SHIP: Hermione & Ginny, Hermione & the Boys

[catherine at cator-manor.demon.co.uk]

No: HPFGUIDX 15348

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., Slytherin_Daughter at y... wrote:
> 
>  *faint gurgling noises* A shipper debate? *Another* one? Sheesh. 
And 
> I was just trying to remember why I have this list on web view. Now 
I 
> remember.... ^_~ Oookay, the liberal Marketing Director of the Good 
> Ship R/H will jump in with her views.
> 
> 
> 
>  You know, I want to know why it all boils down to Hermione's 
> feelings. What about Harry? Doesn't he matter in this relationship 
at 
> all? Hel-*lo* Farmer In The Dell. He might not care for Hermione at 
> all, and be nursing a crush on Millicent Bulstrode.
 
One of my reasons for being R/H is that we know Harry's POV - he has 
had a crush on Cho since PoA (or was it CoS?).  And there's Ginny in 
the equation too.  I know, I know,(!) that Harry hasn't noticed her 
yet, but when you consider how much time Hermione spends with Ginny 
(at the Burrow/World Cup etc) I would find it strange if Hermione 
hadn't noticed Ginny's crush.  She's just too sensitive as to what 
other people are really thinking and feeling not too.  And she 
certainly wouldn't discard it as a silly schoolgirl crush, as there 
is no indication that she looks down at Ginny in that way.  (I am 
also revising my opinion on the way the boys and Ginny interact, 
after rereading the way in which Ginny comforts Ron after the Fleur 
incident,  it is not as clear cut as previously).
Therefore if she did have feelings for Harry, I think she would think 
long and hard about how it would affect other people around them.  
And I still stick to the fact that she shows absolutely no concern 
over the possibility of Cho/Harry (if she knew about it - I can't 
find a mention), whereas she does over Fleur.  Harry has shown 
absolutely no interest in Fleur whatsoever, whereas Ron is in danger 
of making a fool of himself whenever she is around.
Catherine

> > Penny wrote:
> > >Well, she eats all her meals with Harry; they walk to class 
> together;
> > >they sit in class together; they leave class together -- there 
is 
> no
> > >mention of her spending much time with Ron.
> > 
> 
>  Kathy Quoted:
> > "Hermione was furious with the pair of them; she went from one to 
> the other, 
> > trying to force them to talk to each other..." (GoF, UK ed, p. 
277)
> 
> ....and this is just pointing out, once again, that the books are 
> from Harry's point of view and so therefore we don't know what 
> exactly Ron and Hermione are doing when he isn't around. *snerk* I 
> like what that implies. <g>
> 
And, although Hermione is helping Harry with the first task, she 
still has time to see Ron.  She probably sees Harry as the loner, as 
Ron is hanging around with Seamus and Dean, or his brothers, and 
Harry is very much in the position she was in last year.  Harry needs 
her help at this stage and she makes time for him. And she still 
tries to get them together - look at the attempt to get them to meet 
in the Hogsmeade pub
Catherine again