SHIP: Ron and Hermione do TOO banter! (or do they?)

[Anne <urbana@charter.net>]

No: HPFGUIDX 50489

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "probonoprobono <probono at r...>" 
<probono at r...> wrote:
> Who says they have to *like* each other to fall in love? There are 
> far too many examples in literature where romance started between 
> two characters who absolutely despised each other to rule it out 
> here. 'Taming of the Shew' jumps to mind, offhand. Maybe banter 
> wasn't the right word...perhaps even bicker isn't spot on, I 
> say 'verbal sparring'! Yep, and I'm one of those sadists who really 
> do delight in it. I'm finally seeing what David and Maddy 
> (Moonlighting -80's American t.v. show) were like as youngins and 
> everbody who's seen that show know how they turned out! *wink wink -
 
Yes, [pardon the non-HP-TV-show contamination for one minute], Maddie 
and David ended up in bed together and had a steamy relationship that 
did not last (IIRC, but I can barely remember because that show ended 
over 10 years ago.)

> There, so my vote is definitely for 
> Ron/Hermione...even Draco/Hermione, but definitely not 
> Harry/Hermione!
 
Draco/Hermione?? <shudder> :-)

Ron and Hermione do seem to have a lot of conflict, which doesn't 
necessarily make a great long-term relationship. Perhaps I'm just too 
used to my own personal experience to be able to understand why other 
people might want to spend their lives arguing with someone. Not 
everyone needs or wants "sparks" and conflict. Many people (myself 
included) prefer to be with someone to whom they don't have to 
explain themselves 20 times a day. I'll speak only for myself here, 
but I ship H/Hr because I think each of them will *eventually* 
(possibly not until page 1,348 of Book 7, or even later) see the 
other as their Rock of Gibraltar, their emotional anchor, the one 
person who is *always* there for them. 

That's *my* story, and I'm sticking to it.

Anne U
(sorry to borrow that phrase, bboy-mn; you can take it back now:-)