Hermione SHIP question

[Jim Ferer]

No: HPFGUIDX 79662

Helen of HPFGU, launching another SHIP:"I am an H/Hr shipper for
similar reasons (though I am not opposed to R/Hr). There is probably
more evidence for R/Hr, especially when you bring in JKR quotes.."

I think JKR's quotes are deliberately vague.  Remember that JKR is
Knight Grand Commander of the Order of the Red Herring.  When she said
of Ron and Hermione, "there's more tension there," I wondered what
kind of tension she meant, given their bickering.

I am opposed to R/Hr because I don't think they would be happy
together in the long run. Ron is a much better person than he was last
year, more confident in himself and with more of an identity of his
own than just Harry's sidekick, and that's a good thing, and Ron's a
good guy.

Ron doesn't want the challenge that Hermione represents.  He's going
to be more like Arthur than any of the other boys, I believe.  He's
going to want a loyal, affectionate, comfortable love for himself, a
woman to be a friend, lover, and mother.  Hermione, who certainly can
be those things, nevertheless will constantly be striving to challenge
herself and those around her, and I don't think that's for Ron.  Ron
would feel overstimulated and Hermione would become impatient with
him. She does already.

As to Hermione's feelings, her life is richer and more challenging
than she ever dreamed possible because of Harry Potter.  Without
Harry, she and Ron would be schoolmates.  Without Harry, she might be
another Percy, for whom rules are the masters instead of the servants.
Without Harry's quest, she would not have the higher purpose she has
now.  She is among the great of the wizarding world, and I bet she
knows it, and would feel the hole in her life if Harry wasn't in it.
(I wrote a very short ficlet once to illustrate the point.)  

Very few of us have something that powerful in our lives.

Jim