Ship predictions(scenarios)

[scoutmom21113]

No: HPFGUIDX 90671

I had sworn off SHIPping, but am going once more into the breach...

Like many, I started out as a believer in H/H, then wondered about 
R/H after  CoS.  Didn't think about it much until GoF, when Harry 
started mooning over Cho and Hermione went to the Yule Ball with 
Victor.  Several months ago, after a thread about Cho (mostly 
trashing her), another poster – many apologies for not remembering 
who you are, unless it was you Hitomi? – and I agreed that we 
haven't seen the last of Cho but that her romance with Harry is 
definitely over.  

The most popular theory seems to be: H/G, R/H, and possibly N/L.  
IMHO, Neville and Luna are horribly mismatched.  Neville (at this 
point) needs someone to bolster his self-confidence. Luna is 
supremely self-confident but is mostly oblivious to others.  The 
other two pairings could possibly work out but...

Harry is now feeling totally isolated from everyone else.  In a long-
ago post I suggested that he would probably pair off with someone 
who could understand, at least partly, what it was like to confront 
Voldemort and experience the suffering.  So Ginny move up on the 
short list.  But, while giving a warm-fuzzy feeling, it doesn't feel 
quite right.  Ginny does have both the self-confidence and 
compassion that Neville needs.  

As for Harry and Hermione, I have come to the conclusion that they 
are loving but platonic friends.  They make a terrific team, but not 
a good couple.  

Ron is self-confident (mostly) but also self-conscious about his 
family's situation.  The arguments between him and Hermione could be 
read as romantic interest, or as pseudo-sibling bickering.  (I am 
reminded of my college roommate who had a very dry sense of humor.  
She and I would make sarcastic comments to each other, to the point 
that another friend expressed her sympathy that we weren't getting 
along.  On the contrary, we still get along great after more than 
*cough*-years later.) So the possibility of a R/H SHIP doesn't seem 
as strong to me as it used to.  Who could balance Ron? The self-
confident, un-self-conscious Luna.  Who has hinted that, while 
unconscious of others around her, she *has* noticed Ron.

Having shaken – not stirred – the SHIPs, where does that leave us?  
Neville and Ginny, Ron and Luna.  What about Harry and Hermione?

Have you forgotten Victor Krum so soon?  We know Hermione has kept 
in touch with him.  We know that Charlie Weasley is recruiting 
members for the Order outside of Britain.  Could Krum step back into 
Hermione's life in a bigger role?  Definitely a possibility. Krum is 
serious, which Hermione would appreciate. He enjoys sports ;-) which 
would balance Hermione's academic studiousness.  

So what about Harry?  Who says the Hero Always Gets the Girl?

Ravenclaw Bookworm (ready to duck from the eggs and tomatoes flying 
her way, not sure if it's from her theory or her mangled quotes...)