SHIP: Please don't kill me

[cassandraclaire at mail.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 13925

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., schmiksue at y... wrote:

Hi Sue! Thanks for posting.

Sue: One thing that seems to bug me about H/H is that most of the 
fans say  basically that, "they make a good couple."  I think people 
in general  make this statement a lot without considering the actual 
feelings of  the couple.  Now, I know I'm taking into consideration 
that Hermione  does not have any romantic feelings towards Harry, and 
vice versa.   But what if, even though they would make a good couple, 
Harry and   Hermione simply do not feel anything above friendship for 
each other?

Erm. But the whole H/H premise is predicated on the theory that 
Hermione has feelings for Harry. Not a one of us believes that Harry 
and Hermione should be forced into a barren, tragic, loveless 
connection simply because they are intellectually compatible. Not a 
one of us isn't taking their feelings into consideration -- in fact, 
a big arguement of the H/H shippers is that R/H shippers *don't* take 
Hermione's feelings into consideration because she so very obviously 
likes Harry. <g> Also I fail to see what's wrong with H/H fans saying 
that Hermione and Harry make a good couple. Don't R/H fans say that 
Ron and Hermione would make a good couple? It depends, in part, on 
your view of what makes a good relationship.  

Sue: "And why can't a boy and a girl have a strictly platonic 
relationship?"

Of course they can. We here on the SS H/H sincerely hope that Ron  
and Hermione will continue having a lovely friendship even after she 
marries Harry.

> 
> I also feel like I should defend H/G a little.  I was a Ginny in 
high  school...I guess since  I never got noticed, deep down inside I 
hope she will.  Does that make  any sense?  Seriously, I'm not even 
sure if it makes sence to me:)

That seems like a defense of Ginny but...I'm not sure how it's a 
defense of H/G. My argument against H/H has always been that Ginny 
isn't a very developed character. If Jo develops her in an 
interesting way, than I'd be open to H/G. (And that would clear up 
Hermione for Draco. Whee! And Ron can have the giant squid.)


Cassie