SHIP: Questions...

[Penny & Bryce Linsenmayer]

No: HPFGUIDX 12479

Hi --

sadie_row at hotmail.com wrote:

> <Gathers courage>
Okay, I did as suggested and searched through
> the archived posts, looking for anything that might explain the
> rationale behind a Harry/Hermione pairing. There isn't a lot of
> canonical
> evidence offered, except for the kiss from the end of GoF.

Actually, you must not have searched very hard, dear!  <g>  I know my
posts are full of canonical evidence for FITD (not necessarily H/H
getting together in canon, but plenty of canon evidence that Hermione's
feelings can be interpreted to be for Harry and not Ron).

The "Potential Romance Pairings" FAQ has been written.  I'm hopeful that
we will have some uploading of FAQs in the next few weeks (I know, I
know ... we've been saying that).  The techies on the FAQs Committee are
hard at work (I'm sure).

You will probably see alot more of that evidence in the FAQ since I've
done the job of going through the archives & summarizing the positions
of all the various "ships," but believe me, there *is* canon evidence on
the H/H side.

> Now, when I read that scene I believed (and continue to believe) that
> Hermione was only able to kiss Harry because it wasn't an "I'm in love
> with you" kiss.  It was simply a kiss for a friend who had just gone
> through a terrible time and she was glad that he was alive.   However,
> if she had kissed  Ron
 well, that would be a different story,
> wouldn't it? Just my thoughts on that particular  subject.

Hmmm .... well some of the H/H'ers take a different view.  She's 14!
Most of the 14 yr old girls polled by our members have all attributed
far more significance to the "Kiss" than lots of the adults.  Different
perspective.  The H/H types also don't agree amongst themselves as to
the meaning of the "Kiss."  I fall into the "it probably has more
meaning than some give it credit for, but it's not the *best* H/H
evidence out there" camp.

> It seems like there really isn't anything in the canon to back
> H/H up and so I remain unchanged in my confidence about Ms. Hermione
> Weasley.

Gotta look at subtext.  Surface reading isn't enough sometimes.
Hermione likes Harry -- it's all in the subtext.  <g>


> I'm curious (this is for you H/Her's out there). Would
> Draco/Hermione be preferable over Ron/Hermione? This is, of course, if
> you couldn't have Harry/Hermione. (sorry about all of the ?/?'s)

D/H is by far preferable to me than R/H.  I see R/H as being completely
& totally incompatible though.

Penny



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