SHIP: Ron/Hermione - What's the attraction?

[ebeth0000000000]

No: HPFGUIDX 75147

This thread is quite long now, and it's a little difficult to keep 
track of exactly who said what, so I'm just putting this out there 
in general, to the entire idea of the thread:

I don't ship for any particular couple, but if you wanted to make a 
case for it, the literary structure of OoP could be construed (sp?) 
to support a R/H ship:

1)  Although it is certainly true that bickering does not equal 
love, one could argue that JKR shows us with the scene of James and 
Lily in the pensieve that she, at least, sees that some adolescents 
who may seem to dislike each other share a mutual attraction (yes, I 
know, I know that's a whole other thread--)

2)  One could draw a parallel between R/H bickering/dislike 
carefully pointed out by JKR through Harry's POV and James/Lily 
dislike.  In both cases, Harry is irritated and mystified by the 
bickering--after all, we know the boy is not that good at seeing 
what's going on under the surface of things:)

3)  This parallel could be drawn out further by Harry's mental 
comparison of Ron preening himself under the tree by the lake to his 
vision of James under the same tree.  Perhaps she is demonstrating 
that both boys, the object of scorn by particularly bright and 
opinionated girls at this stage in their development, mature into 
splendid men worthy of respect in their due time:)


EBeth