[HPforGrownups] Re: SHIP: Questions for R/Hers...

[drielm]

No: HPFGUIDX 12171

Hello to you all,

Most of the time I am a major lurker, but now the need to speak is killing
me. So hello (again, I know), my name is Maria, I am a not necessarily
dangerous, slightly deranged madwoman and I live (of all places) in Holland.
I *love* HP and JKR and all those great spinoffs by Penny and Carole, Cassie
Claire and Lori. I always enjoy the discussions on the net about HP,
especially yours.

So, now, about our beloved threesome: hasn't JKR shown us time and again, in
all four of her books, that almost nothing turns out to be what it seems in
the beginning? Ron?Hermione, even Harry/Hermione? I wouldn't be too
surprised if Hermione *does* end up with Draco Malfoy, (or even Snape) not
only in fanfic but in the (future) canon.
Remember, Joanne has managed to fool us before.

Just a thought.

Greetings,

Maria the Bewildered

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Van: zsenya at sugarquill.com <zsenya at sugarquill.com>
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Datum: dinsdag 13 februari 2001 3:16
Onderwerp: [HPforGrownups] Re: SHIP: Questions for R/Hers...


>Ebony,
>I'm not sure if I am going to make any sense here. I almost
>considered not answering this thread, as I'm pretty sure that
>anything I say will be taken out of context.  But I'll try to explain
>myself clearly.
>
>Ebony wrote:
>>One of the top arguments that R/Hers have used in the past to debunk
>HGTG is
>>that "Harry has everything else, so Ron deserves something that he
>doesn't
>>have... the girl."
>
>Well, I am, as you know, one of the biggest believers in the R/H way,
>and that has never been one of my arguments for R/H or
>for "debunking" the "HGTG" theory.  As a matter of fact, I don't
>choose to base my beliefs that JKR will make a Ron/Hermione
>relationship a sideline story on any such theory.  I also don't think
>that Harry has everything.  It's the fact that Harry is so normal
>that makes him such a likable character.
>
>I don't see Ron/Hermione as having anything to do with Harry at all,
>to be perfectly honest.  At the moment, I think that the main reason
>that Ron likes Hermione is that he's a 14-year old boy and she
>happens to be the one person who makes his heart thump.   If Ron
>really was coveting something of Harry's, he'd be drooling all over
>Cho Chang, (even though she's not "Harry's" - I'm having a hard time
>with all of this possessiveness), Ron is aware of Harry's crush.
>
>The main point that you seem to be missing is that most R/H shippers
>tend to believe that there's evidence out there that Hermione likes
>Ron back.  I won't rehash all of the same arguments again (for
>example, what I like to term the "great semi-colon debate").  We
>don't see this as being about any sort of Ron/Harry competition.   If
>I saw evidence in the books that Hermione had any feelings other than
>friendship for Harry, I'd probably be climbing aboard the good ship
>H/H, but I just don't interpret the books that way.   If anything, I
>see a Ron/Hermione pairing as a benefit for Harry - I think he
>depends on them almost as one would family, and their "union" so to
>speak would solidify that family unit.
>
>Zsenya
>
>
>
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