SHIP: Where to find the H/H Mission Statement

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

Penny answered me
> 
> Paula wrote:
> 
> > -- I'm a sucker for a happy ending.
> > -- Which means I wouldn't want to see Ron die
> > -- So he should end up with the girl in order to be happy, and I
> > think even the H/Hers do agree that currently, R likes H.
> >
> Paula, you're probably too new to realize you've stepped in a 
virtual
> land mine with that last comment.  That's the "consolation prize"
> argument, which the H/H types hate with a passion.  That is: Harry 
has
> everything (fame, wealth) so Ron should "get the girl."  We maintain
> that Hermione is not some prize to be won, and Ron must earn her
> affection & love if he's to have her.  :--)

I see your point, but that's not quite how I saw it. I meant that for 
a completely happy ending, everyone should get what s/he wants most. 
At the moment, as of Vol. 4, Ron does want Hermione, Harry doesn't 
seem to (just at the moment), and we're not sure about Hermione. I 
think you're right that this is largely contingent on what Hermione 
wants. I also think it's quite likely that JKR will *not* give us an 
unalloyed happy ending. Heck, maybe *Hermione* dies. That would at 
least be a bit less hackneyed than Ron buying the farm. Or maybe 
Hermione and Ginny end up together -- who knows what they were 
talking about when H stayed in G's room at the beginning of GoF?

I'm sort of in the water between ships at the moment, possibly closer 
to SS R/He but not over with the Unshippers tube float, so I don't 
want to sound like I'm arguing too hard for one side or the other. 
Plus, if my gut tells me anything, it's that Hermione would totally 
agree with the H/Hers in their revulsion for the idea of her as a 
booby prize.

Paula2