SHIP: Addendum to last post--Why no H/H in OotP

[Ebony <selah_1977@yahoo.com>]

No: HPFGUIDX 50435

I said:

"I like H/H in fanon, but I would be a bit disappointed if I saw 
great lashings of it in OotP. This is because I am not as much H/H as 
I am totally against R/H. And unfortunately, too often in this fandom 
being anti-R/H means being labeled as anti-Ron."

Let me qualify this, especially the first sentence of it, as I 
realize after posting and re-reading that I left myself wide open 
here.

H/H in OotP would have the same problem as R/H in OotP--just as I 
don't think canon up to this point shows that Hermione likes Ron, I 
don't think it shows that Harry likes Hermione.  As of the end of GoF 
IMHO, there is no indisputable reciprocation in either R/H or H/H.

So what I most want to see in OotP as far as shipping is concerned:

1)  More about Ron.  Ron, Ron, Ron.  I want a subplot that is tied 
into the main that is All About Ron, his abilities, and what his 
place in the narrative is.  I'm not satisfied with the usual 
answers.  I want more about Ron, independent of Hermione (who's 
gotten far more narrative space in the last two books than I would 
have thought given supposed future R/H)... and as something other 
than his associations with people (Weasley son; Harry's best 
friend).  Like it or not, Jim is right.  Ron is falling behind, and 
I'd love to see that change.  Without, of course, making him Hero #2, 
as this story really is Harry's.

2)  Clarification about what's going on in Hermione's head.  It'd be 
nice for all the ambiguity to get cleared up by the end of OotP.  But 
knowing JKR, either Hermione will disappear in the middle of the 
book, or the hints will continue to be ambiguous.  And there'll be 
years more of shipping debates like these.

And Angua likened the shipping debate here to a hydra.  I quite agree.

I think I'll post about something else now... 

--Ebony