Clues for SHIPS

[serenadust]

No: HPFGUIDX 98889

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Jim Ferer" <jferer at y...> 
wrote:

> I've often said that the differences between Hermione and Harry
> compliment each other - I used the words yin and yang.
> 
> Hermione, deliberate, thinking, deep; Harry, instinctive, acting,
> emotional.  Harry needs someone who restrains him when he goes off 
the
> deep end, which he is wont to do, and Hermione needs someone that
> gives her more of a purpose and draws her away from bossiness. She
> needs someone who needs what she's got.  They balance each other, 
or
> so I always have thought.

The thing is, I don't actually think that they do balance each 
other.  I see Hermione, relentlessly well-intentioned, nagging and 
even sometimes hounding Harry to do what she thinks he should. 
Sometimes she even presumes to take actions which she feels are in 
his best interests but which backfire (remember when she "cleared 
away" Harry's left over potion so that he was unable to re-submit 
his assignment earning him yet another zero?). Harry responds with 
evasion, tooth-gritting silence, and finally, furious outbursts.  
The fact that this dynamic hasn't changed over the 5 
books so far (and seemed to get worse in OoP) suggests to me that 
while they are fast friends, anything more would not work at all.


Jim continued:
> To be honest, Harry's not going to be an easy mate for anybody.  
He's
> going to be seriously bent by the War, and anybody could 
respectably
> argue he's going to be damaged goods not suitable for anyone.
> 
> How can I say what I want to about Ron without seeming to diss him,
> which I absolutely don't want to do?  Ron's instinct, despite what
> he's been through, leads him to want a good, decent, and ordinary
> life.  He's going to want a home, a wife, and a family, and that 
will
> make him happy.  Hermione wants and needs more, I think.  She's 
not Molly.

But I think Hermione *is* Molly!  I mean, JKR practically beats us 
over the head with comparisons in OOP.  They both fuss, nag at 
times, seem to hold the same opinions and worries when it comes to 
Sirius Black, Dumbledore and the twins' antics.  And don't forget 
the knitting.  I wonder where Hermione learned magical knitting <g>? 
The parallels were certainly emphasized heavily, and while there are 
obvious physical, age, and circumstantial differences, the 
similarities seem obvious to me.  I'm sure you wouldn't want to 
imply that because Hermione is a very bright and energetic student, 
she wouldn't want to be a wife and mother.  For all we know, Molly 
may have been very much like Hermione while at school.  
 

Jim continued:
> But I agree with you completely about Ginny and the Weasley family.
> the One Big Happy Weasley Family (OBHWF) idea has given a lot of
> people sugar shock, but it doesn't have to be so saccharine.  
Ginny is
> now a developed character (more to come) and I like her.  A lot.  
The
> way she's integrated Fred and George into herself *with* better
> control is powerful, IMO.  You have to like it.

I certainly agree with you here.  I'm not totally convinced of a 
Harry/Ginny ship just yet, but I do believe that Ginny has a very 
significant part to play and I've become very fond of her.

Jo S.