!".  I believe Hermione isn't simply 
saying that to make a point; she is saying it because she would have 
been his date had he asked.  Hermione pretty much says what she feels; 
she's not one for bullsh**.

The other general feelings I get that Ron and Hermione are attracted 
to each other come up later in GoF.  Hermione scowls when Fleur smiles 
at Ron and Ron yells at Hermione "You better hurry up!" (last chapter) 
when she goes to speak with Krum; he doesn't seem to want her to talk 
to Krum at all.  Of course, there is also the Ball itself, where Ron 
ignores his very pretty date and spends most of the evening glaring at 
Hermione and Viktor.  As someone who distinctly remembers staring 
painfully at the boy I liked talking with/dancing with/looking at some 
other girl, I felt Ron's frustration there.  

All I'm saying is that I feel that JKR has set up an attraction 
between Hermione and Ron, but I agree with Ebony that all of us, 
whatever SHIP we like, are basing as many of our arguments on our own 
interpretations as on canon itself.  I know I am.

--jenny from ravenclaw, who is really a Jenny/Harry SHIPper 
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