H/H SHIP

[mochajava13]

No: HPFGUIDX 79788

> Deirdre writes:
> That list is long and impressive, but I'm still not convinced 
> there's anything budding between Harry and Hermione.  I think that more 
> than anything, all the instances Sarah mentions are further indications 
> of how close Harry and Hermione are as friends -- there is no teenage 
> ackwardness between them as is so common between young people who are 
> romantically attracted to each other.

Sarah: But not every teen romance (or adult ones for that matter) 
have any ackwardness involved.  Especially when two friends become 
romantically involved.  (All my relationships began as friendships; 
never had the ackwardness.  Ackwardness comes when you don't know 
the person you're interested in very well.)  And Harry has noticed 
Hermione; checked her out pretty thouroughly at the Yule Ball.

> Deirdre writes:
> Harry and Hermione love each other, undoubtedly, but as brother 
> and sister, I think.  
 
Sarah: Brother and sister?  They don't argue nearly enough to be 
siblings, especially teenage ones.  No real bickering, no teasing, 
no over-protectiveness over each other's love lives.  I can accept a 
just-very-good-friends (for now) relationship between the two, but 
not a sibling relationship.

> Deirdre writes:
And I think that relationship needs to stay that way because Harry
> needs Hermione as a friend.  Harry needs Ron as his best buddy, 
> but he needs Hermione as a friend even more.  She understands what it's like 
> to be Muggle-raised and to have no idea of the wizarding world.  She 
> stands in as his source of knowledge -- if he figured everything out on his 
> own, it wouldn't be nearly as convincing a story.  In fact, he'd be a bit 
> of a prat. (I really love the British language!  Let's all use prat and git 
> on an everyday basis!)  Hermione is also the voice of reason and logic 
> for Harry -- he turns to her for advice because she's smart and level 
> headed and has always guided him well, not because of some unrecognized urge 
> to make out with her.

Sarah: Actually, that's why I think the two are perfect for each 
other.  They have the same background, more or less.  They 
complement each other.  He's instinctive; she's logical.  He is 
intuitive, she thinks things through.   Harry's instinct in OoP, 
except for thinking that Sirius was in danger, were spot on in OoP.  
Wary of Kreacher and wondering where Kreacher was during Christmas.  
Thinking that he could be possessed by Voldemort until Ginny falsely 
said if he remembered anything, he wasn't possessed.  (When Harry is 
possessed at the Ministry, Harry remembers everything; no black 
out.)  When Harry's instinct fails, Hermione's reasoning can be 
relied on.  The make a very good team;  a partnership.  (If there 
are any other Agatha Christie fans on the list, Harry and Hermione 
remind me of Tommy and Tuppence.)

> Deirdre writes:
> 
>And finally, when Katie Couric asked JKR if Harry and Hermione were 
> going to have a romantic relationship, JKR's face crumpled up and she 
> said "Really? You think so?  I see Hermione with Ron, not Harry."
>

Um, she didn't say "I see Hermione with Ron, not Harry."  She did 
say something like "do you think they're suited?" and then "Hermione 
and Ron, that's where the tension is."  And I truly didn't think 
that JKR's face crumpled.  I thougt it was more a look of shock at 
the tone of Katie Couric's voice: JKR just said that she would give 
the characters hormones and such, and Katie Couric said something 
(Very confidently and stated as a fact, not a question) like "Like 
Harry and Hermione snogging."  Plus JKR doesn't exactly give the 
most forthcoming answers.  Someone asked her if Mrs. Figg was the 
same Arabella Figg that Dumbledore talked about at the end of GoF.  
People assumed that she was a witch.  And she turns out to be a 
squib!  A big fan will die, etc, etc.  JKR doesn't like telling us 
what will happen in books; she throws out little tibits now and 
again to keep up fascinated, and then lets us theorize like mad!  
 
> Frankly, I think Harry's likely to hook up with Luna than with 
Hermionie.

Eh, everyone's got the person they want Harry to end up with.  I 
like Luna with Ron or Neville, personally.  (Luna and Ron because of 
the comic relief: Ron would tease her mercilessly.  And there's so 
much to tease over!  Neville and Luna because they could be hunting 
for snorkrags or whatever together, Neville stumbling around like 
his clutsy self, Luna being Luna.)  Me, I'm a sap for a deep 
friendship like Harry and Hermione's turning into romantic love.  
(Ala Jane Austen, Agatha Christie's Tommy/Tuppence and one other 
pair I can't remember, Anne of Green Gables series, etc. etc.  Not 
to mention my fiance and I started out as very good friends.)
Sarah