I was just wondering why everyone thinks H/Hr WILL happen. Lets keep this civilized shall we? No charater bashing please...

10) They are BEST friends.
9) They are very dependent on one another.
8) Hermione Potter flows SOOO much better.
7) Literature wise - Why would you build such a strong emphasis on these two characters only to have them not be together?
6) They can solve their problems without prolonged bickering.
5) H/Hr are very similar to James and Lily.
4) They are tottaly oblivious to their growing attractions to eachother
3) His jaw dropped and she finds him more fanciable...enough said.
2) Dan and Emma are just too perfect together.

1) Girls dig Emo guys!!

uh ok I agree up to the line 2

Just like the Dave Letterman Show! Cool!

10) Because it's canon
9) Because it is such a box-office getter
8) Because fans love it
7) Because it is written in the stars
6) Because it is in the Bible (Bible code, anyone?)
5) Because Hermione Weasley is so not right!
4) Because Dan and Emma is very right
3) Because we read and re-read and analyze
2) Because they have HARMONY!
1) Because it is LOVE people!

Simply Delusional!

I have


1) he treats her better than Ron
2) she's the only girl I can actually see Harry with
3) they look so cute together
4) they're relationship would not be based on fighting
5) they're kids would not look like Ronald McDonald

Its looking good so far...anyone else care to venture their top 10 (or 5)?

1. b`c0s they g0t a str0ng chemistry .
2. b`c0s they`re best friends . [agree with r0nst0pable321]
3. b`c0s they`re perfect .
4. b`c0s they always help each 0ther .
5. b`c0s harry is the m0st p0werful wizard and hermi0ne is the brightest witch . [c0py this fr0m s0mewhere..]
6. b`c0s harry treats hermi0ne better . [agree with pigwidge0n!]
7. b`c0s harry d0esn`t think that hermi0ne is ugly .
8. b`c0s hermi0ne understands harry very well .
9. b`c0s hermi0ne kn0ws that harry isn`t a bad kisser .
10. b`c0s i want them t0..

Well...

10. Because they look good togehter
9. Because Ron and Hermione are very different so they can't be together
8. Because they've known each other and has been best friends ever since FIRST YEAR
7. Because Hermione is ready to listen to Harry and give him a sensible advice
6. Because Hermione cares for Harry
5. Because Harry cares for Hermione
4. Because the have a very STRONG friendship
3. Because they are the most logical ship I could find
2. Because there are so many H/Hr moments!
1. Because LOVE is growing between them!

Because they're just meant to be
Because they're are just meant to be
because they are just meant to be
Because they're just meant to be
Because they are just meant to be

Okay sorry,
Because H/Hr suit each other perfectly
they respect each other's thoughts, ideas and space
They care for each other very much
Harry needs Hermione very badly
Agree with JokerHermione Weasely does not sound right!
They argue about impotant things
They compliment each other's weaknesses very well (eg. Harry's excellent in DADA while Hermione is slightly off)
They have a lot in common
A fan girl crush is not love (Ginny)
Ginny sickens me
Pumpkin's healthier than chocolate

1) They care for each other
2) They make a cute couple
3) Their love is more than just a crush
4) They help each other out
5) There has been A LOT of evidience in the books
6) Hermione is the only one who truly knows how Harry is
7) Deep relationship
8) They can actually have conversations about how they feel without
bickering
9) Both protective of each other
10) Hermione thinks he's fanciable and Harry thinks she's pretty

Harry/Hermione ALWAYS

1. They are so awesome together
2. Their strengths help weaknesses (Harry no good at potions, Hermione use help at DADA
3. Their is so much more subtle evidence than their are Heron fights
4. He actually considers her a girl
5.Why build something up then not make it happen
6. They seem right
7. She's an actual friend not a crush on some "questionable young woman" ( had to not be mean)
8.They've been best friends for a while now
9.JK wouldn't make a pairing that "obvious"
10. It's LOVE people pure and sweet

Well I agree with all of the ones you guys put on. But I have some other ones.

1. Their kids will be SO cute!
2. Pumpkin Pie tastes so much better then anvils (and Harmony sounds so much cooler then Heron)
3. Harry seems to always know what's wrong with her and vice versa
4. Hermione Weasley makes me gag
5. Dan and Emma make a much better couple the Emma and Rupert
6. Hermione loves to read and J.K. says we have to reread (Yeah, right sure we do)
7. Hermione is very supportive of Harry and vice versa
8. Harry was to first to notice anything about Hermione (i.e. when the troll attacked, when Hermione was pertifed)
9. They only fight over Harry's safety.
10. Fanfics are easier to write

10. Their caring and admiration for each other and their status as equals was established all the way back in book 1 with the 'friendship and bravery' scene. One of the best scenes in all the books, and it speaks volumes.
9. Harry felt the room grow warm when Hermione went on and on about how fanciable he's become.
8. Their kids will have CRAZY hair.
7. Two words: "Oh Harry"
6. Book 6
5. Book 5
4. Book 4
3. Book 3
2. Book 2
1. Book 1

10. "I just can’t get you out of my head/it’s more than I dare to think about" <<Funny how this is true, though he had ample access to his 'twu wuv' at Christmas...
9. HMS Harmony: The Ship of Champions. Come on! Harry and Hermione are unstoppable!
8. Hermione always seems to know what Harry needs, be it a homework planner, murtlap essence, a Quidditch servicing kit, or a swift kick back into reality...
7. Harry appreciates Hermione, whereas others take her for granted.
6. (To concur with others:) Oh, Harry!
5. Hermione reaches him, where others have failed. (Christmas at #12, anyone?)
4. Silly shippers! H/G is for kids! H/Hr is the grown-up ship!
3. Hermione understands that Harry is _just_ Harry.
2. Harmonians don't make up UST.

AND THE #1 REASON H/HR WILL HAPPEN:

Anything Ginny can do, Hermione can do better... Ginny may have the Bat Bogey Hex, but at the same age, Hermione was doing Protean Charms, which helped Harry out more than a bunch of flying Phlegm!

I love your #1 reason. It's priceless!

My top ten:

(10) I love the way Harry protected Hermione, in the scene in the POA movie, when 'werewolf Lupin' sees them hiding behind the tree, (just before Buckbeak attacks Remus.)
(9) "... she doesn't know about the troll!" (Harry to Ron in TSS)
(8) The hospital scene where Harry's shows great concern for Hermione (when she was petrified in CoS)
(7) Harry goes searching for her when she runs off crying (scene in HBP)
(6) Harry's reaction to her descending the stairs at the Yule Ball (in GoF). JKR may as well have written that Harry's eyes 'bugged out' since I got the feeling he was VERY impressed by her looks!
(5) Telling Slughorn how smart she is (in HBP). He respects her intellect.
(4) Grabbing Hermione's robes when they were in danger at the DOM (in OotP). And later, when he thought she was dead, he was almost in hysterics about losing her! (
(3) Hermione has never seen Harry as some "rock star". She loves him for he is .... just Harry!
(2) The "You're a great Wizard..." (Hermione to Harry in TSS) This STILL gives me chills. I knew, way back then that it had to be H/Hr!
and, last but not least -
(1) The line, "You've never been more fanciable!..." (Hermione to Harry in HBP) If that isn't an anvil size hint!

okay I can't just have a top ten but all of the ones everybody else put plus my number 1 reason:

1. There are more IMPORTANT things (than bickering with ron!)...like friendship, bravery, and LOVE

H/Hr WILL happen because...

10) Harry respects Hermione's boyfriend choices more than Ron does. Well.... he did until HBP.
9) Harry just respects Hermione more than Ron does.
8) Harry seeks help from Hermione first. She is his "front man".
7) As cliché as it is, the hero always gets the girl
6) Hermione is the voice in Harry's head. Without her, as examplified in HBP, he is lost.
5) Harry appreciates Hermione's magical talents, as Ron criticizes her for it (PS/SS specifically).
4) Hermione is Harry's TRUE other half. She is everything he isn't and she completes him.
3) Mr. Weasley said in GoF, "that's why you never go for just looks alone". Ginny may have Lily's hair, but Hermione has Lily's heart, her passion for Charms, and like Lily is one of the smartest students Slughorn ever taught. Brains overpowers beauty in the end.
2) Harry and Hermione do secretly love each other. Ron just keeps interrupting everything.
1) Hermione speaks in Harry's left ear, Ginny in his right (i.e. angel on the left, devil on the right). Ginny encourages him when he does wrong, and Hermione (whether Harry likes it at the time or not) lets him know when he's done wrong. She cares about his well-being and vise versa. She sees beyond The-Boy-Who-Lived.

Agree with everying you lot have put. I'm too lazy to do a top ten, but i do have one big reason.

Because they are soulmates, equals and totally perfect for each other

I think that about covers it for me.

Because love is NOT a monster in the chest.
Because love is NOT composed of constant bickering.
Because love is solidarity, loyalty, HARMONY, understanding, genuine care and always being there for each other (where was Ginny when Harry had to go through all those stuff?).

Because Hermione Potter sounds better than Ginevra Potter.

FYI, Ginevra is a brand of whiskey here in the Philippines.

Ok. I want something new. Instead of thinking of scenarios wherein Hermione and Harry hooked up. Let's think of how Harry/Ginny and Ron/Hermione would finally break it off.

1. Harry realizes Ginny just drugged him with a love potion.

2. Ginny got pregnant with... Draco's baby!

3. Ron's actually gay.

4. Harry loves Hermione... [couldn't resist]

5. Ginny becomes a prostitute.

6. Luna wears a sexy outfit, seduces Ron and they elope together... never to be seen again.

7. Ginny gets drunk and sleeps with a truck driver and falls in love.

8. Ron falls for Romilda Vane.

9. Draco whacks Harry's head with an ANVIL and Harry wakes up thinking he's back in Book 5.

10. Harry rescues Hermione from a troll.

11. Ginny gets caught for being a prostitue, and goes to jail for the rest of her life.

12. Hermione still thinks Harry's a good kisser... even while dating Ron.

13. Hermione saw Harry's hipogriff tattoo.

14. Hermione and Ron stopped arguing and fell "out" of love.

15. Hermione and Ron stopped being too obvious.

16. Harry realizes that he'd rather DIE than be with Ginny, rather than DIE for HER.

17. Harry finds out Hermione smells better than Ginny.

18. Ginny finds Hermiones naked pictures in Harry's computer.


HARRY/GINNY AND RON/HERMIONE: Make them suck face all they want. They still SUCK!

1. They understand each other.
2. They have been best friends for 6 years.
3. Harry needs Hermione badly.
4. The scene in book 1 where Harry and Hermione tell each other they are a great which and wizard.
5. Even when Harry dated Cho and Ginny, Hermione was never far from his mind.
6. He turned hot when Hermione told him he's never been more fanciable.
7. Hermione staying at his side in GoF and being the only one who believed him that he didn't put his name in the goblet.
8. Viktor, Cho, and Ron getting jealous at the thought of Harry and Hermione being a couple.
9. In HBP, Ron showed no concern for Hermione's feelings when he snogged Lavender while Harry did.
10. Harry and Hermione is true love while Harry and Ginny was lust.

Amusingly...and sadly...enough,

My partner and I wrote a Harry and Hermione debate case, arguing that they should be the pair over any other potential people (Ron, Ginny, Krum, etc).

I think my contribution here needs only to be this:

1. That it allows Harry Potter to be seen as literature instead of children's books (which is what HBP, for all its violence, did).

2. That Hermione is smart enough to realize that Harry will need her in the end and after the end, and Harry is smart enough to accept this and will reciprocate the feelings.

10 Because Harry is better looking than Ron and Hermione knows it "more fanciable"
9 How could any girl know Harry as well as Hermione does and not fancy him
8 Hermione is strong enough for Harry
7 Hermione knows what Harry needs
6 They admire each other and will say so to anyone who listens
5 Their minds work in very similar ways
4 They can communicate without words
3 They know how to compromise
2 They value each others opinion over any one elses
1 Because love is be based on respect, admiration and trust, and Harry and Hermione respect, admire and trust each other more than anyone else.

Bravo. Couldn't have said it better myself

I hope you'll post your debate case somewhere on Portkey. I'd like to read it and I'm sure others would too.

Ya same with me!

i agree with everyone!!
1. harry is made for hermione
2. they need each other to survive
3. they are perfect together
4. they love is unbreakable even though they havent figured it out themselves
5.harry/ginney hermione/ron dosent work out. hermoine and ron blicker to much and ginny has only a the boy who lived crush and harry is just trying to find a distracion for moldy shorts

GO H/HR SHIPPERS YEAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

10) Because their first name begin with the same letter (HJ powa!)
09) Because they admire each other
08) Because they are just meant to be
07) Because they find each other fanciable
06) Because they care and support and comfort the other
05) Because their relationship is based on respect
04) Because there is finally sexual tension it lacked before the sixth book
03) Because they embody what true love is (hey, platonic is not a bad thing)
02) Because Harry “badly need her”
01) Because they are more important things…

There are a lot of reasons I forgot. Oh yeah, I'm D £ l_ l_l $ ! ¤ N @ l_

I am such a diehard shipper Harmony, but HPB made my hope sink into deep ocean (I don't think it will happen in JKR's books but it's cool you all still believe) ... however, I write my top 10 reasons why I love Harmony: (not becoz it will happen)

10) their first name begin with the same letter.
9) Even when Harry dated Cho and Ginny, Hermione was still in his mind and he keep depending on her ... Ron and Krum feel Harry & Hermione's chemistry as a threat
8) Hermione stick to his side while everyone run away from him (GOF) and Harry searching for hermione's crying (HPB)
7) love is NOT a monster in the chest and constant bickering.
6) Hermione understands that Harry is _just_ Harry and she is the voice in Harry's head.
5) Ginny encourages him when he does wrong, and Hermione (whether Harry likes it at the time or not) lets him know when he's done wrong.
4) they can communicate without words and they have a very STRONG friendship.
3) Harry and Hermione respect, admire, trust and comfort each other more than anyone else.
2) Hermione is Harry's TRUE other half, she is everything he isn't, she completes him and vise versa.
1) PLATONIC LOVE is beautiful love story (I have a pity on JKR, she made many meaningful hints on H/Hr but she decided not to make it happen as canon, poor JKR! she wasted her time)

To lose faith is almost as sad as losing hope. You may end up dying if you hang on tight, but you will always end up being killed if you lose hope.

I know some say that our ship has sunk and pretty much been burned to the ground, but I'm still have hope that the H/Hr ship will rise from the ashes like the Phoenix and soar above all others. Cause like the Phoenix, true love never dies.

I'm sorry that you lost your hope

Cool reasons!

I have to say that first names made me think, too. They are both HJ and at one time JKR thought to have Hermione's surname as Puckle. So that makes them both HJP, if ever. Hmm, I thought those were clues at that time...

Because platonic friendship is simply the name for the period between the first look and the first kiss

Harmony love forever

3 Beacuse its Harry Potter
2 Beacuse its not Ron Weasley
1 Beacuse Love is just there you cant really explain what love is. But you
just know its there when the time is right. and ITs almost time for h/hr

Cheers

But honestly my main reason.

How could any girl be friends with Ron and Harry and not like Harry better?! I just don't understand....

Newbie here. *waves*

I don't know if I can think of 10 original reasons (I agree with the ones previously posted here), but here are some:

-The trio is going to be searching for horcruxes and trying to destroy Voldie... needless to say, this is going to be physically and emotionally challenging. Ron's emotional compass isn't that great, so who's going to be the one to empathize with Harry and support him through this time? That's right--Hermione.

-R/Hr is way too obvious, IMO. It seems to me that things are never what they seem in the HP world. And yet, as JKR says, she tried to make R/Hr obvious in the previous books. Why? My only thought is that it's not the end result.

-R/Hr is a horrible example of a relationship... how many times has he insulted her, even made her cry? H/Hr sometimes argue, but it's usually about something with substance, such as mortal peril or what the "right" thing to do is.

-They complement each other wonderfully.

i just wanted to say that i agree with everyone with their reasons. you guys deffinatly have good minds.

go HARRY AND HERMIONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
rock on!

Because Harry and Hermione have an amazing bond with eachother and Harry doesn't hurt Hermione's feelings like Ron does Harry shows great comfort in Hermione and vice versa and because it's better in my opnion l

1. Hermione stands by Harry even when no one else does
2. Harry's concious speaks in Hermione's voice
3. Hermione tries to protect Harry even if that means he'll be mad at her afterward
4. Harry and Hermione are able to read each other's body language and are on the same page
5. Hermione doesn't really care for quidditch but she doesn't miss one game until Harry gets banned from the team in 5th year, when she doesn't really care if she misses a game
6. All the flirting in HBP
7. they quote each other to other people because they are proud of one another
8. characters or events that 'break-up' or stop Harry and Hermione from having a meaningful conversation, if nothing were going to happen between them then why are they always interrupted from going 'further'.......(on the common room rug in front of the fireplace)'where's ron?' 'i don't know' 'I think he's avoiding us?'(*pause* stare*)-Ron comes in 'what's going on?' (hermione jumps away from harry) 'nothing!'.......'confunded anyone lately?' (*pause*stare*)--in comes Ron 'What's going on?'(harry and hermione back away from each other some) 'nothing'......(hermione has canaries flying around her head) 'hermione? what's wrong?' (*pause*stare*) 'oh harry--it's just--' in comes won-won with lav-lav (hermione gets pissed and sends the canaries after ron)....I would have too if every time I was about to possibly confess my feelings to the person I liked he ALWAYS barged in right before something occured......so close on that one!!
9. dialouge pauses and Oh Harry's
10. all the literary parallels within the series that point to H/Hr

ooo I should add onto mine...

Because it would be funny to see the look on anti H/Hr's faces, and those who thought it would never happen, when it actually does

lol! that would be a great day! it'd be like the day that the Quibbler published Rita's interview with Harry 5th year....good times good times

....again any parallels? (look at my sig)

Reading all these reasons is making me smile like an idiot - keep up the good work all!

Wow...I didnt think my topic would get so big! Thank You everyone who has put up their top 10 (or more like 1-10). Keep up the shipping and NEVER stop fighting the hard, but right fight.

In no particular order:

1. Hermione knows and understands Harry better than anyone. e.g. Hermione immediately knows that Harry did not enter the TWT himself by the look on his face. (book4)

2. In some of Harry's worst memories (book5) he saw Hermione's face covered with cat's hair (the polyjuice potion)

3. (Book 2) When Hermione got petrified. Harry looks and feelings kind of parallel with Percy (as his girlfriend Penelope Clearwater was also petrified that day)

4. Harry looks for Hermione and smiled during their Charm OWL exam. After he read Wingadium Leviosa question. (book 5)

5. Hermione will grab Harry's arm whenever she's scare while Harry will automatically protect Hermione whenever they are in the tight situation together.

6. Hermione asked Harry to knit with her. (book 5)

7. Harry was impressed by her abilities.

8. Harry still has Hermione's gifts. (Chocolate Frog Wizard Cards, Eagle feather quill, Broom servicing kit, homework planner) Remember even though Harry dislikes the homework planner, he still put it in his bag and carried it everyday (book 5). (We know this because when Hermione asked him to write it in the his homework planner in case he forgets, Harry take out the homework planner from his bag) (We were shown that Harry got the eagle feather quill at book 2 from Hermione as christmas present, he used it in the early book 4 to write to Sirius)

9. Their first and second initials are the same (H.J.)

10. Harry heard Hermione's voice in his head.

I think everybody's reasons have been great! I'm going to have to formulate my own list at some point (probably after I educate myself a bit more about the series).

Brilliant list greyhaven

In no real order either...

1. Because of all the H/Hr moments in the books and the movies.
2. Because Harmony is much more beautiful than a Heron.
3. Because the voice of reason in Harry's head sounds a lot like Hermione.
4. Because they both need each other.
5. Because of the positive, happy ending relationships in other stories that perfectly parallel H/Hr.
6. They're best friends, and no one said there was anything wrong with falling for your best friend.
7. Because to Hermione, Harry is just Harry, not the Boy Who Lived or the Chosen One.
8. Because Harry is a hell of a lot closer to Hermione's intellegence level than Ron is.
9. Hermione was the only one who believed that Harry didn't enter himself into the Tri-Wizard Tournament in GoF and has stuck with him through thick and thin.
10. True love is not constantly fighting with each other, nor is it a monster roaring in a chest.

Bingo And that's why i prefer H/Hr to H/G by a mile. Ginny likes the idealised version of Harry. Hermione just likes Harry for himself.

Because they have everything the other couples don't:

1 - Love
2 - Trust
3 - Friendship
4 - Understanding
5 - Kindness
6 - REAL equality
7 - Happiness
8 - Belief in each other
9 - Realism
10 - Respect

Case closed

Okay, here's a top 10 list that I came up with based on my limited knowledge of the series.

10. Harry's "never been more fanciable."

9. Arguments and/or lust don't equal love.

8. They've always been there for each other.

7. They compliment and complete each other.

6. They appreciate the inner-beauty of the other.

5. Friendship is the best place for true love to grow from.

4. The best way to spell love is T-I-M-E. And Harry and Hermione have given lots of it to each other.

3. They've subconsciously been in love with each other for a long time. (Harry since Hermione was Petrified in CoS, and Hermione since she had to leave Harry to face Voldemort alone in SS)

2. They would be willing to die for each other, and there's no greater love than that. (hopefully that won't be necessary, though)

1. "Books! And cleverness! There are more important things--friendship and bravery and (LOVE)--oh Harry--be careful!" (parenthetical addition mine, original quote by Hermione in SS)

Absolute WORD my friend

1: Too much canon evidence to be otherwise.

2: Hermione is always putting Harry first, even if it is a minor thing.

3: Harry is always trying to protect Hermine even though he knows she is a fully capable witch and could probably do better then him sometimes.

4: Harry always sticks up for Hermione.

5: There is an intenseness between them that does not exist in the others.

6: They understand and respect each other

7: Harry hears Hermione's voice in his mind

8: Hermione brings out the best in Harry as Harry brings out the best in Hermione

9: They do not need to speak to show how they feel to eachother

10: They are one the same wave length


Some of those might repeat themselves a bit depending in how you take it. Oh and last of all because I am never wrong and I predicted they would be together

1. Because Hermione's patronus is an otter and Slughorn in HBP mispronounces Harry's name as Parry Otter.

2. Because Hermione Weasley is g0ddamn wrong.

...and may I come up with another 8 reasons later?