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I voted that I would accept it but not convert. That, never. Anyway, Ron and Hermione ending up together at the end, as a long-term couple, would be hard to believe, even if JKR manages to make it fit in the story (which I don't think is possible); the only way I can see a relationship between them is short and explosive. This I wouldn't hate... it might even be hilarious. As long as it stops. Rapidly.
Honestly... as many as already said, this is Harry's story. For me, if you want to keep the story credible, it's either Harry and Hermione, and Ron and another girl (hopefully Luna); or, if love is really seen as an exclusively minor and unimportant subplot (which I don't believe at all), it could only be Harry, Hermione and Ron all coupled with a partner who doesn't belong to the Trio. Because a relationship involving two members of the Trio is bound to be important in the story, and then it has to imply Harry. It's as simple as that.
Anyway, even if it would happen in canon, what would be the point to ship R/Hr? We would see so few of it!

I'd be so shocked if harry/hermione didn't happen i wouldn't know what to think. But if r/hr do happen i will accept it but would never appreciate them as a couple. it just doesn't seem feasible that h/hr wont happen, i'm in love with my ship too much to change to anything else

yuck yuck yuck yuck yuck yuck yuck............

If ron and hermione happened I think I might throw my book through the tv which would effectively destroy two of my prized possesions.

This ship makes absolutely no sense to me(please note that this is about the ship itself and those who do ship the aforementioned couple....enough with the legal mumbo-jumbo).

All these two do is fight. Please note that I said fight and not bicker or squabble. This is not unresolved sexual tension it's fighting. UST is fighting over stupid meaningless things. Ron and Hermione fight over some pretty heavy stuff such as their own personal philosophies in other words the things that make them who they are. This does not connotate a healthy relationship at all. It connoates a relationship that is borderline abusive and could at its best be described as unhealthy.

Ron and Hermione being together would automatically isolate harry and cut him off naturally from his biggest supporter, hermione, because she would no longer be able to devote herself fully to him as she has in the past. Plus it would inevitably push her character to the background and we the reasder are left with five books of build-up with no pay off.

Also someone said this earlier that they(r/hr) would have to completely change who they are for them to be together, and I completely agree. Ron would have to become more sensitve and understanding, and Hermione would have learn to keep her opinions to herself, hide her intelligence and becore more 'flirty'. This is not the basis for a solid relationship. This would be reminiscent of the whole Joey/Pacey project on Dawson's Creek, and we know how well that turned out(I'm also completely disregarding the series finale. It like Rocky V and The Godfather Part III never happened). Plus this pairing changed the entire dynamic of the show which by the end should have been called joey's creek. That couple made wanna pull my hair out and I've got a lot more invested in these books than I did that show so I can only imagine it being much worse.

Also it would be too late to even start this as there is limited page space left, and alot of that is going to go to harry/his love interest and the Dark Lord. Harry and Hermione already have a solid relationship and them getting together would not be as much of a stretch as her and ickle ronniekins getting together, and no one has to change becuase they both (Harry and Hermione) accept each other for who they are.

If this abominable coupling does come together, my only hope hope is that Harry ends up with someone other than ginny. Ginny Weasley is not a little sister character. She is an overglorified fangirl. She is Colin Creevey without a camera. She will always see the boy-who-lived and never just harry. Actually I wouldnt mind seeing Harry get together with a slytherin girl if hermione isnt available. It would balance him out, and it would further inter-house relations.

Harry has to get with Hermione.........its the only thing that makes any sense.

Personally i would be a big no-no,
You chose a ship for a reson so stick to it, so what if they dont get together (i cant believe i just said that) think to why you chose your ship and all is good ^^ plus we should never loose hope then again the best FF's (personally) are when H/Hr get together out of Hogwarts. And i think Hermione's a tad smarter than to be suited up with little Ronniekins.

Same with me. I can accept it if JKR writes it well but I'll be a bit disappointed that H/Hr didn't happen. And if you mean convert like be one of their 'stalwart defenders', then no.

Hmm.. If H/Hr doesn't happen, I would inevitably be very devastated. Knowing that I am *almost* obssesed with my ship, I guess it would take me a long time to move on. Of course I would be angry with JK, but my logical mind would just tell me that maybe R/Hr is really what Rowling has in her mind since the very first book.

*sigh*

That's why a small part of me is quite afraid of the upcoming books... I know that i would be very hurt if my ship would not happen. Still, i won't lose hope. That's what H/Hr shippers are made of, right?

Courage and of course, hope.

ITA. I wouldn't go around and change my ship just 'cause it didn't happen, and I just couldn't ship r/h because I cannot stomach it, really. Besides, it will go against all I thought possible reading the books. I don't know, but to me it would be weird that after years of believing and supporting a ship, I would go like "Oh, well, now I'll change to this other ship because it's what the book says"... then where do my other beliefs go? does it make sense? I don't think you can make sense of a ship, it is just how it makes you feel, and I've seen Harry and Hermione's characters develope so well through out 5 books, that they feel right. Even if it doesn't happen, it wouldn't change those perfect feelings these characters bring, not for me at least.

I voted for "accept but not convert"

I probably should have voted for No, as I really really HATE (with a passion) Ron and Hermione together.

But I would have to accept it because that is how it was written... but I think I would be reading sixth and seventh year fanfics instead of canon, if it came to that.

I'd be irritated to some degree.

It's more of an ego thing. I was led to the whole shipping debate by accident. I didnt know what a ship was. A couple months ago I got into a discussion with my sister about whats going to happen in the next couple books. She said something about Ron and Hermione and I disagreed. I've just gotten the distinct impression that harry and hermione would end up together. It was nothing hugely obvious. Just relatively small stuff in the way they interact that when you put all these small things together it makes a BIG pile.

I would be extremely annoyed to think that I completely misinterpreted the books. Also, on a more personal note H/Hr is more my idea of what true love is, which probably influenced the way I see things. At the same time, I dont think I'm making a far reach in seeing the things I see.

I'm so glad that a lot of Pumpkin Piers love this ship so much that they wouldnt convert if for some strange reason this ship sinks .
Not that converting in the end is a bad thing of course.

In a word - no. I would never, ever ship R/H, even if they do prove to be the canon ship (which they won't be ). I love H/H, and I'll quite honestly be devastated if it didn't happen. But I just really don't like R/H, and so I'd never ship that.

Noooo!

Nope. Never. I'm too faithful to my ship that i would be easily converted to an R/Hr shipper! No matter what happens to my ship, i'll always be aboard and if it sinks, then i shall go down with it.

Adding to what I already said I'd do:

No H/Hr? Noooooooo, why why why?

This cant be happening nooooooooooo

That's another thing. I will almost certainly quit the HP fandom on the Internet. If H/Hr doesn't happen, the gloating and snarking from other 'ships will be unimaginable. I don't think I could handle ridiculing on top of feeling very sad that Harry and Hermione are not together.

You two make a very good point. While I don't necessarily ship H/Hr (I'm working on it...), I think it would be very sad to see the nasty comments H/Hr shippers would get.

But, on the other hand, I hope that the thought of that happening will make you think twice about throwing it in R/Hr shipper's faces if H/Hr does happen... The golden rule: do unto other as you would have them do unto you.

As for how I would react if H/Hr doesn't happen... It would matter greatly on who they each end up with instead of each other. *Shrugs* I would be fine with either H /Hr or R/Hr or H/G... it really doesn't matter to me, as long as they are happy.

If H/Hr doesn't happen, I'd probably begin with a period of stunned silence, then move on into screaming, and then I'd probably relax and go write a fanfic in which Harry and Hermione are older and realize that they belong together.

While I do love the idea of H/Hr, it's nto like my whole world would collapse if that's not how the books ended up. I wouldn't go as far as writing a threatening letter to J.K. Rowling just because what I was almost certain I had seen in the books didn't turn out right.

I would be mad about that too: the fact that I was wrong. I don't like being wrong. But I'd move on, and like I said, I'd go write a H/Hr fanfic or I'd go read a really good H/Hr story. Whichever.

~Brittany

Oh yeah, but hopefully we dont have to go down with our ship.
Hopefully it will stay afloat

yeah i'll be going down with my ship if it starts to sink, but i'll have my bucket handy to take the water out untill the 7th book. it's not over till it's over

Personally I would accept it, 'coz JKR's an excellent writer IMO. If that was what JKR thought for her story, then we could do nothing about it. Maybe I'd pull all my hair off, smash all of my personal belongings (and then realize the mistake and sulk even longer), cry like a lost child, become anti-social for a couple of years, and start to make plans for putting JKR's house on fire, but in the end I'd still read the books. Surely I would skip any fluffiness between Ron and Herms and would only concentrate in the battle against Lord Voldemort.

I'd accept the fact, but I'd go down with this ship, PROUD TO BE PART OF IT! Turning to the "Dark Side" of the Ships would never be an option to me.

I would accept it as canon, and still love the series but I wouldnt like it. I've seen way to many things in the way harry and hermione operate.

I'll go down with my ship

No way,
I don't ship R/Hr.
if H/Hr doesn't happen it's OK for me but if R/Hr&H/G happen is the other story.
I don't accept it because from my "Harry potter series that writing by JKR" doesn't lead me to that way, and if JK want to turn that way I will quit reading the book because I don't happy with it anymore, I don't want to upset myself by reading those ship. if JK think those ship is better when I think H/Hr is the best so I and her can't walk in the same way stop reading her book is the best choice.

Gah, no. I can barely stand the idea as it is. 'Shipping R/Hr after H/Hr doesn't happen would add insult to injury. Nope, no way. If H/Hr doesn't happen, I will simply continue to imagine that it did, and completely ignore anything that happens with R/Hr. I think the romance facet of the books would simply disappear for me, and I would focus solely on Harry and the rest of the story.

argel, I see you are an Angel/Cordy shipper. Yay! Another one! *high fives* And I love your icon.

*clears throat* Okay, now back to the topic...


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H/Hr not happen?

Perish the thought!

Of course, I would go down with my ship (which it won't--go down, I mean) as any other loyal H/Hr shipper. And, if in some deranged, completely upside down parallel universe, it doesn't happen, well, there will always be websites like PK and HLH, right? But, I can't stand the thought of R/Hr singing, "I told you so! I told you so!"...

Then again, I'll probably do the same thing

Like the singer says, " i will go down with this ship,iwont put my hands up and surrender,"-Dido.
It just HAS to happen,ive been in so many discussions,that with every R/hr shipper telling us they are right,it just makes me feel more confident for our ship,and now i have no fears for it.

HOWEVER,if by a cruel twist of fate,something did happen,that meant H/Hr didnt get together (either because of other love interests,the war etc) then i will accept it,but my heart will still lie in this great ship,and it will continue to do so,until i read the last sentance in book 7.

if it was book 6 i would still have hope for 7

If Harry and Hermione wouldn't end up together (which will not happen) I will never leave my ship or go aboard with other boats [ i.e. r/hr or h/g] (OVER MY DEAD BODY!!!!!) I shall sink together with it!!!!!!


Mod Note: Deleted unnecessary comments. Do not use all caps ~Mirtilla

In the insane event that we don't win the victory,I won't convert over to R/Hr.Not even for a million. I hate to sound pesimistic,but we could end up with a bittersweet ending in which because of the impending war,they can't be together no matter how much they care about each other.I would hate to see it end that way,but I'd never support any other ship but H/Hr.There's just too much evidence that we've researched over the years, leaning in their favor to be ignored and then (shutters)Ron would get the girl at the end of book seven. Definitely not a cool way to end the series.

I would actually be shocked h/hr didn't happen. Would I jump ship to r/hr or something, probably not. Would I stop reading the series, no. I enjoy the saga as a whole and not just for the romance aspect of it. However, like I said, I would be totally shocked if they didn't end up together in the end. Like has been stated before, I just don't see r/hr together and I don't see anyone else for Harry besides Hermione and vice versa. They really are the perfect match. They are exactly what the other needs to balance each other out. Hermione gives Harry the grounding that he needs and makes him at least try to think about his actions before flying in head first and Harry allows Hermione to be herself and is not intimidated by her intelligence and her strength of character, in fact, he relies on it. Further, she treats Harry like a human being with flaws and not like a celebrity to be put on a pedestal. She gives him the normalcy that he needs in his life. No one else in the series so far gives that to either of them. That is one of the reasons why I think that the series will end with h/hr together.

I will accept that its canon, but will forever think that JKR made a huge mistake in her writing.

I'll stop reading the books. Definitely(hope you're reading it, Joanne, it's an open threating ). No, seriously. I love the book, not only because of the 'shippy' stuff, but should JKR display such a perspective of mind, I'll just lose my respect in her.
I guess, I'd have a break down till the end of the summer, throw my way my books and my HP stuff(to my utter shame I have to admit that the merchandising earned a fortune on me, but nothing film-related, I assure you *shudder*) , call my (R/Hr, but very sympathetic) friend, have her tell me that she isn't glad at all, as I'm a far better expert and should have had that much satisfaction for the years of life spent speculating, get tired of her false pity, scream something nasty (what I'll regret later), hung up, scratch my HP stickers and pics of everything I possess, tear my own HP fanart pics apart, delete my fanfics(all the while having huge tears rolling down my face), take my PoA (book!)poster off the wall, sit in the midst of this devastation shaking with sobs, go and search for my HP books in the rubbish bin, cut out all the H/Hr moments(and all the other moments I liked) and put them in a folder with a broken heart on the cover.
OK, I was joking aboput the heart on the cover.

Mmm... it would depend. I would, of course, be very upset. But then I'd look at the plot and see if love really was the central theme. If it wasn't, then I dont' think I'd be as upset.

And if it wasn't and R/Hr got together, then I'd accept it, sort of. But if it IS and Hr/R and H/G get together... I will stop reading the books.

Basically because I never really had a huge respect for HP, although I love it to death. And I think that nothing much will change except I'll read her books less. I'll still be upset, though.

AH! I can't think about it.

I wouldn't stop shipping my ship. Becuase it's just that. MY ship. I've loved it since the first book, before I even knew ships EXISTED. I've stuck with it through thick and thin and I'm not about to stop just because Ron and Hermione officially are made a couple. I get so pissed off at some people for letting things sway them. I think the purpose of shipping is to love your ship, love the characters together, no matter the 'evidence' or 'proof'. I mean, look at the D/Hr shippers! I'm sure plenty threw in the towel and quit because of Jo's recent announcement, but there are those that stand steady.

Pumpkin Pie Forever

I won't stop reading the books. Nor will I completely give over to R/Hr. Or H/G or H/L or N/Hr or K/Hr for that matter. Unless, of course, something happens to completely change my mind. But I'm pretty sure whatever hit me in the head would have to be very, very heavy.

However, if H/H does not happen I do have a contingency plan. My sister and I are going to print off a copy of our favorite fanfictions and shove them into the back of our Book 7s. Our own personal little epilogues! Afterall, I'll probably need a bit of a pick me up.

Vespy

Well, since THE relationship, whichever it'll be, is bound to only really sail in the seventh and last book, it would make no sense to stop halfway. You'd only be depriving yourself of the ending. Besides, I don't really mind R/Hr that much; it's H/G that makes me want to chuck my book into the recycling bin (as soon as I'm done with it of course). There's so basis for that couple whatsoever and while I like Ginny well enough by herself, SUPERGinny or, heaven forbid, Mrs. Ginevra Potter just...just...no.

If H/Hr goes down like the Titanic, then I guess "I'll never let go". Corny, I know, but it's the truth. Sure, if JKR pulled R/Hr off well, and Harry was happy with it (ie he wasn't just being selfless - he was actually happy for them) then I guess it'd be alright. I'd be disappointed, yes, but I can always just turn to the fandom.

Like what Juri said, just look at the D/Hr shippers! They had so much faith and had so much hope for their ship, that when JKR sunk it they still didn't give up. Man, do they have fighting spirit! D/Hr is still the largest ship in fandom, and that's because people still had their estel

I would lose all the respect I had for Ms. Rowling as an author. I mean, honestly, the bickering lovers thing has been so many times, that it makes me ill thinking that Ms. Rowling would even want to go in that direction. IF she did put Ron and Hermione together, I would probably continue to read the books, but I would not re-read anything that had to do with Ron and Hermione.



I completely agree. I do not like the idea of Ron and Hermione because Ms. Rowling has made such an emphasis on love that it would seem inappropriate to place Hermione with anyone other than Harry. I think we can agree, hands down, that Hermione is better friends with Harry than she is with Ron. Regardless of "unresolved sexual tension" between the two, if one has a choice, the less arguable friend would seem like a better choice in friendship. But, going back to Ginny and Harry....

They are the ship that I cannot stand, and I am not sure I would be able to continue the series if they were to become a pair. I do not understand where other ships come up with the idea of Harry truly loving her. He will never share a bond with Ginny akin to the one he has with Hermione. He simply CANNOT. Ms. Rowling wrote it herself: There were some experiences people could not share without becoming friends. This applies to best friends as well. Harry and Hermione could not share the mountain troll, rescuing Sirius, all of Harry's tasks in GOF, Grawp and the Department of Mysteries without becoming the best of friends. Ginny, the way Ms. Rowling has written her, will never hold a place in Harry's heart akin to Hermione's place in his heart. Ms. Rowling has dug herself quite the hole if she plans on writing Harry being with Ginny. In the event that they do occur, I would definitely go Ray Bradbury on Ms. Rowling and chuck six of the seven into the fireplace (not GOF, because it is on my top ten for favourite books ).

Hi! New member here, only just discovered this site through a friends reccomendation, and wanted to add my two penn'erth.

Before I begin, let me just say that I am not an out and out H/Hr. I think that it will happen, but their relationship will be brief - no big declarations of love for me!

Having said that, I do like the idea of the ship, but I also like the idea of R/H - I guess you could say I'm a 'floating' shipper.

If R/H did happen in HBP I probably would abandon H/Hr (and vice versa), at the moment I'm sitting on the fence and when one ship or the other is cannonised (is that even a word?!?), I'll abandon the other.

And if Ron/Hermione do get together, then I'd like to see Harry fall in love with Ginny.

I hope I'm not offending anyone with my views, I really can't decide who to ship for!

I voted "I'll accept the fact but not convert".

I chose this mainly because if the unlikely occasion that R/Hr does happen in HBP, there is really not enough time to break them up, reconcile, THEN hooking up H/Hr by the end of book 7 without it looking contrrived. Either that or book 7 would be Romance/Drama instead of Action/Adventure. XD

However, if by HBP there still isn't anything definitive on the romance department, there is still much hope for H/Hr to happen at book 7.

But even if R/Hr does sail by the conlcusion of the series, I would forever in my heart would pair H/Hr together. It wouldn't be the first time I would still ship a couple even if canon contradicts it... XD

I read the books long before I was a 'shipper' of any type, and love them dearly- so no matter what happens in HBP I WILL go on to read the seventh and final.

If R/Hr does happen...I will just do my best to skip over those scenes and erase them from my memory, not only because I'm an H/Hr shipper, but becuase that relationship makes absolutely NO sense to me, at all, whatsoever. It's like pouring glitter on a train wreck; you're just making a terrible accident sparkle for a little while.

There are two acceptable outcomes for me. The first (and greatest) would be for H/Hr to get together (isn't that what we're all waiting for?) The second would be that none of the main characters get together (ie. R/Hr, H/G H/Hr) because it still leaves the wonderful world of imagination wide open, and I can continue to dream about the possibilities of the two getting together.

So, If H/Hr doesn't happen, I won't really be let down, unless H & Hr couple off with other people...in which case JKR will be recieving a strongly worded letter from one Fitchburg Finch...

I came to HP in a weird way. I had read Book 1, seen Movie 1 and Movie 2, but not been impressed enough to keep reading. Then, I saw the Azkaban movie. And I was hooked.

I loved the story and lessons in Azkaban. I thought Harry and Hermoine were adorable; in spite of the Hr/R arm-grab and the weird group hug, I thought H/Hr were the predestined couple.

Then, I went and read books 3-5 last summer. I still was sure H/Hr were the future couple. I saw Ron's GoF behavior as protective brother stuff.

Then last fall... looking for news on when book 6 might be coming, I found the Leaky Cauldron and Mugglenet, and discovered that there was such a thing as "shippers" and "shipping wars". Through Mugglenet I found Portkey, and promptly commenced reading all the Army threads, most of which reinforced everything I thought about the books.

I was kinda shocked that some large percentage of people think Harry is going to end up with any of the secondary/tertiary characters.

I had sort of wandered off from HP since last fall, but now that book 6 is nearly here, I'm starting to get fidgety about it. I care almost as much who Harry ends up with as I do that he defeat Voldemort.

Why? I think we all care so much because Harry has had such a horrific time. He's been really, truly abused. He deserves to grow up to be a deliriously happy adult, to build a family with someone he can forevermore trust implicitly, who will not intentionally or carelessly wound him. Anyone fit that bill so far, except Hermione? Nope.

So if she tosses Harry off with some secondary/tertiary character, or worse yet, leaves him older and alone like Lupin, I'll be horribly dissappointed. This is Harry's story, and I'm completely invested in seeing his Happily Ever After.

Go over to the dark side?! Blaspheme! Vile phrases! Now that we've gotten past the venting and the pessimism....

If my ship sinks down to the deep depths of the oceans of the Potterverse, I will stop reading the series. I'd probably pull up all the H/Hr moments and and throw them out my window, crying. And I'd have to avoid my R/Hr shipping friend, as she would never let me live it down.

Oh my. I would never ever abandon H/Hr -- it's my life! However, if it were to be R/Hr... Well... I'd cry... And rant. o__o; I know, Kiri is such a freak. But! I can tolerate R/Hr! ...Because if JKR makes in epilogue and I win 1 billion dollars, I'll bribe JKR to make H/Hr get together!

Muahahahahahahhahahahahahhahah! x)

Hmm. I don't really ship either (I do, however, ship LJ. Extensively. xD) but I do prefer H/hr over Hr/R (I just typed H/R. Which looks so wrong on anything.) but I dont ship either.
Anyhow, if by some chance Ron and Hermione did happen -- I'd accept. I dunno if I'd convert (Im not dedicated to anything now) but I'd definitly accept, and knowing me, I'd probably support it. Why?
Well, thinking about it, in all of harry potter, JKR has done an excellent job of making me see reason, and why things needed to happen like they did. Im sure all of you would agree. Now, I dount R/Hr would happen; but if it did, I dont have a doubt in my mind that JKR would have a good reason, and write it off and make it seem great, and extremely logical. Thats how good she is- with all the magic she's cooked up so far, if somehow that did happen, Im pretty sure most of us realize JKR would do it well, and make there relationship possible.
I can't really explain what Im thinking. But bassically, I trust that if something as crazy as that happened, JKR could pull it off. Right. And leave us all happy. (Er. Well, at the least, if she was to do that, the H/hr shippers wouldn't be as angry about the fact then if somebody else tried to pull it off)

But, by the way- I doubt it'd happen anyhow, unless how somehow both harry and ickle-voldy die, (because voldy cant live, now can he!) which I don't see happening anyhow.

First I want to say that I voted that I would accept the fact, but not convert. That said, I am first and foremost a HP fan and I would never abandon the series. I started reading the books after GoF was released, but once I started there was no going back, I was completely obsessed. I am new to the H/Hr ship because when I discovered shipping I made a rule for myself that I would never read anything that wasn’t L/J that way I would never be disappointed. Then I bent my rule a little and read stories based on ships I thought absolutely impossible for example Hr/RL or Hr/SS, but I was always struck by how wrong the Harry/? couple felt. It did not matter who the author put him with it always felt to me as if he had gotten a consolation prize because Hermione was already pared with someone else. Then I found Portkey, and my nice pretty rule gotten broken clean in half and I read my first H/Hr story and I was done, it fit, it seemed right and I realized that this was always the pairing I wanted. Even if I couldn’t justify the H/Hr pairing with any evidence (which we all know is not the case) in my heart it was always what I wanted to happen by the end of the 7th book. So if it doesn’t happen in canon will I be devastated? Yes, unbelievably so. I will probably do what I did when she killed Sirius. Which was to slam the book shut walk away from it for like an hour before I came back to check that it really did happen. Then continue to read, hopping till the last word of the book that JKR was playing a cruel joke on us. I will accept the fact that JKR obviously saw things different (since it is her story and all), and that she must have had her reasons. However, I will never abandon this ship, I will always feel that I am right in supporting H/Hr and that they are meant to be together no matter what happens in canon, and as long as there are H/Hr stories out there for me to read I will continue reading them, because I truly like the pairing and this is my ship and I am her faithful servant

The reason why I became a H/Hr shipper a way long time ago after reading GoF for the first time was because I did not believe it possible by any stretch of the imagination that Ron and Hermione would get together. GoF so convinced me of that and everything else I've read only further justifies my conviction, and the further reading is what made me truly believe that it would be H/Hr and not Harry and some random girl.

However, after reading GoF I made a promise that if R/Hr happened that I would burn all my Harry Potter books. I dont know if I'd go that far, but I wouldnt put it past me either.

I'm so pleased to see that so many people feel as strongly about this as I do. Just the thought of Ron and Hermione getting together disgusts me. I read a fanfic the other day that only had a fleeting mention of them snogging and I was like Eeeewww you should warn people before you do things like that!!!

I would continue to hope and pray until book 7 and read as much as possible into any fleeting glances btw H/Hr. If by the end of book 7 R/Hr were still together then I would most likely throw out my books in disgust and remember Harry Potter as the most disapointing work of fiction I had ever encountered.

I wouldn't mind so much if they were both single at the end or if one of them died before anything could happen. I also would be angry if Harry and Hermione got together with other people. As long as Hermione doesn't end up with Ron I'll be ok, that would be the most dissapointing ending possible for me. I just can't reconcile the idea of a girl like Hermione with a guy like Ron. I'd think it was a mistake as a fleeting thing but if it was treated as the love of their lives... well I can't even bear to think of it

I voted No. I mean honestly, why would JKR put Ron and Hermione together, they just don't fit. Hermione and Harry own the thers hearts, like the way it should be! If I ever see anything else, I'll burn. If JKR puts it in any book, I'll burn it and her house down, after I kill her dog... That's just how passionate I am about the H.M.S Pumkin Pie. Heron can suck my !@#$%. (''m not allowed to swear on the forums.) Heronsucks...

I would be sad. I think I would be more annoyed at some "other" people who would be jumping for joy, but I wouldn't be angry at J.K. Rowling. I would also finish the books and not chuck them out the window. Despite the fact that she didn't choose our ship, I still fell in love with her story and her story-telling. They're not just about Harry and Hermione. It's her book and I trust her to do what any self-respecting author would do: write the story she wants to write.

I guess it just depends at how she looks at love. Is she the hopeless romantic, that you can fall in love at the drop of a hat? Or is she a person who believes that you have to work for love and that it is a selfless act? And that only true love can stem from something deeper than "tension?"

Anyway, I loved what she's written so far, I wouldn't want her to change now. I'd be happy if she goes our way, but it's her book.

This is almost exactly how I feel. And more eloquently put then I could have said myself.

On top of that though…If the Heron sails I will also be treating my roommate to a dinner at her choice of restaurants. We have a bet a going Harmony vs. Heron whom ever looses must take the other out. So I'll be disappointed and a bit more broke.