Hermione, heroines and love interests

[Risti <pretty_feet51@yahoo.com>]

No: HPFGUIDX 52270

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, Susanne <siskiou at e...> wrote:
>> Friday, February 14, 2003, 2:54:33 PM, pippin_999 wrote:
> > Many times, the main female character, the heroine you identify 
> > with and root for, isn't the hero's love interest at all. 
> And is the main female in any book really "the heroine"?
> Does HP have Harry, the hero, and Hermione, the heroine, and
> all the other characters are supporting cast?
> Or is it Ron and Harry, the heroes and Hermione, the
> heroine?
> If HP has a hero, I always put Harry in that position, with
> Ron and Hermione as equal friends and "sidekicks",
> supporting Harry.

I'm weighing in at this point in the Shipping debate, because one of 
Susanne's comments made a particularily amusing analogy come to mind, 
and it is one that truly sums of my feelings.

I too see Hermione and Ron very much in the role of 'sidekicks'.  
Now, when you said sidekicks, for some reason, my mind flickered to 
the old television show of Batman, Robin, and in later seasons, 
Batgirl.  Batman continued to take the brunt of the action, and 
ultimately do most of the work and get most of the glory, but in the 
background, it was Robin and Batgirl who had a romance blossoming.

This is how I see Ron and Hermione getting together.  They are two 
friends with one major thing in common:Harry.  As the Voldemort 
battle becomes more prominent in later books, I think that this 
common loyalty will draw Ron and Hermione together more.  I think it 
could also cause some confusion on all of their parts at first as to 
who really likes who.

~Risti