"Fanfic Tangent" (ship warning)

[Ebony Elizabeth Thomas]

No: HPFGUIDX 10066

Elizabeth wrote:
> > That's correct.  Ms Rowling has not yet created a character whom I
> > believe would be happy with Hermione in the long run.

Poor Hermione!  (Sigh.)  She just can't please some of you guys, eh?

Rita wrote:
>I believe that Viktor and Hermione could be happy together in the
>long run (except that I think JKR is going to kill him, which makes
>him ineligible for marriage).  He has the maturity and class to
>appreciate her instead of all the pretty ones chasing him. They're
>both independent types who don't have to always be clinging to each
>other, so she won't be jealous of his travelling for his Quidditch
>career and he won't be jealous of her long hours in libraries and
>labs for her research career. He has his own fame and accomplishments
>to feel proud of and doesn't need to build up his ego by putting her
>down. On the contrary, he has enough self-opinion that he can sit
>back and be supportive of her when she is the center of attention,
>and just feel that being paired with such a brainy woman adds to
>his glory.  When he retires from his Quidditch career, he can stay
>home with the kids and be the neighborhood hero: idolized by every
>kid in the neighborhood because he tells them Quidditch stories and
>fixes their broomsticks.

I just had to quote you there, Rita.  It's scary, but this actually seems 
quite plausible!  (Certainly more plausible than certain other scenarios 
that I won't name.)

Now... if we can only get him to pronounce her name correctly... or perhaps 
Hermy-own-ninny will be some sort of schnoogly nickname?  :-P

--Ebony

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Ebony AKA AngieJ
(H/H Special Agent, First Class)

"'We start by recruiting members,' said Hermione happily.  'I thought two 
Sickles to join--that buys a badge--and the proceeds can fund our leaflet 
campaign.  You're treasurer, Ron--I've got you a collecting tin 
upstairs--and Harry, you're secretary, so you might want to write down 
everything I'm saying now, as a record of our first meeting.'

"There was a pause in which Hermione beamed at the pair of them, and Harry 
sat, torn between exasperation at Hermione and amusement at the look on 
Ron's face."

--from Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, p. 225, 1st Amer. ed.

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