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Since the very beginning. I didn't even think about it, I already knew it.

It became clear in PoA when Harry and Hermione defied time and LOADS of Ministy laws and put their own existances on the lines to save Sirius. They worked so damn well under that type of pressure, Hermione aware of the laws and warnings, Harry aware of Sirius' and their own lives with the dementors.

It settled however, after Ron became a prick and ditched Harry for popularity. When Hermione stood by him the whole way...

uhm let me think.

I think when i first saw the movie, and i saw harry and hermione.
I thought they had this sweet chemistry around each ohter.
Then i stared to read the books more in a H/HR way. And since then i don't know any better than that they belong to each other .
There is no one better for hermione than harry and vice verca.

Hmm...

At first I read the books 'cause it was and still is the best story I have ever come across, and didn't cre who ended up with who (but even then I didn't want Harry to end up with Ginny). But every time my friend was telling me about a fic she read that had some H/Hr I just had a gut feeling that those two were ment to be. Unlike when I pair Ron and Hermione, it just feels akward.

Long Live H/Hr!

Hey! I'm new here too, usually lurks though.

I have to admit that I kind of blocked any romantic thoughts when I read it cause they were 11 and I didn't want to get emotionally involved so I kind of endured R/Hr but didn't really care. All this changed in book 3 when Harry and Hermione became such good friends but it was just a general vibe and I wrote it off as me liking Harry more than Ron, plus Cho was introduced. And then came book 4 with the stupid Yule Ball fight. You have to realize that I read the first four books without taking a breath than I had only a year before book 5.

Anyway book 5 did it to me, a closure with Cho, Harry and Hermione's wonderful connection and very little Ron. So I was one week after the book was out, book six 3 long years away - I needed to know if ANYBODY cared about H/Hr beside me and I was luckily directed to this site's essays and now I'm conviced without doubt that if Rowling is as smart as we make of her than H/Hr is a sure thing.


Anyway DreamerBlue DON'T DO THIS!! DON'T READ THAT BOOK!! If you want your sanity just burn it and never look back!!! Before it's too late!!

Hmm... now that's a good question. It didn't really happen all at once.

I started reading shortly before GoF came out. I read through ss/PS and CoS in two days. At the time I was 12 (I think, not quite sure), so I wasn't really looking for any kind of romance in the story. I was kind of surprised toward the end of CoS when I realized I wanted Harry and Hermione to get together. I put it out of my mind and continued to read. I finished PoA and GoF.

A lot of time passed.

About a year and a half ago, in the midst of my Star Wars fanfic obsession, I thought I'd explore the rest of fanfiction.net. I wandered into Harry Potter and started reading a couple things. One of them was R/Hr, it didn't really capture my interest. I was about to try a different fandom when I decided to do a search for H/Hr fics.

I liked it. Really, really liked it. But of course, I didn't stick around. I had to go back to Star Wars.

Some more time passed.

I started going to HP sites to check on updates with the 5th book. I thought I'd give the HP fanfiction thing another try. Once again, I tried an R/Hr first, not specifically, but that's just the way it ended up. I finally figured it out when I couldn't stand the thought of what I was reading. It was literally making me sick. I needed to be clunked over the head before it finally dawned on me.

Then I started rereading the books, and I saw all these hints at an H/Hr relationship, and that did it. I was firmly planted on the HMS Pumpkin Pie. I'm even more convinced every time I read an essay on this site.

Now that I've taken you through that monstrosity, I think I'll just scuttle off.

H/Hr forever!!!!!

I started offline shipping H/Hr after I read the third book.

The space between the thrid and fourth book I found sites like fanfiction.net, fictionalley.org, and sugarquill.com. I started read fan fics from all ships, trying on each and deciding which one I liked the best.

I was Swiss for a while, and then I realized more and more frequently I would search through all the other ships for H/Hr stories. The first fics I read that really got me into the ships I sail now were Lori's Paradigm of Uncertainty and Lissanne's Love is a Battlefield.

And then I found portkey, which is where I felt most at home, because the only people here are the people who ship the same pairs as I do, so I didn't have to worry about being bombed by R/Hr trolls.

i just had a feeling they would get together after book 1...first the troll scene then the whole hug scene before quirrel...those 2 moments just drove me to become a pumpkineer

I agree about portkey. Refer to sig for more info.

I'll die with this ship too!!! H/Hr for LIFE!!!!

Harry and Hermione are just too cute together! They just click...

So in reality...

Who cares when you became a Pumkineer?! Just as long as you are one and remain one!

Love Millie

ok, i've done this before but i'll do it again because im bored XD
buckle your seatbelts boys and girls and keep your arms and legs inside the vehicle at all times.
Ok, I was a really really big fan of DragonBall Z for the last six years of my life, and on the fourth year, a new friend allerted me of fanfiction.net. Thus, I discovered the DBZ fanfiction. I couldn't get enough of it, and because of this, discovered my love of reading.
My mom would always walk downstairs, and notice me on the computer. She'd ask me what I was doing, and I'd say "reading" without so much of an explanation because I was so engrosed in the stories. After a few months of this, she bought me a book.
Harry Potter and the Sorcerors Stone.
I wasn't too interested in reading it, because it wasn't DBZ, and I knew it wouldn't be the same, it wouldn't hold my interest because my mind would drift off and think of my favorite cartoon. SoOoOo, time passed. It was the start of seventh grade for me, two years ago I guess, and I sat with my other friend Mo everyday on the bus. And she would always talk about her current obsessions. First it was Gilligans Island, then Harry Potter, then Lord of the Rings, then American Idol.
During the Harry Potter thing, I would only half listen, and I sometimes found myself thinking 'Hey I heard that name before...' and totally forget that I had one of the books stashed in my drawer in my room.
Then the movie came out.
It was on paperview when I came home from school one day, and after spending a half an hour busride with Mo's ramblings of Harry, Ron and Hermione, I became curious, so I sat in my moms room with her and watched it.
I had never been so confused in my life.
But, when Hermione entered the compartment on the train, and fixed Harry's glasses, I giggled for no aparent reason at all. It was just such a cute thing to do, and they were about my age!
Then the 'swish and flick' part came. When Ron was insulting Hermione, and she pushed past him, I automatically thought 'Ew that was mean.' and my mom just stayed quiet, because Dan said exactly what she was gonna say.
My mom has a knack for saying what she thinks the actors are thinking when something plot thickening happens.
During the great hall part, when Neville says something along the lines of 'Parvati Patal says she's locked herself in the girls bathroom, crying' and harry gave Ron that look, my mom said 'yeah it's all your fault ya jerk.' and I laughed. hard. I didn't kno why it was so funny at the time.
Then the 'never better' part came... ooh boy I could of sworn I giggled for five minutes straight. My mom was asleep by then so I didn't get any comments from her.
After the movie was over I ran into my room, dug the book out of my drawer and started reading it. I wanted to see if Harry and Hermione actually did get together. After finishing it, I begged my mom for the second, then the third and well you get the picture. You wouldn't believe how many times my dad and little sister made fun of me for it.

editz: -looks up- jeez, this is my longest post ever! i feel special now

That is so cute... just like Harry and Hermione!!!

Love Millie

hehe...i feel sheepish , but i actually started shipping h/hr because of cos, the movie. there was some crazy tension between harry and hermione in that movie, which really confused me. when i watched the now-beloved hand-stroking scene, i thought "what the heck is going on?!". see, i never ever EVER considered the possibility of these kids hooking up with...ANYBODY!!! yeah, i was pretty naive. i didn't think that jkr would go THERE . anyway, that scene did confuse me, and yet i felt all warm and fuzzy. sure, dan and emma look incredible together, but i thought "yeah...there is no girl more perfect for harry than hermione. HARRY AND HERMIONE TOGETHER MAKES SENSE!!!". and so the h/hr madness set in.

note: i did not notice any tension between ron and hermione in the movie. NOTHING. even after that r/hr non-hug, i still didn't think of them possibly hooking up. i just thought that non-hug was quite corny . anyway, i guess from a non-shipper's (which i was when i watched ps and cos) point of view, the movies are so obviously pro-h/hr.

mrs. pepper

p.s. FINALLY!!! I HAVE AN AVATAR!!!

Harry/Hermione 4eva , yeah!!! i plan to change it once in a while though. anyway congratulations on your 600th post! i already congratulated you in the "idea!" thread, but i plan to do it every chance i get!!!

Yeah they did say that, but then they read it and I said "So what were you saying?" They told me to go away! Haha!

And thank you, again Mrs. Pepper! *Huggles Mrs. Pepper*

I actually made my dad, and brothers to read them, After that my three cousins,uncle and aunt (with the help of my brothers).... My cousins didn't want to.....but after that they all love it!!! And guess what! my cousins are also H/Hr!!! The first time they read it they asked me if Harry and Hermione were going out in the next books....but then we watched the CoS movie and they think something is going to happen between R/Hr 'cause of the non-hug thing.... but still wished it was H/Hr

My mum... oooh I swear ... I can't decide as to wether she's Voldy, or Umbridge!!! She's so evil and she's so anti-Harry Potter!!! She says she's gonna ban me from it but nothing can stop my love for this story.... and it's so not just for kids!!!! If anything, it's become a completley non-childrens story...

Oh well...

Love Millie

Fight back! HP rules! You can't let her take HP away! It's not right, and anyway, HP was made for a wide range of ages!

Everyone in my family loves Harry Potter, except for my Dad... and my brother... and my sister. So I guess that just leaves me an Mum. The only thing that my sis likes about Harry Potter is that Dan Radcliff is Harry in the damn movie Little sisters...

HP RULES!

Dreamer~

I became a Pumpkineer when I read this scene in PoA. It was when they were in the carriages and Harry was feeling down about letting the Dementors get to him, he started to describe Hermione looking out the window of the carriage and then something happens or someone says something, but I was left with the urge of wanting more. I was like, "Damn! That's all he's going to say about her."

I didn't know why I wanted more so I let it go. Once I read book 4, I thought perhaps R/Hr would happen, but when I re-read the books I thought that Ron isn't the right guy for Hermione at all because of his attitudes towards her. And as of OoP, Hermione isn't the right kind of girl for Ron. All they do is insult each other, looked down on each other and that's not a good relationship.

Totally agree! Ron's Waaaaay to mean, and Mione's to smart for him!! Hehe! Kidding, kidding! (Sort of! )

don't worry millie... she'll realize that there is no harm in reading the book.... in fact it's a nice thing to read..... don't fret i guess your mom is just over reacting a little bit

I have only recently became a HP fan. My little brother had been a fan since books I-IV were released...but I was never really intrigued by them. So several years passed...two movies are made and OotP is released. Now during early July, my girlfriend and I were talking about the stuff we were reading and she told me that she was reading OotP. I was taken aback by this because I had no idea that she read HP. And she was shocked that I had never touched any of the five books when they were all sitting on by brother's shelf. So she urged me to read them and being the obedient boyfriend that I am , I did...and I have been hooked ever since.

In terms of when I became a H/Hr shipper...that happened after I finished OotP. At first, I didn't really think about who Harry should end up with...for a bit I did thought that something was going to take place between Ron and Hermione (I thought this while reading GoF)...but my perception of the whole thing changed after reading OotP. I mean...how could a person not notice all the small hints that J.K. Rowling placed throughout the book...Harry and Hermione this...Harry and Hermione that...it's really hard to miss. So after finishing the book, I took some time and thought about the whole thing...I realized that they were perfect for each other. I felt kinda dumb for not picking up on it sooner, but ever since, I've been a proud supporter.

Welcome to Portkey, Zanarkand! Your story is pretty cute...gotta thank your girlfriend. You do have good opinions...And you're right about the whole Harry and Hermione this, Harry and Hermione that...They did do a lot together in Book 5. Grace Granger, what scene is that in PoA? Anyway, my story is that after reading GoF, I was an idiot 11 year old with no idea on love or likes. So, these were the ships that I thought were going to happen:

Harry/Cho
Ron/Fleur
Hermione/Krum

When I re-read them when I was 12, I started thinking R/Hr because of GoF...but I still defended the H/Hr ship on the Web (I felt it was mean to bash them because I thought H/Hr wasn't too bad) but then I saw the first movie. I had totally forgotten that hug scene. Emma says, "Just be keh-ful," and stares after him...and right then, I knew it was H/Hr. Game, set, match. But then I went back onto the Web as a precocious 13 year old and I said I shipped H/Hr. I was attacked like a wild animal. Being a weakling and not liking the bashing, I immediately switched over to R/Hr and agreed it was pretty obvious (however, when I now look back at it; I know I didn't truly believe in the Good Ship) Then I watched the COS movie and again, thought H/Hr...but I kept it quiet this time. I didn't have enough confidence in myself. I was still secretly reading H/Hr fanfics on the official HP site, but I didn't post anything. Finally, in June, I got up the courage to post my views on the "What's with all the R/Hr shippers?" thread on the official site. After getting support from princessmione and others and the niceness of the R/Hr shippers on that thread, I became confident in it. I read OotP and was convinced. Then I came on here...and the rest is history.

That's beautiful man... A lot of history... Thank God for Portkey.org. It's our safe haven against those mean R/Hr. They're just unsecure.

When..i went to see First Movie S.Stone...from this scene and quote:

Hermione: "You are great Wizard you know that Harry?"
Harry: "Not as good as You"
Hermione: Me, books, Cleverness and friendship..to important thing..and HARRY?..BE CAREFULL!!"...

and I am H/Hr ship..for life...and of course of Daniel and Emma. They had jus adorable-greatest-chemistry!![B]

My first post ever! What a great thread to start posting in! Well, I started out as R/Hr mainly because it was right in my face. Then I started looking into the depth of the HP series and how JK absolutely LOVES subtlety. Then I found Portkey...and the shipping world opened up before my eyes. Everything in the HMS PumpkinPie was logical, well-thought and very, very subtle (thanks to the all those essay writers for explaining!). After that, everything had a new meaning and well, the rest is history.

Pumpkin Pie, anyone?

I'll take some!!! Welcome to Portkey! Sunshinebelle should come around sometime. She'll welcome you proper.

book one made a believer out of me and when my best friend told me that she thinks Ron and Hermione would end up together I was like,, did you read the same book.... you must have read another version or something.....anyway..... I read all the other succeeding books and it just made me believer our ship more.... and OoTP was something other ships claimed to be the answer to the long waited question of who will end up with who..... and well, it just made the H/Hr prospect more likely or is already in the verge of happening......

Well, I suppose it all began with PS/SS - I couldn't help but have a warm/fuzzy/light feeling inside when I read the Infamous Hug/"You're a great wizard, Harry" scene. I officially became a Pumpkineer though, when I read goldensnitchgirl's (a.k.a. Witch of the Web) fics. Then I entered Fiction Alley, and then here at PK - my belief became snitched after I came here. (and it's all thanks to harmione22's, Mad Eyed Mike's and innermurk's essays )

my storie is a bit big.....let me see....I'll start from the begining coz it's better

*using time-turner to come back to xmas 1999*
my dad won some kind of quiz at his work and he won a book.when he come back home he said he had a gift for me and gave me the book.i've never had listen anybody talking about it but it was in the same colection of books that I've already had some (here in portugal the harry potter books are not sel as a unique colection. book1 is #9 book2 #11 book3 #13 and book4 #19 in that colection) but at that moment I was reading other book so I give it to my mom to read it first to see if she like it.but after she read a few pages she said it was too "magic" for her (kind of muggle thought I know) and I forgot about it completly...'til...

*using time-turner again to aproach a bit the present*
I don't know for sure what was the year when the harry potter BOM come up here but everybody started talking about it everywhere all the time and it used to piss me off,really, I said nasty things about all this harry potter thing! I couldn't understand how ppl could be so into this fever! (in spite of I was, I'm and will always be a huge starwars fan) I was a total MUGGLE at that time... 'til...

*using time-turner to come back to the present only a 2 months ago*
in the way to my school was a big add on CoS DVD and everybody in my school was talking about the book5 and I got very curious about all this and decided to - finally - read the book I had in my closet fo 4 years!loli

*using time-turner to come to the right now time*
since the moment I've read the PS book I got hooked in all this HUGE and fantastic world and right now I'm very proud to be part of it (even if I got to hit myself like dobby coz I used to say so bad things about harry potter )! after reading all the 4 first books I bought the 2 DVDs and read the book5 after my boyfriend buy it. now I'm waiting to the portuguese version to come out to re-read it all again and while I'm waiting I'm reading all the other books again...kinda freak who cares

about being H/Hr shipper...it was just right from the begining (the very begining and it means only seeing that add I thought that the guy who plays harry would seem very well with the girl - at that time I didn't know anyone besides harry charater - so I confess that I'm a dan/emma supporter too )...no doubts!
actually their relationship kinda remember me my own relationship with my best friend .
all they have to do is understand that the love is already there and they only need to assume it to themselfs and then to the other and after realizing it they can defeat old bad voldy with the power of their love....so cute .....sorry gotta carried away

I'm with all my strength that HMS Pumpkin Pie will last in the end
long live to H/Hr

Personally? I don't know. I just wanted H/Hr to be together right from book one, I just thought that there was more evidense for R/Hr (to which I was very sad)
It wasn't until I came here really that I saw the cannon evidense of H/Hr. ::thanks you all graciously::
I was just wanting to see what you guys thought.
There is probably allready posts on this, sorry if there are...

Love Millie

::gives out Pumpkin Pie::

Do you mean real Pumpkin Pie? No I still have not tasted it. Though it looks quite tasty when I saw it on someones avatar.

I too wanted Harry and Hermione from book one. I, however, always saw a lot more evidence of Harry and Hermione from book one. And that is why Goblet of Fire through me for a loop. I was happy at the beginning when she grabbed him from jumping over the stands because the Veela, but then all that Yule Ball stuff happened and I was just dumbstruck...but then the kiss came at the end and it got better though the thought of Ron and Hermione didn't get out of my mind. I tried to sort of ground myself and say "Yeah, it's OK if they get together, it really is...I'll support them." Mmmyeah...that did not quite get off the ground...in fact I think its wings were clipped.

Then I read Prisoner of Azkaban again (ironically, though I've never said outright that it was my favorite book, I think it MUST be, b/c it's quite literally falling apart...I'm actually like on my 10th time reading it now...but I'm scared if I open it one more time it's just going to die on me). After reading the books again, I began to see more and more subtle evidence of Harry and Hermione which made me very happy. I began to see how tricky JKR could be and just how much she hates to do the obvious (lie. Ron and Hermione being together) And all was well after that.

I never had abandoned ship, I just had to read them again to make sure that our boat wasn't going to sink. And, right now, I think the HMS Pumpkin Pie is making its course rather nicely.

~Emily~

Facade, no, not real Pumpkin Pie
Though, I would like to try some....
Does look and sound yummy...



Love Millie

I've had real Pumpkin Pie, it's yummy...I was so tempted to buy some today at Publix just b/c it was there...I think I'm getting of topic. But...yes, pumpkin pie is good, the food and the SHIP.

~Emily~

Hmmm... Pumpkin Pie. Man, I'm never on the forums at this time. It's chaos!!! Come on!!! PEOPLE!!! HOW DID YOU BECOME A PUMPKINEER!!!

Love Millie

Always. Since book 1 really. Then I found this site, read some posts, disagreed with some, registered so I could tell them my opinion, then I loved the ship, the couple, and my shipmates.

I love my shipmates too. I also love this ship... just cos theres so much Pumpkin Pie!!!
FOOOOOOD!!!

Love Millie ~ the stupid glutton

Do you remember the first time? ....sorry, this just reminds me of that song....

Um, never eaten real Pumpkin Pie....as for the Ship? I've told this story before, I watched the interview on the CoS DVD, JKR seemed to be pushing R/Hr, and based on the movie, I disagreed. So, I read the books. So I guess the answer is always.

Forever. Well since I read book one anyway... Lol..

I just loved the idea of a best-friendship-turned-romance... thats basically what got me started but its soo much more than that.

Hmmm... in the first book I actually thought that because Harry had always had everything go bad for him, it would continue to happen. Therefore I thought Ron/Hermione... even though I desperately wanted Harry/Hermione....

ROCK MY SOCKS!!!

lol

Love Millie

MOD's NOTE:
There is an existing thread about how we became pumpkineers. Allow me to close this topic temporarily while I search for that older one. I'll merge the two. Really interesting topic.

Guys, did you know you can use the Search This Forum box? Sometimes that box is on top, or at the bottom of the screen.

This isn't a warning, it's just a tip from one Portkey-mate to another.

~Gal Texter

EDIT minutes later:

Ok, I found the thread by entering becoming a pumpkineer in that Search box. This thread is now re-opened. Enjoy learning about one another's H/H shipping history, my friends!

Sorry and Thank-you galtxtr.

I feel so stupid... though there is probably a good reason for that...

Love Millie

I became a shipper after a story where Draco switched bodies with Harry,.. it was like 17 chapters each 3 pages or something.. really pumpkinpie-ish.

I love all of you pumpkin-peeps! add me to your msn!