SHIP: semi-formal analysis

[naama_gat at hotmail.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 11618


I've been reading some of the shipping posts and I have a few very 
general points.

1. One thing that bugs me a little is that the H/Hers uphold the 
following: 
a. (with careful nonchallance) Ron does like Hermione.
b. (triumphantly) There's no evidence that Hermione likes Ron back.
c. (with gnashing of teeth) There's no evidence of Harry liking 
Hermione/Hermione liking Harry.  
AND
d. H/H pairing is just as probable as H/R pairing. 

Does anybody else see a slight logical problem here? If one side of a 
considered pairing is known to be interested, doesn't that tip the 
odds a bit? I would say that it does make the relationship more 
probable, in that one of the necessary conditions is fulfilled.
Thats on the side of simple logic. But there are further 
psychological considerations. The necessary conditions (R likes Her; 
Her likes R) are not really totally independent of each other. One of 
Penny's pet peeves is that merely because Ron likes Hermione people 
immediately assume they will be together, which implies that 
they ignore what Hermione might be feeling.
The thing is that, generally speaking, a person is not indifferent to 
the romantic interest somebody has for him/her. How often has it 
happened (especially to women) that they ended falling in love with a 
guy they hadn't even noticed before he showed interest in them? Part 
of human nature, isn't it? 

Naama