"A Little Romance"

[mfterman]

No: HPFGUIDX 127812



--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "phoenixgod2000" <jmrazo at h...>
wrote:
> All good points. I never really understood how people can ship 
> Harry/Hermione. They have all the sexual chemistry of a pair of wet 
> blankets. Besides since the books are all from Harry's pov I think 
> it would be pretty difficult to conceal having a crush on his best 
> female friend. we saw H/cho coming three books away. I think we'll 
> see whoever Harry dates coming a mile away. And so far since Harry 
> hasn't really looked at another girl, that could be anyone.

Harry/Hermione strikes me as one of those situations where they say "I
like that boy, and I like that girl, wouldn't it be nice if they got
together as a couple?" without actually thinking of whether they would
actually work it out. Often people identify with one of the characters
and want them to end up with the other major character who they like
and so they push it as well.

> That's what leads me to think that H/Ginny wouldn't happen, or in 
> the very least be a lasting ship. Ginny figures pretty prominently 
> in my overall Voldemort Theory for the rest of the series. I think 
> Voldemort put part of his soul or power into Ginny and its my theory 
> that in book seven he's going to try (maybe succed) kidnapping her 
> with Harry coming to the rescue. In any case Ginny is going to 
> figure prominently and she cannot be both important to the story and 
> the romantic interest if romance is only going to be *light*. 
> Rescuing his girlfriend would elevate the ship to something much 
> more serious than the casual dating I think JK is going for with her 
> ships.  But we shall see.

We'll see. I tend to think it's going to be Ginny because of events in
OotP. Ginny is the one person who has on two separate occasions pulled
Harry out of a very dark mood indeed. She even got him to apologize
for his bad behavior one of the times. She's very good at dealing with
Harry in a dark mood and she understands him better than anyone else,
due to her own experiences with Riddle's diary.

Luna is a dark horse, but I think she's been more introduced to be
something of an oracle and comic relief, as well as a foil for Hermione.

mfterman