[HPforGrownups] Re: Ship: H/H vs. R/H

[Penny Linsenmayer]

No: HPFGUIDX 48645

Hi --

Jodie said:
>>>I'm new and I've just read over the summary of the debate i.e. who
will end up with whom. Frankly, I think it's obvious who Harry
will end up with, or at least who he wants to end up with (Cho).<<<


Sara said:
>>>I happen to disagree here. Cho is just a crush at the moment. Plus,
Cho was Cedric's girlfriend. Harry definitely won't be able to get
that out of his mind whenever he's with Cho. He'll remember Cedric,
then his recent encounter with Voldemort, it'll just be too painful
for him.<<<

Jodie responded:
<<<Just to clarify: I'm not making any predictions in regards to whether 
or not Harry and Cho will end up together - <snip> I'm just saying that, at the moment anyway, Cho is who he wants to end up with; if he had to choose, right now, between having hermione as a girlfriend or having Cho as a girlfriend, he would choose Cho.  Not a second of thought.  I brought her up only as evidence of his lack of any sexual interest in Hermione.>>>>>

Er........noone who's H/H (including me) would try to argue that Harry is interested in Hermione right *now.*  That's obvious.  However, as JKR said "he's only 14, so he has plenty of time to change his mind."  [JKR Scholastic chat -- Feb 3, 2000].

Seems rather pointless to debate who someone's life partner might or might not be, based on their romantic attachments in early adolescence.  As Sara said, Cho is obviously just Harry's "first crush."  My guess is that, based on the events of OoP, he won't have the same interest level in her that he did in GoF.  GoF was just the beginning of Harry's burgeoning sexuality.  It also seems unlikely to me that *all* of the characters would be paired off romantically with their life partners by the age of 17.  

<<<<Another point I'd like to add in opposition to Harry ending up with 
Hermione: The books are from Harry's point of view.  Everything of 
significance that he thinks and feels is revealed to us.  If he had 
any feelings for Hermione, we would know.>>>>  

Again -- see above.  His feelings at 14 are unlikely to affect what he might think or want in his 20s or 30s.  

<<<<Also; When him and Ron were fighting, and Harry was spending all that 
time alone with Hermione, he wasn't as happy about it as he would've 
been if he had a romantic interest in her.  In fact, all he could 
think about when he was with her was how much less he enjoyed being 
with her then he enjoyed being with Ron.>>>>>>>>>>

Again, noone thinks Harry has romantic interest in Hermione at this point (or I doubt anyone thinks this).  But, of course, at age 14, he'd keenly miss the company of his male best friend -- I've never understood this passage to be anything more than commentary about how he feels about his male best friend, rather than commentary about how he thinks less of Hermione or couldn't possibly ever, ever afterwards have any romantic feelings for Hermione.  This seems very short-sighted indeed.  Goodness -- if I were romantically attached to the boy I was madly in love with when I was 14, my life would certainly have turned out very differently (and badly)!  

Penny

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