The first time I ever even read about Harry Potter Ships was when i was looking for Harry Potter on the net, and I stumbled across a site, I think it was either Mugglenet or something with a similar name. I already thought that Ron was a bit of an outsider of the trio, and I liked Hermione and Harry better than him, because they always got on better. Well, I came onto this forum, and it seemed like everyone wanted Ron and Hermione to get together. So I read up on some of the reasons why they were so perfect for each other, and read about the 'Love/Hate' thing. I was reading down this essay, and I just thought:

"*** ... None of this makes sense!"

So i looked for more essays on it, to see if any of the others made sense, and they did, but it just didn't seem right.

And Thus began my Love of Pumpkin Pie.

~#Epona#~

Well, my shippiness was actually started by two fanfics. One of them was R/Hr, one of them was H/Hr. Both authors were very talented, but with the R/Hr fic, it was so far off cannon, while the H/Hr fic stayed true to the story. Eventually the characters in the R/Hr became OOC to the point where i couldn't read it anymore, even though the author was a personal friend of mine. The H/Hr fic was more realistic, and was able to focus on the story of Harry v. Voldemort, wheras the R/Hr, since it was focused on that relationship, was nothing but fluff. H/G was in there as well, and was completely shoved aside, Harry was no longer the main character, Ron and Hermione were. That was basically where I began to see the differences, so I checked out the love threads. There i read page after page of arguments, and the Harmonians were quite literally kicking ***. Every last shred of R/Hr was argued away with ease, while the herons could not come up with cannon-backed responses for at least 2/3 of the harmony arguments. So I turned to essays, both here and at other places, and it was all over, I was a Harmonian through and through.

Cheers!

As I've said before, I never intended to ship the HP books. The friend who introduced me is rabidly H/Hr, but I thought her a bit off for being so interested in romantic relationships developing in "childrens'" books.

I read PS and CoS, determined that romantic entanglements between any of the kids would not only be unecessary, but a bit icky as well.

Then, after completing PoA and GoF in one marathon six-hour stretch, I emerged a new-born, fully converted H/Hr shipper. It was so obvious!

OotP only solidified my position.

And thousands of pages of H/Hr fanfiction hasn't helped matters any...

ME too, Epona!! I guess I should have added that to the poll! Ron seems so outsider-ish sometimes because Harry and Hermione can literally finish each other's sentences these days! LOL

Oh, how did I became a Pumpkinpie Soldier?

Well, in both PS/SS and CoS, I believed that Harry/Hermione were excellent as best friends, but I was really uncomfortable with the idea of romance between them, simply because they were just children and it felt icky to think of children and romance (imho).

But PoA changed all that... in PoA, Hermione is not only Harry's friend, she's his perfect complement, his equal, his staunch supporter and the person risks life and limb for Harry. Again, in GoF, without Hermione's help Harry wouldn't have finished the first task, much less the entire tournament. And in OoTP... well.. what can be said about OoTP? It is Hermione that's Harry's anchor, voice, and the only person that actually had the guts to confront him when it was for his own good!

As the song says, "I will go down with this ship."

Cause H/Hr IS love, and always will be.

Believe,
Anasazi

Aww Anasazi, no one could have said it better. Hermione is indeed Harry's sole voice of reason in the face of danger!

I have pretty much been an H/Hr shipper ever since I liked Harry Potter, so I am apretty die hard shipper.

Before I was a fan, SS/PS was about to come out in theaters, and my sister was a heeuuge Harry Potter fan at the time. Before I finished reading SS/PS, She told me about the part in GoF where Hermione kisses Harry on the cheek. I thought that was pretty cute. When I went to see the movie on Novembe 16, 2001, I forgot she said GoF and thought she meant SS/PS, so through the whole movie I was expecting this kiss. I remember biting the lid of my soda at the movies really hard at the "books and cleverness" scene. And then at the end of the movie, I was really dissappointed.

So I instantly became a Harry Potter fanatic, and when I read SS/PS I thought maybe the kiss was in the book and not in the movie, but it wasn' tthere, so I still got disappointed. Then I read GoF, and I was like, "oooooohhhh!"

I later on was looking at fan fictions at Mugglenet after reading all the books, and I came across this one that isn't there anymore, called "A Turnaround Dance". It was about this dance where the girls had to ask guys and Ron asked Hermione to ask him, but she made up this excuse to say no. Harry went to talk to her to figure out why she said no, and he found her crying in the library, and she runs away. Then he goes to think in this tree and Hermione comes to the same place, so he talks to her and she says that she is in love with him, they kiss, and then that's the end. I loved it so much I printed it out. I still have it lying around somewhere. So after that I was pretty much set on that relationship. I didn't even know there was a ship. I just wanted those two together. I read more fan fictions upon finding fanfiction.net, and there is this one there I think everyone should read. It's soo good. It's called "Goodbye" by sbys. And sbys, wherever you are, you are a genious. I don't remember how I found out about the actually HMS Pumpkin Pie. I found Portkey when I was searching for stuff about veela after realizing that Harry was only effected once in GoF.

So, yeah. That is my big long story. I don't really expect anyone to read it.

Celebrian_Helyanwe

when she kissed him in GoF and how they understand them.

The lovely Facade sent me this way, so I thought I'd give my two cents and share my story.

*clears throat*

I'm probably the worst case of a "hesitant H/Hr shipper". I've read just about any other ship, and though I've supported Pumpkin Pie, it's never been a real favorite to me. My opinions on my ships: "ANYTHING where Harry is happy".

Well, that is, until PoA came out on the 4th, and the chemistry just sort of clicked for me.

A lot of people have said that, "Harry/Hermione is kind of boring" or that there's "no tension between them". And earlier this month, I asked myself, "well, does there HAVE to be tension?"

Especially after OotP, Harry doesn't need someone, like Cho, that makes things more complicated. He needs Hermione to keep his emotions in check, and to always be there for him.

And, thus, I fell in love with Pumpkin Pie!

The fantastic Mary G *points to signature* also deserves credit. After I read her "Getting Closer to Fine", I was compelled to join Portkey and start writing H/Hr fics.

*eats pie happily*

love, Rooney

I'd just found out about fanfiction about a few weeks before, so I was searching google for D/H fics when I came across this really great D/H shipper site, and read this fic about Draco going on holiday and Hermione cheating on him with Harry, and they just seemed to fit together better, not the best way to find out, but better than not relizing it at all.

The first time I read HP, I wasnt really a shipper, in any direction. But after rereading it, and watching the PoA movie, I thought about it, and H/Hr just make sense to me. Hermione is the only girl who sees "Harry" and not "The Boy Who Lived". I can't see either of them with anyone else.

Hi, when did i become a H/Hr shipper? Well since I watched the movie POA and read book 4 and everything I just thought to me they would look good I just can't imagine her with Ron i did before but now it's just more clear to me that she'll match with Harry. I mean I alway's thought it was Hero/Heroine together. Like me I use to watch Buffy and Angel t/v show. I alway imagined Harry/Hermione as Buffy/Angel and Angel/Cordelia cause in Buffy Angel was the Heroine and Buffy was the Hero and Angel was the Hero in Angel and Cordy was the Heroine in Angel so put those two couple's together and get Harry/Hermione don't you understand? That's what I think and they have more and great chemistry together then ever and always defending one another plus they are just great together

Once upon a time I read my first Harry Potter fan fiction. It was about Ron daydreaming about Hermione, and left me absolutely floored. They were a great couple. Then I happened to stumble across The Hermione/Harry Saga (November 1999-February2001 by Mena Baines). Well, I left that fic loving Ron, but absolutely loathing him with Hermione. Instead I wanted Hermione to end up with Harry because they just fit, and from that moment forward I’ve been a rather proud (and obnoxious) H/H shipper. The end.

Mod Note:This post and the 5 directly after merged here from the Why So Many People Find Themselves on the H/H Ship, Explaining why nonshippers join our ship thread where it is more appropriate. ~Anazecria/Nielle

Well since everyone tells their stories, I figured I might as well tell mine.

I saw the movies before I ever opened a HP book. I was never really interested in HP, but my mom and my sister made me go see the movies at least. I fell asleep during the first one ( ), but the second movie caught my attention. Reason: Harry and Hermione. I've always been fond of the "best friends make best lovers" concept, so the thought of those two hooking up made me smile a bit. I could just tell they mean a lot to each other (and by then I never even knew any background information and stuff). So when the final scene came and Hermione hugged Harry, I found myself smiling a little broader. After mom, my sister and I left the cinema, they started talking about R/Hr and their "non-hug", about how they'll be together and everything. And then - out of nowhere - I found myself a bit annoyed and started to defend H/Hr, saying they have so much more chemistry. But even after that movie I didn't start reading the books. So a few months ago, I saw PoA and that was IT for me. I knew I wanted Harry and Hermione together. Period. And I wanted to find out everything about those two at last. So I sat down and I actually read all 5 books in 8 days. Count 'em: EIGHT. Mom thought I was insane (I'm not really a bookworm...). Sometime along the way I stumbled across this wonderful site and ever since then, there's no way back for me. It's either H/Hr or one big fat HP book massacre.

Well for me, GOF got me on the possibility of H/Hr and OOTP got me on the HMS Pumkin Pie (I am secretly planning a mutiny to be captain. Don't tell the captain whoever he or she is.). In OOTP, I saw small things in Harry's and Hermione's friendship that could be just construed as being friendly if it was just that one or two things but since I see alot of these minor things then it got to be pretty obvious to me.

Hello, everyone. I've been lurking here for quite a while, reading all the brilliant, brilliant essays. This is my first post here, so I'll try to make it a good one.

'Shipping is something of a disease with me. It's almost as if I can't watch a television show, see a movie, or read a book that involves male and female characters of comparable age without becoming a rabid shipper for whatever couple strikes my fancy. I have a very long list of 'ships that I have supported in the past and continue to support, and H/Hr is one of them. I honestly can't recall a specific "epiphany" moment in which I realized that H/Hr must be together in the end. Oh wait, yes I can.

When SS/PS was first released, not very many people knew what the heck 'Harry Potter' was. The only reason I found out about it was because my mother was a children's librarian at the time and had brought the book home for us to read. Both my sisters read it and loved it. For some reason, I was terribly stubborn and refused. Thankfully, they forced me to read it. I got through almost the entire book without developing a preference for any 'ship (not surprising, given that they were 11 years old). Then, towards the end when Hermione and Harry solve the potions task and Hermione is reluctant to leave Harry, it struck me right between the eyes. When Hermione (sorry, don't have the books with me) dashed at Harry and threw her arms around him, I was suddenly very interested. It was only after Harry reacted so strongly to Hermione's open affection and embrace that I was completely sold on H/Hr.

I have 'shipped H/Hr ever since, and even though I have harbored many doubts and worries about whether H/Hr will come to fruition or not, I have not wavered in my resolve. I felt sure that OoTP would be the Book of R/Hr, but I felt surprisingly strengthened in my position as an H/Hr 'shipper after reading it. OoTp is why I continue to build my confidence in H/Hr. After the "obvious" "tension" of GoF for R/Hr, Book Five should have taken further steps toward an R/Hr relationship. However, it clearly did not. Because of this, I am convinced that there is more validity to H/Hr than some would have us believe.

I generally base my support of a given 'ship on what the characters have demonstrated to be true. The 'hero gets the girl' scenario is fine, and the 'friends make the best lovers' rationale is also good, but what drives my belief in H/Hr is that the characters themselves have convinced me that this is The 'Ship.

I hope my first post wasn't too awful. Keep up the good work, everyone!

***argel***

Okay since so many have shared there little bit of story i shall to..


In the beginning i think i was a fourth grader...(ahh so young..)it was back in 2001 I was at my cousins house, and she absolutely loved Harry potter. At the time I had no clue who that was or what the book was. We were both bored and sitting in her room, since neither of us were talking she handed me a book and said "Read it." I took it and I didn't even know what i was reading. Honestly i just opened to the front page without looking to see what it was or what it was about.(it was the socerers stone..) I read the first page and couldn't get into it. I think i read to page 3 and i looked up and my cousin and said to her (please don't kill me, i didn't know what i was saying back them.. ) I believe my exact words to her was "What a load of crap!" *Hides behind her book. ..I threw the book back at her and she said "I can't believe you don't like Harry potter!" Was that what that was?

Anyway 2 years later in 2003 i was in the 6th grade. I was at the library during class, i think we all had to be there. I was bored and just looking through shelfs when there i found Harry Potter and the Soceres Stone. I felt like i was having Deja-Vu and i grabbed the book and started reading. I checked it out and brought it back the next day having finshed the book on my bus ride home...

At first as i quickly read my way through the series i didn't ship anyone. But I thought Ginny and Harry looked cute together..In the GoF i thought Ron and Hermione would get to gether anytime until i got to the end. Hermione's Kiss on Harrys cheek. I stopped shipping after that but in the back of my mind something screamed HARRY AND HERMIONE 4EVER!! Then i read a piece of fanfiction i think it was called "Any time at All" but i read it and i re-read the books and suddenly i found about every H/HR clue to think of...And i have been preaching the power of Harry and Hermione to my friends ever since..

Thats my story and I'm sticking to it.

~Ashley

Hi to you spinel_rain and welcome to the portkey club!

*hands you a slice of pumkin pie*


That is true that OotP is THE book that clears up the most of the fog about what happens between Harry & Hermione. At least, I could rest and wait for the 6th book without worrying about H/Hr.

From my experience, I didn't read much of HP before the movies came out. When I saw the H/Hr hug at the end of CoS, I was fully in for H/Hr even though I had some doubts about the ship because the hug wasn't in the book. And when PoA came out with all the changes and shipping debates were open because of many H/Hr & R/Hr moments there and there in the movie, I couldn't resist of reading the 2 remaining books (GoF & OotP). Now, I'm 100% convinced about H/Hr happening in the future because of what I read and all the changes from the book to the movies. What I mean about changes is that JKR has the upper hand on the script before using it for the film because she is the creator, so she had to approve all the changes from the most subtle to the most obvious ones. If JKR didn't intend to make H/Hr happen, why would she approve changes that point towards H/Hr in the future? From the hug in CoS, hand-holding moments in PoA, to the scene where Rita Skeeter caught H/Hr under the tent of the champions and taking them for boy/girlfriend (see script excerpts from GoF), there's no coincidence about those changes.

When I look at Harry and Hermione, I know that some will say it's the old "hero gets the heroine" cliché, but they are quite a great duo when the time comes for them to face danger without anyone else around. They share a lot of qualities together (Trust, Loyalty, Honesty, Bravery, Time, Appreciation, Commitment) to characterize their relationship, very close friendship is a very solid basis before getting into a solid and long-lasting love relationship.

I'll ship H/Hr for life no matter what happens. I wish I could know more about the 6th book to see if we, pumpkineers, can add a few more goals on the board ahead of R/Hr shippers.

Ooops!!! Now I did it! That's my hockey fan side.

See ya!

P.S. I have a hard time to put larger font sizes, do you know how to do it? Thanks!

Hello!! I'm so bored today, so I decided to come here and post a new topic. Sorry if this topic was made before.

Anyways..... when you read the Harry Potter book(s) what book made you become H/Hr? Do you get what I'm saying? *Crickets chirping.* For example, when I read the 3rd Harry Potter book, I saw all the Harry/Hermione stuff, and I slowly became H/Hr.

What I'm saying is did you become a H/Hr shipper in:
Book1
Book2
Book3
Book4
Book5

Or if you were a different shipper back then, then what book made you convert?

I hope I'm making sense.

-Annie

Mod Note:This post and the 2 posts after it, originally from the Why So Many People Find Themselves on the H/H Ship, Explaining why nonshippers join our ship thread. ~Anazecria/Nielle

well my story is kinda long and boring.. but here we go..

it started with my best friend.. she always kept on and kept on talking about Harry potter this and Harry potter that.. and everytime while she was talking i would think how can a 21 year old be so hooked in a kids book.. so she told me to rent the first 2 movies.. then if i like them to get PoA and work from there.. so i did.. and i ended bying the movies the day after i rent them .. anyways i got PoA, GOF and Ootp the fallowing weekend and read all 3 books in about a month.. from what my friend told me before getting the books is that Ron and Hermione were gonna end up together because of the tension.. and because of the fights.. now before i go on.. i should let you know am a FRIENDS fan and if anyone is familiar with the show then you know that there are two characters.. Ross and Rachel.. those two fight all the damn time.. is the cutest thing.. er.. anyways.. am big shipper of them.. so i thought ...ok then.. if Ron and Hermione fight all the time then they secretly do feel something for each other.. kinda like the same with with Ross and Rachel.. and after seeing CoS i saw how Ron reacted to malfoys comment .. i began to see what my friend was talking about.. but then that all changed when i read PoA.. i immediatly was attracted to Hermione's and Harry's friendship.. and the scene with buckbeak did it for me.. but i still thought that it was Ron and Hermione.. especially after GoF.. so yes.. am ashamed to say i became a R/Hr shipper.. am totally for the "opposite attract" theory... eventhough i was already liking the idea of H/Hr.. well after GoF i told my friend what i thought about the books.. and especially about the ships.. when i told her i liked the idea of Harry and Hermione together she bascially looked at me like i was crazy.. eventhough i was "shipping" R/Hr and from her reaction i thought i was the only one that though H/Hr would make sense.. then after reading Ootp.. the whole R/Hr thing dint make sense to me.. since it looked to me like Hermione liked Harry.. and i must admit that GoF totally changed the way i saw Ron.. and Hermione being my favorite character i thougth she desirve better than Ron.. not trying to bash on Ron or anything .. and i just loved the way Hermione is always looking after Harry.. they do have an amazing friendship.. well after the DoM scene.. i was sold to H/Hr.. but i still thought that it was gonna be R/Hr at the end.. especially when i discovered forums and JKR interviews with her platonic quote and the katie courtic interview.. and all R/Hr shipper's POV about GoF and that "Hermione really likes Ron because of the Yulle Brawl"... you know.. same old same old.. but that all changed when i discovered portkey .. after reading the essays and everyones POV about the books..especially about Ootp..it sealed the deal.. and i hopped on board the HMS Harmony .. and am not planing on looking back anytime soon

I love reading everybody's histories! I'll add my own two cents now.

I first read SS/PS when my Dad bought it, wanting to know exactly what this Harry Potter hype was about. (I think it was a couple of months before GoF came out.) I, like so many of you, was instantly hooked.

I'm an incurable romantic at heart: it's practically impossible for me to read a book or watch a movie without at least subconsciously shipping people. I tried to keep it out of my mind during reading SS/PS (after all, they were only eleven!), but I had a niggling feeling in the back of my mind about Harry and Hermione. The hug at the end absolutely clinched it for me. It wasn't too hard to fill in the blank -"Friendship, bravery, and -" After that, I was absolutely and completely in love with the idea of Harry and Hermione together.

Reading CoS put a few dents in my shipping hull, when I saw the very obvious crush Ginny harboured for Harry. I read a lot of romance books, and there are no secrets about who will end up with whom in them. The little girl with the crush on the hero fitted all the usual criteria for romance. I can't say that it really helped, the fact that Hermioe was Petrified through a large portion of it.

PoA put me right back on board. I think that the first time I squee-ed was the Buckbeak flight. "You'd better hold onto me -" I literally danced when I read that. Still running on the wheels a decade of reading romances had put me on, I saw a very real connection between the two of them, and I loved the way they worked together. I was convinced that they would be together, despite the fact that Cho Chang had entered the scene (whom, I must add, I disliked the moment she set foot on the Quidditch pitch).

GoF and Ron's crush put a slight dampener on my ship, but I didn't get quite as close to jumping overboard as I had during my read of CoS. The kiss on the cheek at the end (with no indication that she did the same for Ron) pushed me back into place. How couldn't it be Harry and Hermione?

I have a confession to make for OotP. I read the last page first. *hangs head in shame* I really, really wanted to know what happened and whether Harry and Hermione were together at last. Since I couldn't really gather too much from the last page, I flicked back a little and opened right on the scene in the MoM when Hermione fell and Harry's consequent panic. *squeaks* It may have been a very serious moment, but I was quite delighted. Then I went back to the front of the book and read it through properly like a good girl. (Fortunately,through my sneak-peek, I missed any references to Sirius' death.)

Then earlier this year, I finally became accustomed to the Internet and found ff.n. I was absolutely and completely taken aback to find that R/Hr was the most popular trio ship. Harry/Hermione seemed so utterly right! I persevered and found a good H/Hr. In an attempt to find more, I searched diligently, off and on, and found Portkey, the name of the ship I was truly on, and thousands of loyal shipmates.

*grins and hugs everyone* I love you guys!

~Nelli.

Joogie said

I don't even remember why I came to love them. It just all of a sudden ... happened. Lol my memory sucks.

Annie, I don't know if there was already a topic on that, but this is just what made you believe ... perhaps start a new topic about which book it was? *shrug* I don't know.

+Sue+

Mod Note:This post and the one below originally part of Why So Many People Find Themselves on the H/H Ship, Explaining why nonshippers join our ship thread. ~Anazecria/Nielle

well...this story started out with a slight distaste for Harry Potter.I didn't want to be part of the million+ people reading it,and it didn't really get my attention. Then, I guess i suddenly made it to a D/G site, and I stepped my toes in the shipping water. Now, therewere some D/G fics that included R/Hr, and I was confused. I was like "when did Ron like Hermione?". So, i tried to avoid those fics 'cause in my mind it just didn't make sense.Now, even though i was reading D/G, I wasn't really a "Shipper" by then, and just read it for entertainment and good writing.Then, a realization came to me: I cannot read a story that doesn't have Harry and Hermione together...everything else felt like it couldn't happen. So, I looked more on the couple, and I found sites like this. It made me realise that even when I skimmed through the book, not even caring about or liking Harry Potter, I was a H/Hr shipper exactly when Hermione was introduced (I was like: "harry has a girlfrind!"....really). So, I heard more about the book that untill this year, I vowed never to read the books of(giving me no point to be completely religeous about it). Now I've actually read a book, and even the book some say the most pointing toward R/Hr( GOF?), and i just....CAN'T ....see...it! All i could find is H/Hr being even cuter together, and Ron being a hothead.Thus, I just couldn't be a R/Hr shipper...I cannot find it even to today.

Hello, hello all... Well after months of lurking, it is finally time for my first post. (yey!)

I read books 1-4 after seeing the first movie, and there was never any doubt in my mind that H/Hr would happen. To me, it was just too obvious, and one of the reasons I kept reading and re-reading the books.

Still, I squeed when I read about the Yule Brawl in GoF. Why, oh why? Because I thought finally one of the boys notices Hermione as something more than a pal, but I did not view Ron's 'crush' as a threat to H/Hr. To me, it was obvious that JKR just used that scene as a device to indicate how Harry should react to Hermione (and then I don't mean the jealousy, rather the appreciation for her as a young woman).

So, believing (bah! knowing! ) that Ron's crush was nothing more than a literary device to put us all on the track of H/Hr, I was slightly disturbed when I discussed the shipping aspects of HP with a friend after reading OoTP to find that she thought Ron and Hermione would get together. And my friend is a smart girl. Where did that come from? Surely everyone realized that Ron and Hermione was not THE ship?

As I couldn't just sit and idly wait for book six, I surfed the internet and was like many of my shipmates, obviously, horrified to find that there were so many R/Hrs out there.

But then, finally, I found Portkey, and I was home!

I have many views on how JKR has used the so-called R/Hr tension as a form of catalyst for H/Hr, but I will save that for some other topic.

Everyone: do not worry. It. Will. Happen.

Cheers!

Pamina

Edited cos I uh, clicked the wrong button. Oops. Did nothing to this post. ~Anazecria/Nielle

How did I became a pumkin pie shipper. Well... you see Harry Potter was not a big deal here in Mexico, until the first movie came out. By then, I had bought the second book for my bro and had read a few pages, but I wasnt that interested in it.
Then I went to the movies with a couple of friends, and since the only thing available was Harry Potter we went in. And in the end of the movie there was this look...you know the "Are you ok?" line where Harry is asking Ron and Hermione. And when she looks back at him, everyone was like "uuuuyy she likes him!! Love is in the air" *Note: The movie was late at night so only "adults" where there.

So I said, there was something in that movie, but they introduce a new character in book 2 and make it seem like it was his love interest (Ginny). And then I came home and read the book. And I could see that there was something going on between Harry and Hermione.

I believe that the eyes betray the emotion one is feeling at the moment. And I know there are some Hr/R moments...but it is always Harry who she ends up sharing looks or viceversa.

Movie 2 was the same, and Movie 3...either is Harry and Hermione or Dan and Emma Lol

There doesnt have to be tension, and I think that a mature relationship is more than "tension" it needs to have deeper roots to grow.

I chose other, for me. It was the subtle clues that made me believe in them, ever since book one. (eg harry noticing hermione begin gone at halloween, remembering her when the troll gets loose in hogwarts). Also, I didn't like Harry Potter before PS/SS once i watched that I started to read all the other books. When I read Book 1, I could tell that Harry and Hermione already had this special bond because Hermione cared too much for Harry at such a young age!

Well at first I was a leather librarian (D/Hr) *doges tomatoes* But in one fanfic I was reading it gave you a tidbit of H/hr towards the middle of the story, and I hopped on the H/Hr bandwagon.

Mod Note:This post and the 5 posts after it originally from the Why So Many People Find Themselves on the H/H Ship, Explaining why nonshippers join our ship thread. ~Anazecria/Nielle

I love Hary and Hermione. Reasons why I ship them:
1. The are meant for each other. He's smart, she's smart.
2. They're cute together
3. The book practically spells it out
4. You can see it in the stars. lol
5. In the movie they're cute together
6. Main girl and main guy always end up together
7. Fanfiction about them are really good
8. Prefect and The dude who should of been a prefect! duh

10. He's always defending her
11. She's always been there for him
12. He was totally jealous when he saw her with Krum
13. My whole family is a H/Hr shipper
14. Also ship J/L but not a good reason right?
15. The hug in the second book. Hello? duh!
16. She's fixing his glasses
17. Like you guys, Hello? anyone? BEST SHIP EVER!
18. She's been to the end with him every time unless she was hurt first
19. They can talk freely with each other
20. She's his best girl friend.

more later!


Mod Note: Edited this post for a passage that can be offensive towards non H/Hr shippers. This post may be moved to the main H/Hr forum - Mirtilla

I was one of the latecomers to the HP series.......I didn't even hear about it until 2001, I believe. I was a sophomore in college. A couple of my co-workers (all college age) were obsessed with the books. I didn't want to believe the hype. One of them, Cerise, constantly begged me to give it a try since I loved to read. I finally got tired of hearing about it and purchased a paperback version of SS soon before the first movie came out (whenever that was). I couldn't put it down. I carried it everywhere until I was done and I did the same thing with CoS and PoA. GoF wasn't in paperback yet, but I couldn't wait, so I bought the hard copy. My timing ended up being perfect because I was finishing up GoF the same weekend OotP was coming out, so I didn't have to wait three years in between novels like some of you did.

Anyway......I'm slightly off topic. Back to the shipping.

I shipped R/Hr from the very beginning because of the whole "opposites attract" thing. I figured it was underlying tension. In hindsight, I realize that I ignored all of the little H/Hr clues.....including everything in PoA (all of that symbolism! *slaps forehead*) and nearly everything in GoF. I think one of my major problems was that I was pretty much taking everything at face value. And as someone who took advanced/AP literature classes all of her life where we did nothing BUT analyze books, that was a huge mistake on my end. The only thing that made me raise an eyebrow about H/Hr was the potion room towards the end of SS (my favorite SS scene.....which was taken out of the movie.......grrr!), but I even brushed THAT off.

OoTP changed everything.

Whoo-hoo first post.

Oh my God, I have finals tomorrow and I'm squandering precious time on this crazy site. Oh well...

I watched the PoA movie before reading/watching anything else. Seeing the interaction between the two in the movie practically threw me head over heels into this pumpkin-ish ship.

Reading through the books soon afterward, I expected to be converted to R/Hr just like my whole class, my sister, and my dog. It didn't happen. Maybe because I was biased and because of all the H/Hr fics I read prior to the books, but what the hell I'm still H/Hr.

My reasons are pretty commonplace among us HMS Pumpkin Pie people.

To wit:

1. They just FEEL right. I can't explain it. I love Harry, and I think Hermione is the best for him because of everything that she is. How she is portrayed, the way she deals with things... the way I think her SOUL looks. D:

2. The depth they could have. I'm sure R/Hr could have great depth even now, but I just prefer the way H/Hr interact as of OotP. There's no telling what Rowling could do in the next two books however. Excites the hell outta me.

That's it.

It's pretty depressing when the only other H/Hr shipper I know personally is my weirdo English teacher. :/

*passes over slice of pumpkinpie to p1per*

*shakes hand* You know me now! *laughs* Yeah, it's rather sad when you feel so horribly alone in a world full of R/Hr shippers. Fortunately, one of my two best friends ships Harry and Hermione (half-heartedly, but still shipping anyway), so I'm not completely deserted. Then again, the other best friend ships R/Hr, so...

*tries to veer back on topic*

I ship H/Hr because, well, I do.

~Nelli.

Mod Note: Er...please people try to remain on topic this is a place for serious discussion, not for chatting- Mirtilla

*blushes* Oooooops. Won't happen again *slaps self*

Hey, I'm a first timer here but I've lurked for a long time, it seems. So I thought I'd just jump in and give my two cents.

I originally shipped Harry/Hermione simply because I loved Hermione and I love Harry. It was fairly superficial and, even though I love Ron as a character, I just saw Hermione and Harry together. Since reading the series numerous times, I've always swayed between the two. I always wanted to have Harry and Hermione, but sometimes I felt that Ron and Hermione would be the ones in love.

I've read so much evidence for Harry and Hermione that I can't possibly think of something new. Ron and Hermione bicker too much, and I can't say that such a dynamic would yield romantic results. Of course, a lot of people firmly believe in Ginny and Harry, but I dismissed this ship immediately, and here's why:

Ginny/Harry shippers (or a lot of them, I don't want to generalize) tend to rely on the fact that Ginny had a crush on Harry since the first book, and even up to OoTP many have said just because she "gave up on" Harry doesn't mean she doesn't still like him. But I never held with this belief, because Ginny's crush wasn't a superfluous character trait or something for comic relief. Ginny's crush served a specific plot purpose in Chamber of Secrets. Lucius gave Ginny the diary because he wanted to destroy Arthur Weasley, and in order for the diary to successfully hoodwink Ginny, she'd have to pour her soul into the diary. Now while she did do that by complaining about her brothers teasing her and about being poor, the real reason why Ginny having the diary was so important was because she could spill all of Harry's secrets to Tom. If you think this through JK Rowling's state of mind as an author, Ginny needs a substatiantial reason to want to talk about Harry Potter. Her having a crush is a wonderful motive for her to tell him all his secrets.

The question then is, "Why did JK Rowling continue the crush up until the fourth book?" Well, crushes don't just die off. They have a horrible habit of lingering, especially when Ginny sees him often at Hogwarts and he's with Ron a bit at the Burrow and with the Weasleys. And, in OotP, Ginny met someone at the Yule Ball, which was halfway through Goblet.

Wow, this was longwinded, and I'm not sure I made myself completely clear or not. This all may have been off-topic, but I've been thinking about it for quite some time, and I felt the need to get it off my chest. Go H/HR!

This is a very interesting thread indeed!

I'll have to be honest with you all and say that I never really shipped anyone until late this very year. I've read the books many times, more than I can count - when I lost count I was at my seventh time, I believe - but never a thought about shipping.

Well, no, I'm lying. I didn't think about it *while* I was reading the books, but I remember that after reading Goblet of Fire, I had had a discussion with my best friend, during which she told me she believed that Ron and Hermione would make a cute couple and proceeded to tell me her reasons. The tension was her favourite argument. I didn't give it much thoughts, really. I just said, yeah, they do bicker a lot, maybe there's something 'going on'.

From that moment on, I was pretty much convinced that Ron and Hermione were going to get together whether I liked it or not - and I didn't like it one bit. I thought, and what about Harry? I'd prefer to see Hermione with him than anyone else...

I read Order of the Phoenix without giving any thoughts to the shipping side of it. I still enjoyed The Hug, and the many other parts that could be qualified as "Pumpkin Pie Moments", like the Post-kiss scene, the Christmas scene, in the DoM, etc. I guess I never associated them with the word, 'shipping'.

After having realized that there would have to be some romance in those books - the Cho/Harry bits really helped - I became more and more interested in the shipping side of the story. I still thought that R/Hr was a sure thing, but I loved H/Hr more and more.

It was with the thought that I was the only one in the world who would support a H/Hr relationship that I made my entrance into the shipping world, about five months ago. I then found the Love Thread in the CoS Forums, and decided to give it a look. My first read was the lovely and fantastic "Pyramide" or "Light Essay" by phoenixwriter (Flying Phoenix there). I couldn't believe it. I wasn't alone! And the essay solidified my beliefs and my love for the H/Hr, and I officially became a Harmony shipper - member of the HMS Pumpkin Pie.

Well, that's my story

Mod Note: Merged from a similar topic originally entitled WHEN do you become a H/Hr shipper ?, you see the LIGHT .... Also removed the bold. ~Anazecria/Nielle

I know HP storyline from the first movie, and the strange part is I too much concentrate for harry himself.

I began reading the book 1, 2, 3, 4 ... I must confess I was a H/G shipper, and ignore the great friendship of harry-hermione (was I a fool or what?!)

then I watched the second movie, ooo my gosh the hugging scene dan-emma so cute ... I was confused choosing H/G or H/Hr at that time

I watched the third movie, I think chemistry dan-emma as harry-hermione is wonderful ... I finally finish reading book 5 and I think harry-hermione, harry-ginny, harry-luna moments very well written by JKR

for the truth, I am totally a H/Hr shipper since August 2004 ... it's because I have read many good essays H/Hr's and H/G's also H/L's ... H/Hr's much more convincing and deeper to me ... H/Hr's make me see the things I didn't see before

what about you?

I didn't start off being pro-H/Hr; however, with each book, the H/Hr pairing just seems more and more obvious. They complement each other. Her strengths are his weaknesses, and vv. Even though they are young teenagers, their love (of whatever type) is mature -- meaning unselfish.

Mod Note: Edited to remove the quotes from the first post of this thread- Mirtilla

hmmm when did I start becoming an H/HR shipper....well when I first starting reading the books, this was when the first 2 were out, I was more focus on the story than the shipping....but then with book 3 came out and read about Harry and Hermoine saving Buckbeak and Sirius...I was like wait one moment maybe these two will hook up soon or in the later books. So then I start going back and skimming through the first 3 books to find H/Hr moments hehehe...and then the 4th book came out and at first I though Harry wouldn't pair up with Hermoine but then after the kiss on the check at the end of book , that told me in my opinion they will probably get together...and of course book 5 had all those lovely scenes with Harry and Hermoine ...sigh...
now I want to go back and skim through the books again to find the Harry and Hermoine scenes again.... hehehe

~LionA02

Good question. When exactly? Well, the first time I read book 1-2-3-4, it was without any shipping opinion; I was too new to the story. It came with more readings, when you already know what's going to happen in the novel, and you pay more attention to details. I became aware of my preference for H/Hr when I read interviews with JKR and all was R/Hr... I didn't understand. I thought immediately: "No, it should be H/Hr".
Why I ship H/Hr? For a mix of reasons. I like Ron as a character, but Hermione is the last girl I would imagine with him (I voted "all of the above" in the poll when I saw the choice, but my first one was "I can't imagine Ron and Hermione together"); in part because their relationship look so much like brother/sister that it's almost like incest, and in part because I don't find their personalities compatible. Hermione is not was he needs, and Ron is not what she needs.
Hermione and Harry... or Harry and Hermione... it seems like a natural match to me. They are compatible; they are able, even at 15, to resolve their fights positively; they're both as intelligent (Hermione has better grades, but I think Harry would have grades just as good should he dedicate more time to it, but we all know he doesn't have time to do so); they're as powerful magically; they both know how Muggle world works; and all the logic of the story tends that way. That's basically the reasons of my shipping preference.

After trolling through many of the topics here, this one is the first to prompt me to post.

My decision to ship H/Hr came after several readings of the first four books and my initial reading of OoTP. I'm one who loves to read the between the lines and not fall for the obvious and I love character development. And both of those are extremely important to the HP universe. So when I read about the prophecy in OoTP I knew that love was going to play a big part in the conclusion of the series. I am fairly certain that Harry will not die in the final battle because that would ruin the overall message of the books. So I knew that it would have to be love that involved Harry that would be the key, and not just the love of a friend or a parent (neither would be strong enough to completely destroy the pure evilness of Voldemort) but that love that humans yearn for. A deep, unconditional love that would motivate someone to be willing to walk into danger knowing they could die (not simply knowing its their fate). So I went back through the books and started to look at the characterization of various characters over the first five books. The only character who is anywhere near the level of Harry is Hermione. Their relationship has slowly grown over the course of the books and each of them has developed far beyond any of the other characters including Ron. H/Hr was only the logical conclusion I could make. I truly believe it will happen in the books. At this point, from a literary standpoint, the entire series would be ruined if another character were to suddenly replace Hermione's place in Harry's life. All of that time spent on the characterization of Hermione and her growing importance to Harry would be a waste of time and paper if she weren't the key to triggering the "power he knows not." Harry has but one true equal in the series and that is Hermione, not Ginny, Luna or any other female character in the series. H/Hr is the only ship I have ever seen in the series, its the only one that makes sense. And over multiple readings I have found enough evidence in both the characterization and the symbolism to support my position.

the philosopher

other- when i read my first fanfiction (taste by kate) it was at portkey, and that sorta turned me, and evrytime i read a good fic, i realize all over again how much they belong together. that and the fact that ron/hermione... its just WRONG!

Following PoA I was fairly sure that it was going to end up R/H, and before that had had no opinion on shipping - am definitely *not* one of those who claim to be able to have seen the ships from the get-go. This opinion prevailed through most of GoF (notably the Yule Ball scene) until the last chapter. Then I was swayed. And then I read Paradigm of Uncertainty and I was lost to the Pumpkin Pie.

Canon-wise, I'll accept whatever happens, and if we get OBHWF, then fair enough. But Pumpkin Pie is where my heart really lies. Fanon, I'm a tad more exotic with my tastes

I became a H/Hr shipper a loong time ago and rather strangely... And the only ones to blame are Dan, Emma, my strange female logic (my VERY strange female logic) Well, when I saw the film I loved EVERYTHING about it, so I decided to search the big n' scary internet for HP stuff and find the books that were buried in my flat somewhere (I actually had them, but never read them - I honestly tried, but couldn't, for some reason. Probably because back then I've never read anything big in English and that I was only 10). Well, some time later, I found GoF. The other books were far-far away, so I read GoF first. To my pride, I reckon I read it in about 4 days. Then my mum brought back the first 3 books and I read PS and PoA, but skipped CoS. I just didn't like something about it. Don't ask. I actually read it only a month before the movie came out... Anyway, after the 1st movie I had no idea about this shipping buisness, but I thought Dan and Emma looked cute together, and that Harry and Hermione liked eachother, and that Ron and Hermione didn't like eachother at all and only fought all the time, and that Ron was stupid (and I NEVER liked stupid boys ). And THEN I read GoF, the kiss and all and became a huge H/Hr fan.

And after I saw CoS I found some HP sites, checked every day for news on the books and films, reread the books and lived quite peacefully in my weird little mind...

And the epilogue: Finally OotP came out (I had to wait for september to read it, even though it came out in mid-summer I hate my country), then I found some of the Portkey essays (which I SO loved, I could belive I never noticed so many H/Hr clues in the books!) and, finally, fanfiction.

To summarise my mindless ramblings, I've been a fan since the 1st film, because I loved the actors and thought H/H was the only ship possible (I STILL don't believe you fight with people just because you love them), and reading the books in a particular order only assured me of my ship. Well, that's all.

*runs away in a cowardly way*

Mod Note: This topic was originally posted in the H/Hr forum and called What clenched it?, H/Hr convinction. It has been merged here with a related thread. ~Anazecria/Nielle

I will admit it (and I'm probably not the only one here, either) but I was not originally a Harry/Hermione shipper to begin with; I thought that Ron and Hermione were going to end up together. This doesn't mean I was a R/Hr shipper. I just didn't see it.

But then, and this is strange, I saw two pictures. One of Daniel Radcliff and Emma Watson as Harry and Hermione, and one of Rupert Grint and Emma Watson as Ron and Hermione. And it was the funniest thing; The one of Ron and Hermione, it didn't really look right. Something about the two of them clashed with each other. The scene was definately off. Then I saw Harry and Hermione, and I thought "You know, those two look good together."

Anyway, because of that, I started thinking "why do I think Ron and Hermione were going to get together?" so to answer my question, I naturally flipped through the books, looking for reasons. Surely there must have been something, right? Well, oddly enough what I saw didn't really constitute any sort of relationship between Ron and Hermione. Heck, flipping through the 3rd book again, I realised that in that one, they downright HATED each other! And Goblet of Fire wasn't much better, really.

While the other books had a couple of things here and there, GoF had two very concrete pieces that made me think that if there was to be a romantic pairing in the trio, then it would occur between the Boy Who Lived and The Smartest Witch of Her Age. And they both involve the lake. The first being Harry and Hermione's walk around the lake, which just sort of seemed... interesting to me. I just kinda smiled the second time I read it, like it had some sort of special significance. The second time was during the second task; and I'll admit I hadn't noticed this one till recently. But Harry knew Cho, this girl whom he had been obsessing over, was down there. This was his big moment to get her affection. By freeing her, or at least attempting to, Harry would have impressed her so much that she probably would have forgotten all about Cedric. Even if Cedric DID show up and get her, Harry would have gotten some headway with Cho for trying to save her when he thought she was in mortal danger.

But see, as soon as Harry finished freeing Ron, he immediately started hacking away at Hermione's bonds. Instead of the girl he'd been wanting since third year, his first thought when he believed the others wouldn't make it was to save Hermione. This totally shows beyond and doubt that Hermione's importance to Harry superceeds any other girl he might fancy. And I'll tell you this; If he didn't know the others were on their way, I think it's a sure bet he would have tried freeing her BEFORE he freed Ron.

So that was certified it for me. How about the rest of you?

All of the above.