Aside from your problem with the use of the term "slash" for het-fic...
Harry Potter started off as a kid. He's not anymore. He's the main character in a story about adventure. In every such story throughout history... he's the guy who gets the girl.
J.K. Rowling has been so uncharacteristically heavy-handed in dropping her Ron/Hermione hints that it simply has to be a red herring.
Why was Hermione sorted into Gryffindor? I mean that as a topic of discussion. I thnk it was Ernie McMillan who first voiced "why the hell is this girl not in Ravenclaw?" Well? Clearly the Sorting Hat knew that she was needed in Gryffindor and sorted her there despite the apparent mis-fit of her and her house. This is not that she's not brave, but a Gryffindor doesn't go around raising their hand in class and nagging her housemates to do their homework.
My take on question I posed is that she was put into Gryffindor because Harry was put into Gryffindor. The Sorting Hat knew damn well what to do with her: put her in a position to save the world. The Hat may have even been instructed to do so by Dumbledore.
Their bond (H/H) is way more significant than the bond between Ron and either of them. I'd go so far as to say Ron's expendable, story-wise. Hermione is ultimately the feminine power that balances the male (Harry) in the entire story. She is the goddess to his god.
Take for example (there are many such examples in the books) when Draco uses the phrase "I'll be dogging you" on the Hogwort's Express in year 5. H & H immediately understand that Draco had seen Sirius on the platform (and the implications, as it really meant Lucious had seen him) and Ron sat there stuffing his face with chocolate frogs. Oblivious. Clueless as always. Haryy and Hermione? Exchanging meaningful looks in silence. It's not Ron's fault. Ron is who he is - he's his father's son. He is cool by association. He's the frelling SIDEKICK. (for another example, see how H&H save Sirius while Ron is the damsel in distress in PoA.)
Have you EVER read an epic adventure in which the leading lady and *the leading man's sidekick* get together?
Count yourself among the millions of people who have completely had the wool pulled over their eyes by JKR with her "hints" that Ron & Hermione are meant to be a couple. And it's only "hints" if you could call being hit with a 2x4 in the nose a "hint."
But we'll see come july, eh?
And you can go ahead and send the H/H to my email ;-)
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Harry Potter started off as a kid. He's not anymore. He's the main character in a story about adventure. In every such story throughout history... he's the guy who gets the girl.
J.K. Rowling has been so uncharacteristically heavy-handed in dropping her Ron/Hermione hints that it simply has to be a red herring.
Why was Hermione sorted into Gryffindor? I mean that as a topic of discussion. I thnk it was Ernie McMillan who first voiced "why the hell is this girl not in Ravenclaw?" Well? Clearly the Sorting Hat knew that she was needed in Gryffindor and sorted her there despite the apparent mis-fit of her and her house. This is not that she's not brave, but a Gryffindor doesn't go around raising their hand in class and nagging her housemates to do their homework.
My take on question I posed is that she was put into Gryffindor because Harry was put into Gryffindor. The Sorting Hat knew damn well what to do with her: put her in a position to save the world. The Hat may have even been instructed to do so by Dumbledore.
Their bond (H/H) is way more significant than the bond between Ron and either of them. I'd go so far as to say Ron's expendable, story-wise. Hermione is ultimately the feminine power that balances the male (Harry) in the entire story. She is the goddess to his god.
Take for example (there are many such examples in the books) when Draco uses the phrase "I'll be dogging you" on the Hogwort's Express in year 5. H & H immediately understand that Draco had seen Sirius on the platform (and the implications, as it really meant Lucious had seen him) and Ron sat there stuffing his face with chocolate frogs. Oblivious. Clueless as always. Haryy and Hermione? Exchanging meaningful looks in silence. It's not Ron's fault. Ron is who he is - he's his father's son. He is cool by association. He's the frelling SIDEKICK. (for another example, see how H&H save Sirius while Ron is the damsel in distress in PoA.)
Have you EVER read an epic adventure in which the leading lady and *the leading man's sidekick* get together?
Count yourself among the millions of people who have completely had the wool pulled over their eyes by JKR with her "hints" that Ron & Hermione are meant to be a couple. And it's only "hints" if you could call being hit with a 2x4 in the nose a "hint."
But we'll see come july, eh?
And you can go ahead and send the H/H to my email ;-)