SHIP: R/Hr OR H/H, but definitely not R/Hr THEN H/Hr or H/Hr THEN R/Hr!

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From:  "queen_of_slytherin" <gideoner4 at y...> 
Date:  Fri May 10, 2002  11:54 am
Subject:  Re: Some SHIP: Love Triangle

 
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> Penny on Evil!Ron and a love triangle:
> >>It'd be great actually if Ron & Hermione did date for a time & 
realize how 
> completely & utterly wrong they are for each other (the "greatest 
literary 
> mismatch of all time" as Jim F put it recently) & break up 
amicably. I do think 
> Hermione has her heart set on Harry rather than Ron, and I think a 
love triangle presents all sorts of interesting plot points. Ron's 
not my favorite character by any means, and I think he's absolutely, 
positively all wrong for 
> Hermione. But, he's not just an inconvenience. He is their best 
friend after all. :--)<<
> 


Oh I digress. A love triangle may be a bit interesting, but it is 
not exactly the best plot out there. It is overused and so much like 
Dawson's Creek. And as I said in a previous post, it is tacky, 
mediocre, melodramatic, and soap-operatic. 

I am a Ron/Hermione shipper, but I can accept Harry/Hermione in 
canon, as long as Hermione dates just Harry. Same goes for 
Ron/Hermione for me. If R/Hr happens, I'd rather have Hermione date 
Ron but not Harry ever. 

In my opinion, making Ron and Hermione date a while then break up 
even in good terms, then make Hermione and Harry date and get 
together is just one of cringe-worthy plots out there. 

C'mon, in real life, it's awkward enough to date one of your best 
friends, then break up with that friend, then go on and date your 
other best friend, who happens to be also one of the best friends of 
your ex. *winces* Melrose Place, anyone? or Dawson's Creek? *winces 
even more* I have nothing aginst those shows, but they are not in 
HP's level, so I'd rather not let HP go down in its level.

So, as some people see it, Ron and Hermione can break up in good 
terms. That makes it guilt-free for Hermione be with Harry, because 
all three of their friendships with each other will still remain 
intact (oh how convenient!). Right? Not so. Because even though it's 
perfectly fine with Ron, as a normal person, he will inevitably 
think of this whenever he sees Hermione and Harry together:

1.) Do they do the same things as we did? 
2.) Why does it work for her and him but not for her and me?
3.) Do they sometimes talk about me and my faults, and why our 
relationship didn't work?

The same goes for Ron/Hermione. If Harry and Hermione break up then 
she hooks up with Ron, Harry will be thinking the same things even 
if the break-up is in good terms. It's inevitable for people to 
think of that, even for just a short while sometimes. Because it is 
human nature to wonder where and why we have gone wrong with the 
things we did.

And I personally am not comfortable with best friends (Ron and 
Harry) who dated the same girl. I won't think of Hermione that way, 
but if she dates both, I couldn't help but see her in that light.

So there really is no complete and total parting-in-perfectly-good-
terms when best friends are involved. I believe that there will 
always be an underlying awkwardness and tension. Maybe there will be 
not so much tension between Harry and Ron as compared to the tension 
that can come up whenever Hermione and Ron meet in Harry's presence. 
If I were Hermione, I would sure be uncomfortable in the presence of 
my ex and my boyfriend, who happen to be best friends, and who also 
happen to be my best friends! O.O

In a nutshell, either Ron/Hermione OR Harry/Hermione, and never both 
even at different times, please.

Of course my vote goes to Ron/Hermione. :D

~Lexan