SHIP Hermione fancies Ron/Snape's involvement in the murder of Sirius

[sistermagpie]

No: HPFGUIDX 169167

Anna:
> Howdy all.  I've been rereading HBP and thinking about all the what 
Jo 
> calls "anvil-sized clues" she's put into all the books about Ron and 
> Hermione liking each other romantically.  Yes, I get it.  I 
understand why 
> he would like her, but I just don't understand why SHE likes HIM.  I 
mean, 
> it's obvious that she -does- even though she says he has "the 
emotional 
> range of a teaspoon", he's not very quick, he has a fast temper.  To 
me, 
> the Harry/Hermione ship actually makes more sense -- not that I'm on 
it!  
> So, does anyone know what Hermione sees in Ron?

Magpie:
Besides the "she does because JKR says so!" answer, I would say the 
one real hint about that comes when Ron reads Percy's letter to him 
and throws it in the fire or whatever he does. Iirc, Hermione has a 
significant reaction to that, and I thought that was the idea, that 
Hermione likes Ron because of his reaction to letters like that.

Granted, I have question either way. I don't agree with the idea that 
one of them is really any crueller than the other to the other one. I 
sort of feel like Ron would be happier with a regular girl like 
Lavender since Hermione can't really hide it when she thinks he 
doesn't have what it takes. But it is what it is. I just can't help 
but not see them as a divorced couple. Not in the sense that I say "it 
will never work!" but just that in my mind when I imagine them in the 
future, I easily see them as exes. I don't think it's just from many 
fanfics where they've been done well that way. I must see something in 
the relationship that makes me think that's where it's headed.

Jen:
If that's the case, then Narcissa got her information from
Voldemort. I'm particularly interested now in a piece of information
that Kreacher reported which can only be second-hand: "Kreacher's
information made [Voldemort] realize the one person whom you would go
to any lengths to rescue was Sirius Black." (The Lost Prophecy
Chapter, p. 831, Am. Ed.)

Magpie:
That part actually makes sense to me. Kreacher doesn't have to be 
telling Voldemort that Harry really loves Harry etc. He could just 
show up and have Narcissa or whomever ask him questions that he can 
answer, questions that lead Voldemort to the conclusion of how Harry 
feels about Sirius. Iow, it's not Kreacher's plan to lure Harry using 
Siirus, it's the plan Voldemort comes up with after hearing Kreacher 
talk about life at Grimmauld Place outside of confidential Order 
business. There are a lot of things Kreacher could say that would give 
a hint to what the relationships there were like without Kreacher 
having to draw the conclusion himself. 

-m