SHIPS: Jumping on the Bandwagon

[phoenixgod2000]

No: HPFGUIDX 132212

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, Mira <anurim at y...> wrote:


> Ginny was staring at Hermione as if she had never seen
> her before."
> 
> Of course, everybody is watching Hermione with
> consternation, so Ginny's reaction is not different,
> but, somehow, the way it was described made me think
> at first (and second, and even third) read that it was
> precisely at this point when Ginny realised that
> Hermione's feelings for Harry were not entirely
> friendly.

I find it fascinating that so many people can read the same books 
and get so many different things out of them. I read it as just 
simple surprise and betrayal on Ginny's part.  Hermione was cracking 
up because she was in a stressful situation and Hermione handles 
stress badly.

<snipped> Somehow it seems to
> me that Hermione treats Harry as the adult, and Ron as
> the child, a sure sign, I think, that she sees Ron as
> a brother and Harry as a man, and I am pretty sure
> that Ginny has noticed it, and might spill the beans
> to the boys soon.

You think that Hermione treats Harry more like a man? Would that be 
the part she harps on him to do his homework like a frustrated 
mother? Or the part where she agrees with his HoH when it comes to 
punishments or goes behind his back when it comes to mysterious 
packages? Maybe the part where she talks to him about the girl he 
likes as if he was a dull witted five year old?  No I don't think 
Hermione treats Harry like a man at all. To me, she appears to 
alternte between being too scared to engage him (OOTP) or treating 
him like a child she has to supervise. I think she's actually rather 
demeaning to him a lot of the time.

Now she and Ron on the other hand act like equals. Yes they argue, 
but when they do they are engaging with each other instead of 
avoiding things the way she and Harry do.  Ron isn't afraid to call 
Hermione on the dumb stuff she does and she isn't afraid to call him 
on his. Their relationship is tempestuous but that just means it's 
going to be passionate and interesting.

One thing I will say in agreement is that I think Hermione respects 
Harry more than she does Ron, but I also think that she has more 
romantic feelings for Ron. basically, she thinks he's hotter. I 
would venture that for R/Hr to have a relationship that is going to 
last beyond groping each other in the common room, Hermione is going 
to learn to respect Ron more.  Maybe he'll do something especially 
heroic. Who knows.

phoenixgod2000