SHIP:Two scenes for most everyone (was Re: Retribution for Snape the Teacher)

[horridporrid03]

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> >>Pippin:
> <snip>
> I doubt very much we'd see Snape/Hermione in canon, but you don't
> think it's going to be smooth sailing for R/H from now on, do you?
> <snip>

Betsy Hp:
I think a big reason we'll never see Snape/Hermione is pretty much 
on par with why Harry/Hermione never happened.  Hermione gets 
intimidated too easily.  When Harry was having his fits in OotP, 
Hermione was completely cowed.  Snape, who throws even bigger fits 
when he gets upset, would scare the crap out of Hermione.

No, I think Hermione is quite content with a boy she can thoroughly 
mother.  And Ron is the kind of boy who really wants to be 
mothered.  He was happy to have Hermione clean up his essay for him 
in HBP and she was happy to do it.

On a similar note, when Hermione gets all kerfluffled Harry is 
either bemused or annoyed, whereas Ron tends to take it in stride.  
He handled her beautifully in PS/SS when Hermione had her "how can I 
make a fire without any wood?" moment.  And he handled her OWL panic 
just as well in HBP, IMO.  (Interestingly enough, I think Ron is 
better at handling Harry when Harry gets all kerfluffled too.  He 
was the one to tell Harry to stop taking his anger out on him and 
Hermione in OotP.  And I think Harry missed Ron's steadiness when 
they were fighting in GoF.  Huh.  So Ron's the calm one; except when 
he's not. <g>)

There are problems of course.  (It wouldn't be JKR if there weren't 
*some* problems.)  For one, I'd really like it if Hermione 
demonstrated a bit of respect for Ron every once in a while.  (Ron 
seemed to have a problem with this as well, hence his turning to 
Lavender.)  And while Ron doesn't get as scary as Harry when he's 
angry, he can be horribly cruel, and he knows just how to hit 
Hermione where it will most hurt. (The mocking of her eagerness in 
class is a good example of that, I think.)  But these are solvable 
problems, so I'm betting on a happy ending there.

> >>Pippin:
> Really, Snape's  human (IMO) and except that it would be OOC
> for him to let Harry know about it, I don't see anything wrong with
> him noticing that Hermione's gotten to be quite fanciable
> lately and might be worth looking up when she's left school.
> <snip>

Betsy Hp:
Heh.  Hermione became quite the "it" girl in HBP (maybe starting in 
GoF?) what with her hemming and hahing over which lucky young man 
would get to squire her to Slughorn's Christmas party.  That 
McLaggen boy was a big enough ass that I'm pretty sure Hermione had 
to be one of the more eligible young witches at Hogwarts for him to 
think her worthy of his time.

Betsy Hp