Shipping in GoF, Important or Not?

[toptopera]

No: HPFGUIDX 99761

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, Susanne <siskiou at v...> wrote:
> 
> My impression for the "wrong pairings" were:
> 
> Harry/Cho
> Hermione/Krum
> Ron/Fleur
> 
> I also think JKR used the term "love" rather loosely in this
> context (didn't she say: Everyone is in love with the wrong
> people?)
> 

I agree with Harry/Cho and Hermione/Krum, because, in both cases, 
there is at least a failed(?) attempt at romance, not only in GoF, but 
also in OoTP.
But, Ron/Fleur?
I'm sorry if I missed some part of the book, but all I did see was a 
veela/very pretty woman and a teenager feeling atracted to her. It was 
more of a one-sided thing, and I wouldn't name it 'love'.
If you look closely, Cho goes looking for Harry many times, and also 
Krum calls Hermione to the Yule Ball and keeps a correspondence later, 
while Fleur (if I remember correctly) never shoots a second glance in 
Ron's direction, except, maybe, for -one- smile at the ending of the 
book.
Don't misunderstand me, I don't think Ron/Hermione is doomed (even 
because these very arguments deny a Ron/Hermione wrong thing in the 
book), just that the Ron/Fleur pairing never actually existed, and 
then cannot be matched with the other two 'wrong' ones.

-toptopera