[HPforGrownups] SHIP: Responses to Firoza (and Cassie) on R/H and Such...

[Katie Kearns]

No: HPFGUIDX 13901

At 05:07 PM 3/7/01 -0800, you wrote:
>
>R/Hr shippers tend to be newer fans of the books. They went from one book to
>the next, and so on, not re-reading a million times * before * moving on.
>They make their opinions, then go back and re-read the books, pulling out
>what supports R/Hr, and convince themselves that Is The Way It Is.
>
>Flame away.
>
>MC


At risk of people not understanding my sense of humor:  perhaps the H/H 
shippers just over-analyze? ;)  Really, it's only a joke and does not 
reflect the way I feel at all. Ahem.

Anyhow, frankly I think that the book supports just about anything if you 
read it the right way.  If it were easy to pick up on who likes who, the 
books wouldn't be half as good as they are! It's JKR's ability to paint a 
picture that is so realistic, because people have life-like reactions in 
crazy situations.

Sure, Ron and Hermione may just argue. Or maybe it's flirting. Or not. Who 
knows? I certainly don't think it's anything to fight over, and it's 
impossible to *prove* anything. :)

Frankly, when I first read it, I thought we'd end up with Harry/Hermione... 
until book 4 when it seemed that a Ron/Hermione thing was obvious, despite 
the fact that Ginny obviously was ga-ga over Harry. Going back to book 3 
again, I see a lot more Ron/Hermione there than I did before. I think when 
I read it the first time, I had the pre-conceived idea that the main hero 
(Harry) and the heroine (Hermione) would end up together and live happily 
ever after because it's what we've grown to expect.

(Note: JKR has 'gotten' me on *every* *single* *book*!  I'm a sucker for 
red-herrings....)

It's complicated. It's why I love them. :) It's not a love triangle.. it's 
a love polygon of life-like proportions.  It shows the complexity of Real 
Life, especially for teenagers who are still trying to figure out who they 
are. :)

*shrug*  :)  I don't really care who ends up with who. :D  Just let me read 
them all right NOW! :D

-Katie