[HPforGrownups] Re: there's more to HP than the ship

[Rebecca Stephens]

No: HPFGUIDX 133977



--- romulusmmcdougal <romulus at hermionegranger.us>
wrote:


> 
> Well, being a closet HHr shipper, it comes as
> somewhat of a surprise 
> for the following reason:  Ron has never impressed
> me as one who has 
> great magical ability, nor as one that will be any
> kind of factor in 
> the Good versus Evil aspect of the story.  Hermione,
> on the other 
> hand, has meant everything to Harry's success in the
> first five 
> books.  The match seemed a natural -- See some of
> the stuff Penny 
> Linsenmeyer (sp?) has written for instance.

Firstly, I've heard this quite a bit from H/Hers.  Ron
and Hermione are both sidekicks.  They're equals, with
Harry being greater.  I can't really say from OOTP,
because they didn't get to do much before being taken
out of the battle, but before that Ron always kept his
cool better than Hermione in battle.  And Hermione is
the thinker, and the one who brews the difficult
potions and teachs difficult spells.

> I have looked on the RHr ship as a childhood crush
> that would soon 
> dissolve to make way for a budding romance between
> HHr.

Yes, but why?  Why have the crush if it were going to
end?  Why would HH get together?  Just because she can
help in the fight?  I always saw it as "Hermione and
Ron have romantic feelings for each other and Hermione
and Harry don't."  Doesn't matter who's smarter or
braver or better - it's who you feel "that way" about.

> But Jo has shut this idea down most emphatically.

Well, to be fair I thought GOF shut it down.  And in
interviews she's said that Harry and Hermione were
platonic and intimated they weren't suited and said
the tension was between Ron and Hermione and said
something was "going on" between them.  Now the casual
fan might not know about her interviews, but I expect
most of us do.  (btw, I think the books were obvious
enough on their own)

> In Book Six, Hermione is literally shoved out of the
> way and made to 
> look like a second rate character.  I was
> disappointed by that as 
> well.

Disagree.  She's is not literally shoved out of the
way.  She does get less time and less to do in this
book - but so does Ron.  They are on the same level,
as they have always been.  And it's Dumbledore, not
Ginny, who gets the time with Harry.



Rebecca


		
____________________________________________________
Start your day with Yahoo! - make it your home page 
http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs