Hermione's Age

[Petra Pan]

No: HPFGUIDX 56060

Yours truly:
> > 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?

Serena Moonsilver: 
> 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.

Thanks for clearing that up...glad to 
hear that there's something more to 
this than an insistence on the older 
male/younger female romantic paradigm.

Hmm...does this mean the H/H sibling 
theory marks the start of the intense 
interest in Hermione's age?

Yknow, I hate to see any theory 
squashed...<eg>...they could still be 
siblings (maybe even twins) if one or 
both celebrate their birthday(s) on a 
symbolic as opposed to actual birth 
date.  This seems to mostly happen when 
the actual date is for some reason 
unknown, mostly in cases of adoptions 
and orphans.

<cue Star Wars/Luke & Leia theme music>

Cause really, how many of us can tell 
an infants age with true accuracy? <g>

Interesting  JKR may very well have 
chosen to take a cannon out of the 
store of shippers arsenal.

Or not.  <shrug>

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BabsGeist (Barb), in part:
> Why would R/Hr or H/Hr be 'ewww' 
> if Hermione is older than they are? 
> Cho is a year older than Harry, 
> but he's had a crush on her since
> third year and asked her to the 
> Ball.  ::throws water balloon::
> Ron asked Fleur to the Ball, and 
> she's several years older than him.
> ::Heads up! Another wet one!:: 
> 
> When these boys were looking at
> these girls, neither one was 
> saying 'ewww,' according to GoF. 
> I'm not going to mince words here 
> with IMHO or other things to
> soft-pedal this--it is sexist and 
> antiquated to believe that in any
> mixed-gender relationship, the man 
> has to be older than the woman. 
> ::Squoosh! Another one!::

Well said indeed.

Petra
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