SHIP: re: Ron & the Yule Ball

[Emerald7586 at aol.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 13691

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., Penny & Bryce Linsenmayer <pennylin at s...> 
wrote:

> 
> I know this is a general observation, but it does appear to me that 
of
> the teenagers on the list who have spoken up on the issue (or who 
have
> spoken to listies like Ebony & Cassie & Heather), more of them 
interpret
> Hermione as liking Harry than liking Ron.  Interesting.  :--)

I'd say general, too.  I happen to actually be 14, and I have to say 
I definatly sympathize with the R/HE camp (ship?) for reasons which 
have been gone over numerous times and that I'm sure no one 
(especially the no-shippers) wants to hear again.

 
> Bbennett said:
> 
> > Having been a 14 year old girl, I have to disagree with your
> > reasoning, Simon.  At that age, I never would have said something
> > like that to a boy (and a close friend, at that) and have expected
> > him to take it as a generic, blanket sort of statement - as a 30 
year
> > old, I'd still assume that by saying something like this I'm
> > letting the guy know I'm interested!
> >
> Well, I've been a 14 yr old girl myself, and I agree with Simon.  
They
> were having a fight.  The words were spoken in anger, and most of us
> have agreed that it seems most likely that the words that prompted 
her
> remark were not personal.  So, why should her retort be taken as
> personal if his initial triggering remark wasn't personal?


Again, actually being a 14 year old (girl, BTW), albeit a somewhat 
shy and reserved one, I would NEVER say that to a guy unless I was 
interested and let my mouth run away with me, as could be the 
scenario due to the argument.

Although I would dearly love for Harry and Ginny and Ron and Hermione 
to start going out in the next book, grow up, and get married, 
because I'm a sucker for happy endings (I feed my hunger for G/H, R/H 
happy endings with fanfiction), I hardly see G/H happening, and 
although R/H is definatly a possibility in future books (to me, 
anyway), I really don't see them as having a Corey - Topanga 
relationship and going out for the rest of their Hogwarts years and 
then getting married.  How many people actually marry their first 
boyfriend or girlfriend?  But then again, this is fiction.  Who's to 
say that JKR won't make it happen?   

Emerald