friendSHIP (was Re: SHIP: Re: Banter and other SHIP subjects)

[heiditandy]

No: HPFGUIDX 50992


> From: Susanne [mailto:siskiou at earthlink.net] 

> "If it wasn't for Harry, they'd never have become friends
> in the first place."

Well, this is true, from a certain point of view. If it wasn't for
Harry, they'd never have become friends, because Hermione would've
likely been *dead* after the troll smashed her with his club. Simple as
that. And if it wasn't for Harry telling Ron that they had to go warn
her about the troll, they'd never have had that *same* opportunity to
become friends that they did in Book 1. They didn't *like* her
beforehand. Ron was mean to her and she went off for a long cry - from
the afternoon into the evening. 

If it wasn't for Harry, then I can't see how canon would support
anything other than a statement that Ron and Hermione would not have
been friends on November 1, 1991, regardless of whether she'd survived
the troll attack. 

If you read it the other way, and wish to discuss whether they'd've
become friends had Harry had not been at Hogwarts, or had Harry been
sorted into a different house, that's a different issue, and goes beyond
the question of SHIPping. Personally, I have a feeling that Hermione
still would've needed conversation different from the kind she must've
seen/heard with Lavender and Parvatti, and might've struck up a
conversation with Ron where she'd ask to learn how to play wizards
chess, no matter how barbaric she thought it. It would've at least been
an intellectual challenge. And yes, I can see a friendship generating
from that, but I have a sense that were Harry not in the picture,
Hermione might've been closer friends with Ginny in CoS (except that
Voldemort would've returned in mid-1992, so perhaps not so much). But
that's just my Alternate Universe From Canon hunch.


heidi