H/H Dull & R/H Loads of Fun? (contrarian view)

[Penny & Bryce Linsenmayer]

No: HPFGUIDX 11047

Hi --

Kelley wrote:

> Agree again on both counts.  I had always thought of Ron and Herm as
> a balance for Harry, but the triangle analogy is spot on.  And I feel
> exactly the same Kathy, R/H has much more 'fun'-potential than H/H to
> me.  I know, H/H-ers, I know, that doesn't counter 'H/H are more
> suited in the real world' etc., but come on, be honest:  doesn't H/H
> just seem a tad dull?

Well .... since you asked my opinion:  No!  I don't see H/H as dull at
all.

But, I also don't see R/H as being necessarily all fun at all.  See ....
I don't regard bickering & spatting as fun (or an aphrodisiac!).  I've
had relationships in the past that were all bickering (or worse!), and
it was emotionally exhausting to me.  I find it to be absolutely
positively zero fun to be picking at each other constantly.  So, that
just goes to my perception about how a good relationship works.  I
acknowledge that this modus operandi works for others.  But, it sure
wouldn't have worked for me.  I can count on both hands the number of
fights my husband & I've had in over 10 years of knowing one another.
That style of relationship is just more my cup of tea so the whole idea
of R/H is lost on me from the beginning, if for no other reason than I
can't fathom bickering and fighting constantly as a foundation for a
solid, compatible relationship.  I identify so strongly with Hermione
that I also have a hard time picturing *her* wanting that either.
That's a big part of my mental block against R/H.

> I saw  R/H from canon, before I ever even found this group.  When I
> first learned of the H/H-ers, and how so many of them felt this way
> from
> canon (before seeing PoU), I could not figure out where they got it
> from.

That's funny -- there are tons of us H/H'ers who have talked to people
who stare blankly and say, "There are really people who think Ron &
Hermione will end up together?  Nah, that's too obvious.  The subtext is
all there for H/H."

All a matter of perception I guess -- eh?  <vbg>

Penny




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