a lot of people thought harry would have hermione as his partner maybe because ron & hermione were always bickering (which is done by brothers & sisters). that's probably why jk showed in book 3 harry's interest in cho. but why did hermione fell for ron? does opposite really attract? are they that opposite? or did ron's family made all the difference? what do you think?

I think J.K. Rowling did it because she didn't want 2 of the main characters falling in love with each other. Also, if you pay close attention, in the first 2 books it seems like Harry and Hermionie are in love with each other. Rowling probably changed her mind when she was writing the 3rd. Good question, though. Maybe you can e-mail her and ask.

I thought it was more along the lines of their age. When you're young, like 10/11, you tend to pick fights with your crush or try to annoy them. I thought it Harry and Hermione got along with each other more like siblings.

because every girl likes a challenge.

Hermione fell for Ron because Hermione thinks logically and Ron thinks very common sense... matter of fact and so they compliment each other. Every time Hermione would add up the facts and give a conclusion Ron would throw in some "Matter of Fact" reason why her logic wouldn't work even if it "made perfect sense". This also causes them to fight.

wow, that's one way to put it, elizabeth. i was actually thinking that hermione has this "maternal instinct" that wants to take care of ron (not that molly doesn't fulfill her duties) but hermione knows ron's insecurities with his brothers' achievements and all....

in book 3 i noticed ron really admiring hermione when she hit draco and dropped divination. but i guess the real "admiration" was in seeing her as a girl in the yule ball. hahaha!

bcuz if hermione feel for harry, ron would hv been all alone... whereas, set up like rowling did it, harry has ginny! lol

yeah. hermione had to pick ron, because ron has no one else. where as harry has ginny.

Brianne wrote: "yeah. hermione had to pick ron, because ron has no one else. where as harry has ginny. "

yeah

I'm trying to get this question right:

What Peng meant was: why JKR made Hermione fall for Ron? or: why would someone like Hermione (in real life) fall for someone like Ron??

yeah, he's the brave best friend that's always there for you.

I was always a Harry/Hermione supporter...

how?

Courtney wrote: "I was always a Harry/Hermione supporter..."

I was too, until I read through the sixth book for the second time. Looking back on it, I think I was in denial for most of that time. :D

I think it was so that Ron would have somebody to marry. I mean Harry already had Ginny.

I think Hermione and Ron go together perfectly. Ron has a sense of humour that Hermione sort-of lacks, and she'll be able to keep him somewhat in order, too. They're insecure where the other is strong, and vice-versa, and I don't think Hermione nessecarily noticed that she liked Ron until he got caught up with Lavender, and then she missed the arguments, etc. I don't know, I liked them together.

I knew that Hermione and Ron would end up together from the very first book. I agree with Jenna that to me, their bickering was more in line with how kids behave at that age toward someone they really like (having two young boys going through it right now). Harry and Hermione just didn't have any spark - they have always treated each other as just good friends.

harry was an orphan so the first friends he made became his siblings

If you think about it now they ARE all related... I mean Harry married Ginny, sister of Ron. Then Hermione married Ron, who is a brother of Ginny who is married to Harry!

OMG YEAH, i like knew ginny was rons sister

and they were married...but i didn't ever thing about that

I figured that out and thought that it was pretty cool.

Triangle of Love....

When I was in 3rd grade we had to learn something like: "The fire triangle". It was SO boring!

We are always off-topic.

I was just saying...

Yea, well, "Triangle of Love" was pretty weird too.

Peng wrote: "a lot of people thought harry would have hermione as his partner maybe because ron & hermione were always bickering (which is done by brothers & sisters). that's probably why jk showed in book 3 ha..."

They were perfect for each other and I think oppisites do attract, but it would be cool for Harry and Hermione being together!

opposites attract and harry was always more like a brother

Yep.....

Adrianna wrote: "opposites attract and harry was always more like a brother"

You know how you say opposites attract? Well, the same thing happens with magnets...

You study that in 4th grade.

I know. I already did!

Well, duh!

Well, duh! Oooo I GTG to the bathroom......

FLUSH!

Jenna wrote: "I thought it was more along the lines of their age. When you're young, like 10/11, you tend to pick fights with your crush or try to annoy them. I thought it Harry and Hermione got along with each ..."

I agree with that. :)

Yeah...I think Harry and Hermione getting together would have just been way too weird. They were definatly too sibling-like (no romantic spark at all). I think Rowling did a great job with that issue. She kinda addressed the fact that they could have gotten together and Ron was kinda jealous of their relationship (when he thought they might have something more than that of friends) but I am very happy it turned out the way it did.
I knew Harry and Ginny were going to get together as soon as she came into the picture. Too many similarities to Lilly! Kind of oedipal but had to happen.

It was probably because if Harry and Hermione married that's like I don't know cutting Ron off and if she married Ron they were already both Harry's friends so it wouldn't matter. Plus she probably wanted him to be able to experience different crushes in the book while being able to keep his best friends!

You guys type long messages.....

sorry...sometimes i have a lot to say...

No no, it's fine. I was just saying..... not against you or anything.....

not mad...just explaining. Can be verbose.

Okay....?