[HPforGrownups] Re: SHIPPING of Love and War

[Vicky Ra]

No: HPFGUIDX 20955

So the question is,
if bickering ruins romances (and it can), does it ruin friendships
too (of course it can, but is it inevitable)?  Those of you who think
R/H will never fly as a long-term romance, do you predict a cooling in
their friendship too?

Amy Z

I think they'll stay friends, but don't believe they'd work out as a couple.
I don't believe constant war is a good thing. It's one thing to disagree
civilly, but they seem to fuel each other's fires. The reason I think they
would work out as friends, but not as a couple, is that once two people
become an item, the expectations of each other tend to heighten, and
emotions run higher. Or at least, that's what I notice in my own
relationship. I expect more from my boyfriend than my regular friends, and I
suspect he feels the same. But we do love each other a lot. R/H already
fight a lot. It'd make things worse if they became a couple. Poor Harry
would be stuck mediating.

Vicky