SHIPping Attitudes // Hermione's Age

[Serena Moonsilver]

No: HPFGUIDX 56015

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, Petra Pan <ms_petra_pan at y...> 
wrote:

> Well, at least one shipper somewhere 
> (can't for the life of me remember 
> exactly where in Potterdom) argued 
> that if Hermione is older than Harry 
> (or did she say Ron?) then they can't 
> become a couple...'cause that'd be too 
> 'ewww.'
> 
> I really hope that there's more of a 
> basis for the interest in Hermione's 
> age than this but I've never seen it 
> articulated anywhere else either.  
> Anyone?  Does this issue come up (more 
> than just in passing) anywhere else 
> with the kind of passion it usually 
> exhibits in shipping threads?


Actually, I think Hermione's age was controversal only because of 
the Hermione is Harry's long lost sister theory. For it to be viable 
she had to be older than him by at least 10 months (well possibly 
nine but I'd like to give Lily a little break!)  Anyways, if Harry 
and Hermione were brother/sister then there would be a definite "EW" 
factor in the H/H ship.  However, the dvd timeline squashes almost 
any chance of the H/H brother/sister.

Serena