Ship: H/H vs. R/H

[anakinbester <anakinbester@hotmail.com>]

No: HPFGUIDX 48538

> I don't think that there is, or will be, any sexual attraction 
> between Harry and Hermione at all - at least not beyond what is 
> inevitable.  

I would certainly agree with you. Based on my reading of the canon, I 
find little indication that Hermione and/or Harry have developed any 
kind of feelings beyond friendship. Of course, they still have three 
more years to go and a lot can change in three years. 

About the inevitable, I agree there, that there might be some kind of 
crush or something (speaking from experience in real life =P) but I 
suspected it won't be lasting or really that influential at all. 

>What Hermione and Harry 
> have (or rather, what their relationship will probably develop 
into, 
> in my opinion) is a relationship not dissimilar to that between 
> Mulder and Scully (for those of you who followed the X-Files);

Actually, I like that analogy if applied only tot he first several 
seasons. 
I think that kind of working, respectful, caring relationship is 
exactly what I see between Harry and Hermione. 

>  
> I think, though, that the two of them are more like a brother and a 
> sister to one another then they are like a couple. 


This point I will disagree with. I don't think there closeness is any 
kind of deterrent. Then again I don't think Ron and Harry's closeness 
is any kind of deterrent of a Harry/Ron relationship, so you can take 
me opinion with a grain of salt =P

I've always thought "Well they're like brother and sister" was a 
goofy argument, because to me, that's the kind of trusting loving 
relationship between two no  related people that is most likely to 
develop into romance. 
Unless it's a relationship like the one between my own brother and 
sister *L*

I will be very interested to see how JKR handle teenagers. To many 
that's one of the hardest age groups to write (And I'm only 21!) 
simply because real life teenagers can be neurotic (for lack of a 
better word) tot he point of seeming unrealistic if you write them as 
the really are. Therefore, it's hard to find a balance. Also, I 
suspect Harry at least is going to be a most unusual teenager. 

That said, I rather hope there's a lot of attention placed on Harry 
and Ron. I do think Hermione and Ron will at least become interested 
in each other, and I hope that doens't shift things away from Harry 
and Ron, because I do like that relationship (even on a non slash 
level ^^) 
Of course, it might be important to the plot to have Harry feeling 
isolated from his two closest friends. 

That's be sad! Harry certainly does not deserve to feel anymore 
alone. Then again it's said if we all got what we deserved in life, 
it would be a horrible thing ^_^

My final note on Ron, which I'm including here because I think it 
already was discussed but I never said anything on it. 

I do not believe Ron will _ever- willingly become evil no matter how 
insecure or how fifth wheeled he's feeling. 
I've seen the comparisons made between his reasons for betrayal and 
Peter's reasons, but at this point, there is not a lot of canon 
evidence for Peter's reasons. Everything sand in Canon has come from 
a character other than Peter who was not happy with Peter at the 
time. (Though I think Voldemort' "Cowardice accusation was a lot more 
on mark than Sirius's "Desire for power accusation") 

Anyway, I just don't see Ron having the combination of flaws that 
Peter had, nor the combination of circumstances that would have lead 
Peter to do what he did. 
Ron is braver, and Ron showed at age 11 (!) that he'd die for Harry. 
(the chess match. He couldn't have known he wouldn't die)

This however scares the beejessus outta me! 
" 'Yeah I know,' said Ron, who was skipping on every alternative 
step. He had much more difficulty with the [imperio] curse than Harry 
though Moody had assured him the effects would wear off by lunch 
time." -GoF USA version pg 253

I'm sure this got mentioned before, but yeah, this has little red 
flags written all over it, because it was mentioned the Harry can 
resist it, and that was important, so I can't imagine it not being 
important that Ron is so unable to fight it that he still as problems 
even after the curse is off. *Shudders* that to me doe not bode well. 
That just screams foreshadowing like nothing else has to me.

-Ani

PS: *L* obviously I've decided to try and be an active list member 
again . . 
let's see how long that lasts ^^;;