[HPforGrownups] Re: SHIP: HP Pair-Ups

[Erika L.]

No: HPFGUIDX 88093

romerskesims wrote:
>I think he'll end up with Luna >Lovegood. She's a character that just 
>sees Harry as Harry and not as "The Boy >Who Lived". The fact that 
>she seems quite uninterested in his >fame might just be what Harry 
>needs...

    While it's possible of course that Harry could end up with Luna, I'd like to point out that Hermione, too, sees Harry as just Harry rather than "The Boy Who Lived", and has since the beginning of the series. Even the Weasleys, who now clearly accept Harry as himself to the point that he is almost one of the family, reacted to him as "The Boy who Lived" in PS:

Fred and George are described as: 
    "pointing at Harry's lightning scar." (PS 71)
And then:
     "The two boys gawped at him and Harry felt himself     going red." (PS 72)

As for Ron, he  to reacts to Harry's fame and specifically asks to see his scar:

 "'And have you really got-- you know...'
    He pointed to Harry's forehead.
    Harry pulled back the fringe to show the lightning scar. Ron stared. [...]
    'Wow,' said Ron. He sat and stared at Harry for a few moments [...]" (74)

    To his credit, Ron gets over it quickly enough, but he does point and stare, just as most of the other students do when they first see Harry. Hermione, in contrast, only comments that she's read all about him and then immediately moves on to talking about the Hogwarts houses (79). This is typical of Hermione's behaviour through the whole series. Even Ron who become Harry's best friend is affected. Hermione, though, is never phased by Harry's fame.

    Just wanted to point out that Luna's not the only one able to see Harry for himself.

>(I have NEVER believed in >Harry/Hermione, they're just 
>friends.)

Well yes, they're just friends... at the moment. But it seems to me that that friendship is a very good basis on which to build a relationship in the future ;)

Best,
Erika (Wolfraven)

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