A SHIP thought or two

[grace701]

No: HPFGUIDX 102698

Brian wrote:
>Now I've been an R/H SHIPper from the start, but my tendency might 
>be a case of movie contamination.  Also, though, for some reason I 
>want Ron to "get the girl."  I can't even explain why.  For some 
>reason, Ron evokes more pathos from me than Harry.  I wonder if 
>anyone else feels that way?  Maybe it's just the simple fact that 
>Ron has demonstrated an interest, so it's easy to feel for him.  
Harry, on the other hand, has been relatively detached regarding 
Hermione.  Maybe it's that I like the way Ron and Hermione seem to 
keep each other in check.  
> 
> For you H/H-ers out there, I will say this: In OOTP, Hermione and 
> Harry develop *something*.  I don't know if it is a precursor to 
> romantic involvement, but they definitely develop an understanding 
> that, for the moment, excludes Ron.  JKR begins this early in OOTP 
> when Harry and Hermione notice Malfoy's comment about "dogging."  
> Rowling seems to make quite a point of mentioning that Ron noticed 
> noticed nothing (the description merited its own line in my 
American 
> edition).  Harry and Hermione become "in tune" with each other in 
> OOTP, but I'm not sure what it means.  Ron continues to 
demonstrate 
> an obliviousness.  Ron is the most realistically portrayed 
adolescent 
> of the three.  He is about "on schedule" as far as I can tell.  
> Hermione and Harry as advancing a bit further.  We'll have to see 
how 
> it all ends up!
> 
> Brian B.


If you feel that Harry is detached from Hermione then how is it 
possible for you to see that they have developed "something."  
Wouldn't they have grown closer than they were before? Thus, Harry 
isn't detached from Hermione?

~Grace