[HPforGrownups] Going down with the SHIP

[golden faile]

No: HPFGUIDX 50345


 
 Scott Northrup <snorth at ucla.edu> wrote:


So today, while reading the many e-mails regarding SHIPs (always
entertaining, to say the least), my mind wandered over to the two HP movies,
particularly CoS.  I thought to myself (and not for the first time,
actually), "The movies seem to be setting up a Harry/Hermione romance!"
Certainly, some people would argue against this thought, but I'm just
relating my impression to y'all.

Now, here comes my blasphemy.  If JKR is setting up a Ron/Hermione romance
for the future books, why do the movies, which she certainly has a hand in,
seem to be setting up a Harry/Hermione relationship?

I will not claim that the movie does no such thing, I too, had the same thought when I saw the films. However, my kids seemed to see differently. My daughter and my 11 year old son thinks that Hermione likes Ron because of the way that she is with him, and interestingly enough so do a few of the other people that I saw the movie with (that have not actually read the books). I was leaving the theater grumbling about them making it so H/H. My cousin who was with me at the time, along with my sis-in-law,thought that I was insane. they said that it was obvious in the ending scene, with that awkward handshake that she was too shy(for lack of a better word) to hug Ron. Supposedly this meant that she liked him. they said that she was too comfortable with Harry, just as you should be with a good friend. She is unsure of herself with Ron,like you would be with a first crush. I was shocked I hadn't thought about it this way *shrug*. They gave me a whole new outlook on things.

Laila



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