[HPforGrownups] R/H-er speaks (was The Ship Hits the Fan)

[Rina Stewart]

No: HPFGUIDX 10692

Amy wrote:

<<So what's a shipper?  Someone who wants to see a particular pair 
together (sense A)? Someone who thinks two people *are* a couple in 
canon or will be (sense b)?  Someone who has a crush on a character 
and therefore desperately wishes to see him/her in a romance to flesh 
out his/her own fantasies (sense C)?>>

Well, for me, all three. LOL Although I don't really have a crush on Ron (Bill, now....), but I do identify with Hermione and want to see her in some kind of romance. I just really like her and Ron, and it seems that JKR does, too. Time will tell. <g>

I've been trying to reason out exactly why I think Ron and Hermione are better suited than Harry and Hermione. I think part of it has to do with their bickering. Hermione's constantly pestering them both, but even more with Ron. Probably my Lucy Maud childhood rearing it's head, but I think it's similar to Ilse and Perry - all those years it came across like she didn't like him much, but she was actually just pushing him because she loved him and knew he could do better than what he was. There's Hermione's reason for the bickering. As for Ron, well, he's a guy. With a crush. I may not have been on the receiving end of a crush many times in my life, but I have enough to know that they usually come in two ways - 1, "You are so wonderful, I agree with everythin you say, you're perfect, blah blah blah," and 2, fighting, chasing, anatgonizing, etc. <g> So there's Ron. Plus, I see it like they've got all these emotions and passions, and because they're so young, it's coming across as bickering rather than love. They're not ready for anything else, but it's building up to the point when they will be. <g>

I guess they're just fun. LOL This sounds totally psycho, but I see H/R/H kind of like a triangle - Harry at the tip and Ron and Hermione making the base. R/H kind of connect together, and this supports both Harry and their three way friendship. <shrug> I don't see R&H leaving Harry out if they were in a relationship any more than they do now. In book four, at least, there are lots of instances where Harry gets fed up with their snipping and leaves to do his own thing, and he doesn't seem to mind or feel especially left out. R&H already spend a lot of time together, and I don't think that would change. 

It may happen in a lot of stories that two hook up and the third is left hanging in the air, but those are very different from the books. For the most part, when you get an H/R story, it's about H&R and their romance. It's not that they don't see Harry, it's that the author really likes R&H and is focusing the story on them. They *are the story. In the books, the focus will be on Harry as always, and the story is Harry's. Even if Ron and Hermione are holding hands or hugging or whatever, it won't be the focus of the story, scene, etc. 

YMMV. : )

Rina
(Does this mean I can say I wrote some big essay on why my 'ship is so important, and get my obsession rating up a little? <g>)
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