[HPforGrownups] SHIP: The truth about H/H?

[Penny Linsenmayer]

No: HPFGUIDX 20903

Hi --

Rebecca wrote:

<<<Again, I agree:  my husband and I have literally never had an argument in 
3 years of marriage, and I'm more than happy to keep it that way.  I never 
liked the "bickering lovers" motif either; I'd much rather see people laugh 
together and tease each other.  But again, that doesn't make me an H/Her.  I 
don't really see that kind of relaxed openness between Harry and Hermione 
either.>>>

I also have a largely argument-free (and definitely bicker-free) marriage of 
nearly 8 years.

Well, since I .. ahem.... don't have my HP books exactly *handy,* I'll have 
to paraphrase, but a couple of scenes came to mind when I read this post 
about relaxed openness.

1.  The scene in PoA where Harry sneaks into Hogsmeade and Hermione starts 
sputtering about the dangers.  He grins at her and says "Are you going to 
turn me in then?" And she says, "Well, no.  No, of course not.  But really 
Harry ...."  (something like that).  Strikes me that Harry knows how to work 
around Hermione's sense of propriety, etc.

2.  The scene in GoF where Harry hisses, "Yeah but I was supposed to work 
out the First Task on my own too," and she grins guiltily back at him.

I think they could easily settle into a laughing, teasing, bicker-free 
relationship at some point.

<<<IMO, they *all* need to grow up and learn to stop bickering before 
they're ready for any kind of a serious relationship -- with each other or 
with anybody else.>>>

True enough!

<<<Rebecca J. Bohner
(who prefers R/H to H/H simply because it seems more canonically likely>>>>

What, you don't like to be wrong?  <g>

Penny
(who thinks FITD or one of its variants is more canonically likely)



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