Getting Shippy With It

[Jim Ferer]

No: HPFGUIDX 10954

Penny:"Again .... this is merely more evidence that Ron has romantic 
feelings for Hermione.  It still adds nothing whatsoever to the 
argument that Hermione would or does return Ron's feelings.  If all 
you have is evidence that Ron likes Hermione, you don't have evidence 
of a mutual relationship."

I diagree. Although it has been discounted in the past by H/H shipdom, 
there is at least evidence that Hermione at the least has some 
proprietary feelings about Ron.  To rehash: (HWGA)

Ron and Harry were having identical problems getting up the gumption 
to ask dates for the Yule Ball. Hermione never said one word to Harry, 
but plenty to Ron ["Well spotted!"]. She's ticked off he hasn't 
noticed her.  If she didn't care, she wouldn't be.

Her assorted furious looks at Ron when he appears to be going gaga 
over Fleur. I concede she may not be giving Harry any of these looks 
because Harry seems to manage to keep his wits about him with Fleur.

I insist the "blazing row" after the Yule ball is significant. "You 
know what to do about it, don't you? ...ask me before someone else 
does, and not as a last resort!!" Harry thinks she gets the point 
better than Ron does. If Hermione didn't want Ron to ask her or 
didn't care if he did, it never would have happened. And Harry sees 
what's going on.

Hermione, like any young woman, wants to be noticed. She 
definitely wants *Ron* to notice.  Is she head over heels for him? 
Doubt it. Madly in love? Hardly.  But there's *something*. The 
opposite of love is not hate, it's indifference. And Hermione is not 
indifferent.