SHIP: R/H Shipping for fun

[Shanna Yarbrough]

No: HPFGUIDX 90807


I've been reading the discussions of how Ron & Hermione fight, and fighting is 
bad, they'd never make it as marrieds, etc, but what I find very surprising is 
that no one is simply chalking it up to sexual tension. If you read it as two 
kids who are good friends and starting to feel more for one another -- and by 
all means, don't read it that way if you don't want to, this is all for fun -- 
think of the incredible awkwardness they must be feeling. And the hormones. And 
the thought of, "Oh no, what would we tell Harry?" And they're not adults, not 
at all sophisticated, even for teens, and they don't have any way to express 
their feelings other than groping/snogging (which maybe they are too shy/young 
to start yet) or simply turning the volume of their relationship up to 11. So 
they bicker more, exchange more looks, and try to figure out the right 
place/time to let their hands accidentally touch under a table somewhere...

Ah, to be young!

Of course, as I posted yesterday, I think R/H are ALREADY dating by the time we 
(er... by which I mean Harry) see them in OotP... 

But I'll admit that it seems strange to me to imagine a scenario in which R/H 
don't take a turn for the romantic. I just felt it to be a slowly and clearly 
developing plot line throughout the books, took it for granted, long before 
coming aboard the Internet bandwagon and learned that not everyone saw it that 
way.

Anyhow, guess I'm not really a lurker anymore.

Shanna