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[PJlikesAUfanfic]

That is true, wonwon is a whiner big time. And speaking of games, when little one and I play the movie 3 game (I say movie since they are not based on the books and feature characters that look like the actors from the movies) on the PC which is one that you have to play all 3 characters of the trio, little one gets mad when the game gives you no choice in which character to use. She wants to play as Hermione and when it is Hermione's turn she keeps trying to zap ron with the wand and gets mad when it doesn't work!

Really little one is sitting here trying to zap ron and yelling Diffendo! at the computer and is huffed when it doesn't blast ron off the screen!

And she hates it when it is ron's turn to do things. She doesn't like that at all and sometimes starts over again at the last saved spot to replay either Harry or Hermione or makes me play ron just to hurry through it to get to the next Harry or Hermione part. Smart girl.

That's my baby! Gotta love my baby.

Oh and on movie 2 game when it comes to the part in the forest when ron is supposed to go with Harry but the game has the little chicken take off and Harry has to go by himself instead, little one says that the spiders are supposed to chase ron and try to eat him and gets mad that he only shows up AFTER Harry defeats the big bad spider at the end with the car and gets more mad when ron won't let Harry drive because she said he drives bad because he smashed the car into the tree at the start of the game and was too stupid and the tree didn't squish him like it was supposed to... hum wonder where she got those ideas from... must have been when husband was playing with her and he was mad that he could not use his natural 'wording' when describing the little idiot rodent around little ears so he took out his frustrations in other ways... that and I must have mumbled similar things while I was playing too...

This post has been edited by PJlikesAUfanfic: May 19 2009, 10:05 AM

[PJlikesAUfanfic]

That is true, wonwon is a whiner big time. And speaking of games, when little one and I play the movie 3 game (I say movie since they are not based on the books and feature characters that look like the actors from the movies) on the PC which is one that you have to play all 3 characters of the trio, little one gets mad when the game gives you no choice in which character to use. She wants to play as Hermione and when it is Hermione's turn she keeps trying to zap ron with the wand and gets mad when it doesn't work!

Really little one is sitting here trying to zap ron and yelling Diffendo! at the computer and is huffed when it doesn't blast ron off the screen!

And she hates it when it is ron's turn to do things. She doesn't like that at all and sometimes starts over again at the last saved spot to replay either Harry or Hermione or makes me play ron just to hurry through it to get to the next Harry or Hermione part. Smart girl.

That's my baby! Gotta love my baby.

Oh and on movie 2 game when it comes to the part in the forest when ron is supposed to go with Harry but the game has the little chicken take off and Harry has to go by himself instead, little one says that the spiders are supposed to chase ron and try to eat him and gets mad that he only shows up AFTER Harry defeats the big bad spider at the end with the car and gets more mad when ron won't let Harry drive because she said he drives bad because he smashed the car into the tree at the start of the game and was too stupid and the tree didn't squish him like it was supposed to... hum wonder where she got those ideas from... must have been when husband was playing with her and he was mad that he could not use his natural 'wording' when describing the little idiot rodent around little ears so he took out his frustrations in other ways... that and I must have mumbled similar things while I was playing too...

This post has been edited by PJlikesAUfanfic: May 19 2009, 10:05 AM

[HippogriffLove]

Do your friends or family read/watch the books/movies? If so, what do they think of romance in them?

My mum she watches the movies and she likes H/Hr.

My sister she also watches the movies and she... I think she likes both H/Hr and Harry/Luna.

My dad doesn't care. XD

Oh and my friends... they don't like it. But they only like slash ships. x.x'

[JJQuill]

My parents were the first ones to watch Harry Potter 1 & 2. Well, come to think of it, they thought of the H/Hr idea too. When I became a hardcore Harry Potter fan, I got into the scenes. xD when I was groaning over some R/Hr scenes, my parents would ask, "Why are you groaning anyway? I thought you like the book." I would just shut up. xD And then whenever I watch the movies, my mom would say, "They would end up with each other." I never had the nerve to say R/Hr was going to happen, but I said it. Apparently, she wasn't affected, but she sees how bummed I get. She likes H/Hr, since she was asking me how'd that happen, and she thinks Harry and Hermione has more chemistry. My dad... haha he doesn't get shipping.

My pals, well... they ship H/Hr too! But different reasons. Among my friends and myself, I'm the only one who read the books and love them. Another classmate of mine reads the books but she's not a big fan, but she still ships H/Hr. They just watch the movies, catch glimpses of trailers or catch me reading in school and notice some lines (or as they call 'tiny print').

The ones who watch the movies, well, they comprehend the H/Hr scenes. When I was telling one of my best friends about R/Hr in the epilogue, some of them would butt in and ask, "Whuuuuut? I thought he's gonna marry Hermione. And who's that Ginny girl?" I'd laugh. They beg for spoilers and still don't understand why Ron and Hermione ended up with each other or say it's not a good ending and they don't like the couples. One friend who adores the movies was ranting about Harry/Ginny and Ron/Hermione. I was laughing so hard, I almost toppled off my chair. xD

All I know is, mainly, my family and friends ship H/Hr because they think the hero fits the heroine. xD But at least I'm not the only Harmonian in my community.

[thewall28304]

My uncle and his family visited us over the Labor Day weekend and while we were talking about Harry Potter,he flat out said he thought Ron was a nerd. He also thinks Harry's a nerd too,but at least he and Hermione make alot more sense than R/Hr. It's amazing how our family members or friends that have not read the books,can be objective and see why OBWF doesn't work. If it made sense to everyone,our family and friends wouldn't have the puzzled looks on their faces when we try to explain the epilouge. This latest HP adaptation of HBP didn't convince the critics or the general public,that the story is heading towards the OBWF ending. It says alot about the writing if the whole audience doesn't buy it and the non-readers see the same flaws that we do.

[drlizmd]

Everyone I know now is into Twilight and I'm surrounded by the different pairings from that.

Before Twilight, there was a divide. My friends supported R/Hr and I was alone with H/Hr. I came late to the party (so to speak) and my initial read (with no influence anywhere) found me seeing Harry and Hermione together. My friends thought I was nuts! My best friend and I even placed a wager.

My mom and most of my cousins just read the books with no relationship expectations in mind. They took it as was and supported whoever came from the end.

My one cousin followed me and loves H/Hr. She can't understand what Hermione sees in Ron!

I sail alone on the good ship and love every minute!

[DHSucked]

Twilight is so overrated. In COS I thought Ginny was cute with her crush, but I always wanted Harry and Hermione to get together. The kiss in GOF from Hermione was a bit of a tease, gave me hope when there was none. As the series progressed I could tell Hermione and Ron would end up together. Unlike the majority of everybody else, I was disappointed. I don't have anything against Ron per se, but he's my least favorite out of the trio.

But as I said, the majority of everybody else I know, online or off, is a Ron/Hermione shipper for whatever reason.

[cakeandmilk]

Honestly, my family couldn't care less about Harry Potter. I tried to get them addicted, if not keen, by making them watch the movies over and over again but as soon as I press the play button all I hear from them are snores, which doesn't help at all in my end goal to make them see that Harry and Hermione are destined for each other!

Whew! That's a long one. But hey, I don't mind their incessant rants about fictional characters as much as they don't mind my obsession with H/Hr.

As with my friends, let's just say I've convinced 3 people to go for H/Hr for the past six years I've been a shipper. Doesn't say much about me.
It's not that I'm not trying. I do, I swear I do. But they just don't get it.


drlizmd, I know how you feel! My family got into Twilight long after I've read Breaking Dawn. I've been a fan, too but not as much as I've been a devotee to HP most especially H/Hr.

I sail alone on the good ship and love every minute!

You don't sail alone in the good ship. We are here, aren't we? You're never alone. We can be your second family of some sort.

Okay, everyone go "aaaw!" now.

[hereafter]

I was the first in my family to hear about HP when it came out so my mum bought me the books for christmas when I was 12. Of course I didn't have them to myself for long my brother started reading them and went nuts with the rest of the books and I got them back looking like they had been eaten by a dog lol. I then really got into them and by the GOF I thought harry and hermione belonged together and have been a H/Hr nut ever since. Although I havent met any other H/Hr shippers to date (except on portkey )

[thewall28304]

I felt very alone at the HP conference this summer,being the only one that I knew of that loves H/Hr. I went to the "trial" of JKR in which we found her guilty of fraud and contributing to the delinquency of minors. I told one lady(who was in Slytherin robes by the way) what happened at the Ron discussion and she told me I have to stand up to the Herons. It's kind of difficult to make yourself heard,when your in a room filled with Ron sympathizers. So only my family and one other friend of mine who's read the books,like H/Hr as much as I do. It still comes down to preference-you either like petty bickering,which was the basis of R/Hr's relationship or the mature relationship that we saw H/Hr had.

[DHSucked]

t still comes down to preference-you either like petty bickering,which was the basis of R/Hr's relationship or the mature relationship that we saw H/Hr had.

Quoted for truth, friend.