SHIP: HP Pair-Ups

[Andrew]

No: HPFGUIDX 88176

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Helen R. Granberry" 
<helen at o...> wrote:


> Helen replies:
> 
> Ah! But Luna also sees Ron as Ron, and not just "Harry's friend".  
She
> seems quite taken with him, in fact. Wants to hold his owl, would 
have
> gone to the ball with him, stares at him, calls him 'Ronald', hums
> 'Weasley is Our King' under her breath...
> 
> Not that I object to Ron/Hermione or Harry/Luna, mind, but I 
disagree
> that R/Hr is the only possibility for Ron or Hermione. Teenagers 
are
> fickle and they change their minds. Today Ron finds Hermione a 
pain in
> the arse, tomorrow he's buying her perfume for Christmas. Today 
Ginny
> likes Michael Corner, tomorrow she's dating Dean Thomas. Today 
Luna is a
> nutter, tomorrow Ron is asking her out. Today Hermione is 'just a
> friend' to Harry, tomorrow... you get the picture. I think 
considering
> ANY ship amongst the younger generation as TWU WUV is a bit 
premature,
> considering their ages. 
> 
> No offense to the OTP'ers... of any ship
> 
> Helen

Andrew adds:

I totally agree. With a slight change. As Harry, Ron, Hermoine, and 
friends, approach the later years of Hogwarts, aka 6th and 7th 
years, they will be maturing enough to realize who they truly want 
to be with. We could argue over these points until the 6th book is 
published, but the vicious love polygon will be nearly impossible to 
predict until JKR enravels yet another of her mysteries. Luny does 
seem quite taken with Ron; far more than with Harry. 

In OOTP, when Ron first meets Luna, Ron tells a joke. 
     "He(Ron) lowered his voice to Goyle's low grunt and, screwing 
up his face in a look of pained concentration, mimed writing in 
midair. 'I...must...not...look...like...a...baboon's...backside....'
     Everyone laughed, but nobody laughed harder than Luna Lovegood. 
She let out a scream of mirth that cauesed Hedqig to wake up and 
flap her wings indignantly and Crookshanks to leap up into the 
luggage rack, hissing. She laughed so hard that her magazine slipped 
out of her grasp, slid down her legs, and onto the floor.
     'That was funny!'
     Her prominent eyes swam with tears as she gasped for breath, 
staring at Ron."

This sounds like a typical girl trying to make a good impression on 
a guy she obviously is into. These is also an instance during the 
practices of DA that Luna acts the same toward Ron, but I can not 
seem to find it.

Although I am a proud supporter of Ron and Luna; and Harry and 
Hermoine, I find it hard to predict any relationships in the book, 
if not impossible.

Andrew