[HPforGrownups] From the good ship R/H

[Kathleen Kelly MacMillan]

No: HPFGUIDX 10017

Elizabeth wrote:
>And maybe, just maybe, Harrykins and Hermikins and Ronniekins *all* don't
>belong together.  Or maybe Harrykins and Ronniekins belong together.  But it
>is all up to Ms. Rowlings, whom I believe is the Goddess of the Potterverse.

Yes, it's possible...but it would be so much more interesting to have some 
romantic tension, of whatever kind, in the Trio.  Even if they all do end up 
with other people (which I think would be kind of sad in a way).  They have so 
much together that they can't really share with anyone else.

>because despite all of our ship debating, Harry, Ron, and Hermione are
>first and foremost *friends*.  Ron has feelings for Hermione. Has anyone ever
>considered that he *might* step aside or tamp those feelings down?>

I think I reponded to this once already in another post, but I thought of 
something else.  I think it's entirely possible that Ron would do such a thing 
(assuming of course, he was in a situation where it might be necessary, which 
I think we have already established that I don't belive to be the case!) BUT 
it would certainly not be right away and it would certainly still affect the 
friendship of the Trio.  I think that this is what I was trying to say in 
reponse to Cassie yesterday.  Even if Ron did date Hermione and then "move 
on", as she put it, I think it would still affect they way the three of them 
interacted, even if Hermione and harry never got together.  It would have to.

Not sure who said this (sorry!):
>I must add to this that I don't believe any Object of Desire exists in Ms.
>Rowlings' Potterverse.  Hermione as written in canon is not flawless (no,
>she's not!), and Ginny is um, uncertain (yes, she is!) and most Objects of
>Desire are quite deliberately described as such.

I agree!  We shippers have put a lot of our own spin on the characters and our 
perceptions of them (often helped by the fanfic).  That's part of the reason 
that I wanted to try to stay as true to the canon as possible in mine.  
(Obviously I have put my own spin on things, adds Kathy quickly, before Penny 
jumps in, but I am trying to keep it plausible and true to the characters as I 
see them in the canon.) Not that there's anything wrong with this, mind you, 
but I think it sometimes confuses things when people start discussing the 
canon.

>I agree that Hermione is one of the brains of the operation.  Ron is another
>brain of the operation, although of a different (but equally important) sort.
> Harry's blessed to have them both to rely on as friends.

I agree!  And I think that one of the main reasons I moved away from 
half-hearted H/H shipperdom into full-fledged R/H shipperdom is that fact that 
many (not all) H/H shippers sell Ron short, IMHO.  MOst H/H fics tend to set 
up H and H as this perfect couple and then kind of throw Ron in as comic 
relief, if they show him at all.  I think Ron as a character has much more 
depth than most people give him credit for, and quite honestly I am starting 
to find Harry kinda boring. (Is that blasphemy?)


Kathy
AKA Elanor Gamgee