Mr. Pumpkinhead

I know that one of the problems in isolating a trait for each is the probability that for most if not all of us it's the combination of many traits that draw us to Ron and Hermione and to them as a couple. I like the traits you singled out Sabine. Particularly Hermione's trust because when I consider my own relationships and relationships of others I've known one of the real key components when a relationship works is trust. It's difficult if not impossible to foster love where there isn't trust first. I very much like and agree with the point you made about Ron's efforts to lighten Her

Here's a bit of an open ended question for Ron/Hermione Shippers. If you had to isolate a favorite trait or personality characteristic of Ron and Hermione relative to their relationship, what would that trait/characteristic for each individual be? For myself regarding Hermione I consider a trait that might be somewhat controversial to some. Her vulnerability in the relationship. I say that it could be controversial because of the potential negative connotation of the word and the fact that I'm associating it with a powerful female character. It's also a bit of a weird trait to pick for H

Happy Birthday Emma!

I'll sing, "I'm looking over a four leaf clover that I over looked before". So we're implicating Spotify? Suuuurrreee.... A wee bit too much Bailey's Irish Cream to keep you warm during the snow perhaps Kristin? Hope you all had a Happy and Safe St. Paddy's Day!

Thanks Dee and Trixie! I also tried to edit my previous post to compliment and thank Lumos for the pictures she put together for us. Alas, I was too late and not wanting to double post, I had to wait until now. So I echo the prior sentiments Lumos! Well, other than loving you in a sisterly way that is... we'll call it brotherly love instead.

Quiet yes. But there are still really great people here and I think for myself at least, the connections I've made with many of them is what keeps me here, even if I do not frequent the site as I once did. I actually did not become a member until March or April of 2010 and from what I've heard the site at that time was much quieter than it had been a couple of years before. Today the site has less activity in the parts of the forum I tend to frequent then it had even when I first joined. So who knows, maybe I'm to blame? >.< Obviously changes in social media along with the crowd wh

All that I care is if Rupert is entering Emma's house and if Emma is entering Rupert's house! Now what number the house is or whether or not the sun is rising or setting? Well I'll let the paparazzi worry about that.

I was referring to the double entendre when I used your name. Baaxxx meaning "welcome Baaxxx" welcoming you in the literal sense... while also the inferred double meaning of "welcome back". So not only was I welcoming you but also your return. If that makes any sense. >.<

Welcome Baaxxx! <----- see what I did there?

Thanks Sabine! *hugs back* =) Thanks Katharine! Great point about how we (the readers) react to when the writer builds strong character relationships. I'm a bit late to the party >.<, but Happy belated B-day Ron! <----- Weasley's our King!

Sabine, I feel badly that I did not explain myself better when I took your words about literary reality. Sometimes I'll read a comment from people who I respect completely and I will isolate the comment and it will set me off on one of my rants. What I was saying here could easily have come off that way and yet it was not remotely one of those cases. I'm not a good enough person to acknowledge that I have not had those moments though in the past. Your words regarding literary reality did not bother me in the slightest and I've read enough from you over the years to know that you were not

Haha trixie! start the thread, there's a ship for everyone.

Literary reality is nice when it's the couple we all ship and enjoy in fiction, but for a number of readers there is a very real emotional connection to characters in many of their favorite books, and those connections make each and everyone of us look at those character's differently. The only justification those connections need are unique to the heart and mind of the reader. It's why I do not deny anyone the right to feel what they feel so long as they've put thought into character's personalities and their relationships and keep an open mind when discussing them with others. As we di

You seem to be awfully concerned with emoticon usage and the implications behind it. Perhaps you could figure this one out?

There is an aspect about her that seems to bring some resemblance... so there fore I can say its' not just you. I think it's something with her eyebrows and facial structure that are somewhat similar to Emma's. The tough thing is when you say "similar" a lot of people here hold Emma in such high esteem that they will hear "similar" and think "same". Your comment as to a similarity between the two (I'm assuming Kiernan is younger?) esp. when Emma was younger is fair. Obviously Emma is Emma. Heck, I'm a twin and I celebrate uniqueness because of constant comparisons to my brother over..

I love what you had to say about Ron and Hermione and the interview too Kristin. I think one of the best thing we do as shippers is see the positive. Not spin doctoring to make ourselves feel better, but acknowledge the flaws in the relationships we "ship" and still focusing on the positives. A lot of the criticisms I have made of JKR derive out of what Kristin pointed to in how in this interview she really only looked at one side of who Ron was (that side that people who shipped Harry/Hermione could sometimes take out of context). By doing that it felt like JKR was taking Ron's wonderful

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Why is a very good question. What purpose did it serve? It was information she offered, it wasn't "pulled" from her. To sell some magazines? Did it weigh on her conscience? I just don't know and I'm guessing I never will. I doubt if any explaination will come or any response to her disapointed fans, but speaking honestly, even if it did I'm not sure it would matter or that I'd understand it.

I'm not sure that I am as on board with this as I was before. I mean.. what happens whens 15 years from now we find out that Newt Scamander's favorite magical beast in the movie was just "wish fulfillment" for the pet JKR always wanted as a child but her parents wouldn't let her have? And one of the other beasts would have been a more "credible" favorite in "reality". I know.... low blow.

Harry is also portrayed poorly in all of this. Now the "hero" rebuff's his best friend, rebuff's his best friend's sister and steal's his best friend's girl. Maybe Harry should have been sorted into Slytherin House. That's not the Harry I thought I knew though. I thought Harry was a loyal and honorable friend. The biggest stepping stone for me is that I take JKR's comments and apply them to the story I know. I'm sure that if she had made a decision to put Harry and Hermione together, that it would have been so without stepping all over Ron and Ginny. The problem in expressing the th

Thanks Katharine, but it's sad to me now. I look back on a lot of the "insights" I thought I had into the characters and who they are and I don't feel like I know them any more. It stinks to have to admit that maybe everything I was seeing was off base. I feel a bit the fool.

For those who sympathized or empathized with Ron she made Ron even more of a sympathetic/empathetic character. For many fans, two beloved characters in Harry and Hermione are now sullied. I agree with Sabine that I don't want to hear anything more from her regarding the series. Emma and Jo also talked about the new Magical Creatures and Where to Find Them movie and Jo mentioned about how she's imagined so many things about Newt Scamander and "knows who he is". She apparently did not know Harry or Hermione or Ron or Ginny very well, so how can we trust that she knows who Newt is and th

Luciana, what you've touched upon with the tent scene is my biggest disappointment with the interview. I never liked the scene in the movies, but as a re watched the movies I came to grips with it more as a situation where two friends were comforting one another in their sadness during a difficult time. Basically Harry was just trying to lift Hermione's spirits a bit. For JKR to describe the scene as a kind of what could have been moment completely disintegrates the integrity of her characters. That comment is not only dismissive of Ron, but it diminishes Harry and Hermione. It also compl

First off, thank you very much for your detailed and impassioned defense of Ron rhrshipper. Thank you too, for posting the link to Emma's interview with Jo regarding the statements that have set off the fire alarm in the shipping house. After having read the entire interview and seeing it in context I have very mixed feelings about it. I agree with Galadriel that Emma did a great job with the interview. I have not yet read Emma's other interviews and I imagine she would have a level of comfort and familiarity with Jo Rowling that could make that interview less intimidating. Dumbledore's

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