SHIP: One more point...

[caesian]

No: HPFGUIDX 97570

Cory wrote:
> My first post on this forum.  Please be gentle. :)
> 
<snipped by Caesian>
> 
> The common sentiment that I have seen expressed by the non-R/H camp 
> is that, while it is clear that Ron likes Hermione, there is no 
> evidence that she has feelings for him.  But there is at least one (I 
> think) solid piece of evidence to that effect.  In Chapter 21 of 
> OotP, Ron gets jealous when he sees Hermione writing her long letter 
> to Krum right in front of him in the common room.  <snipped again> 
> What did Hermione mean by "Harry, you're worse than Ron?"  Isn't she 
> basically telling us that she had been trying to make Ron jealous 
> when she wrote the long letter to Krum in front of him?  Or is there 
> another meaning that I am overlooking?
> 
> --Cory

Caesian responds (please excuse my formatting - [blushing] this was sent back for re-
snipping!, I'm new too)> 
> Hi Cory,
> 
> Nice first post.  I've also been reading the shipping posts with interest, but remain firmly 
landlocked.  I must be as bad as Harry and Ron, because it hadn't even occured to me that 
Hermione might be *trying* to make Ron jealous (although Victor Krum the ideal Yule Ball 
date -  if this was her purpose - did strike me).  Certainly she's succeeding, whether 
intentional or not, as even Harry has noticed.  That's a nice point.

 I'll weigh in late with one additional point too - one that's been bugging me.  Often times, 
the H/H shipper (no doubt grasping for those canon straws - just gently teasing now, you 
can admit it) will say - but Ron and Hermione are always bickering!!  They'll never last 
because they always fight.
 
 Now, we know that that is not true.  A couple can be a pair of matching book ends and 
never disagree, but the couple who keeps their neighbor awake with high volume 
arguments about tuna in oil vs. tuna in water can have a relationship that is just as 
satisfying and long-lasting.  I happen to know this is more than just common sense - it's a  
scientific finding with very strong supporting evidence - collected over the last 20 years by 
a research psychologist at the university at which I work, among others. (Since I'm not here 
to advertise or endorse his books I won't say who, but if you want 
to look it up - email  me.)

A bit of disagreement makes for more fun, as we all know on this posting board. And if  
you don't believe me - take Voldemort's word for it.  Well, not him exactly, but I found this 
on Peter's Evil Overlord List: (http://minievil.eviloverlord.com/lists/overlord.html)
> 
> The Top 100 Things I'd Do If I Ever Became An Evil Overlord
> 
 # 1.  My Legions of Terror will have helmets with clear plexiglass 
visors, not face- concealing ones.    ...

 # 6.  I will not gloat over my enemies' predicament before killing them.   ...

 #98.  If an attractive young couple enters my realm, I will carefully monitor their activities.  
If I find they are happy and affectionate, I will ignore them. However if circumstance have 
forced them together against their will and they spend all their time bickering and 
criticizing each other except during the intermittent occasions when they are saving each 
others' lives at which point there are hints of sexual tension, I will immediately order their  
execution.
 
 good thing Voldy's not checking the manual.
 
Caesian