I think our ship is so cozy. Everyone pretty much knows everyone else...we're one big happy pumpkin pie family!!!

I DEFINETLY think its so cool that we're so tight knit!!!

I came up with a new way of calling our pumpkin pie family! (pumpkin pie is still our ship) but we are OBHPPF!! One big happy pumpkin pie family!
tee hee hee!
I think it'll work!!!
It suits us better..

~*Amanda

Yeah, but I still lik HMS Pumpkin Pie best!





Marshmallow

I don't know if I ever ''shipped'' then when just reading the books; but I'm positive all of the fanfiction I've read by H/Hr shippers and the CoS movie did it for me. I hadn't started off shipping another couple, though, so maybe my reply isn't relevent. Sorry!

This ship is great...I love Pumpkin Pie. I was talking to an R/Hr shipper earlier and they made a good point about shipping what you wanted your own relationship to be like. For example, they said they wanted their love to be, "like a teenage romance. With quirkiness, but intensity too." I think that kind of proves the lack of foundation of the R/Hr ship right there. They themselves call it a teenage relationship. And we all know how long teenage relationships usually last....

It's interesting because when I first read the first three books, I always thought that it was going to end H/Hr. I never thought that H/G or R/Hr or any other ship involving one of those two was going to happen. And this was way before I was introduced to HP fanon. I had no idea that so many people supported those other ships. When I read the fourth book, I finally saw the idea of R/Hr, but still held firmly to the belief that it was going to end H/Hr, and I still do.

I guess what we want is basically what a real person would want in real life.... someone who'll understand you and you will understand.... Someone who'll take care of you as you do the same for him/ her... someone to help you as you help him/her... Someone to be there for you as you will be their for that person..... Their is too much tension everywhere why would you want more of it.... when you settle in relationship it's like finding home.... it's finding a safe spot where you can free your mind and heart and not be judged for it..... you would also hear and honest opinion and not mere flattery.... Love should be accepting someone for who he is loving every single right and wrong in that person as that person does the same.... you can't say it's true love if your the only one who feels it.... there should be an exchange and sometimes people don't notice that they have already established such a connection with someone..... but when the right time comes soon enough love will be realised and it will grow even more for it came from fertile and tranquil land.... didn't that sound poetic or what?

Agree with Amanda...friendship AND love---what COULD be better?

Well, I didn't think about couples at the beginning... About 20 months ago, I registered on a message board and began to read posts about the possible pairings. I immediatly became a Harry/Hermione shipper and I've been a Harry/Hermione shipper since then.

Hmm to tell you the truth I started out liking H/Hr but that was before all of the webistes and stuff. After I read GoF I completely changed my mind to R/Hr. I wasn't very stubborn back then but I am now. And it's not as if I can't handle reading about H/Hr or having friends who ship it. If I did I wouldn't come to Portkey anymore but you guys probably support the only ship that is polite to other shippers like me that's what makes coming to Portkey so enjoyable. The debates are cool too lol.

I've always been an H/Hr shipper and I've gone to lots of R/Hr places and even D/Hr sites... I read arguements and stuffs but wasn't convinced.... there were some who were quite vigilant i have to say and i really respect that in a person.... but i gotta say i love my ship more and it's really nice that we share the same views or better yet we get to see lots of new ideas and possibilities which is actually cool and yup.... any ship is welcome as long as there isn't any bashing for both sides..... well, i get irky sometimes

i must embarassingly admit i was once a H/G because of the changing faces story but then i read Loris POU and once yo read the the H/HR bible yah cant go back it just sticks then i reread the series and it made absolute sense

I use to be a R/Hr shipper, but when I went to SugarQuill and other HP forums I got really irritated with the H/Hr bashing so I started defending the H/Hr pairing. And also re-reading the books many times I realize my mistake and saw that there is more connection between H/Hr than R/Hr.

well, this is hard for me to say but...i started out as an r/hr shipper *hangs head in shame* really, it was only because i didn't care for any ships, and my friend was an r/hr shipper so i just figured i'd agree with her. But i was thinking about emma and rupert one night, dressed in their ron and hermione outfits and i thought about how it would look, and it just didn't look right. Then my image showed them arguing like they always do, and i was like "woah, that can't be a healthy relationship." so then i reread the books and realized that r/hr was most likely never going to happen, and that h/hr most likely was, and that it just worked very well. Then recently i found this site, and now i'm a total and complete h/hr shipper to boot! Oh yeah, and i converted two of my friends.

I can honestly say that I was a H/Hr shipper from the start - well, for as long as I have been 'shipping', anyway. When I read the first two books, it never even crossed my mind to ship anyone, but by the time PoA came around, I was a definite H/Hr shipper.

Bored with Buffyfic, I jumped over to the HP section of ff.net and found - well, a lot of really bad fic, but also This by Msscribe. It lead me to Portkey, and to the knowledge that I was not alone. Sigh.

There are heaps of other ships I like, but most of them are pretty obscure and unlikely to happen in canon. I am first and foremost a H/Hrer though, and most days I really believe that they will end up together. It just feels right to me, and that is what shipping is all about, right? You just have a feeling about a certain couple.

Ok, I know that a few of you were converted from R/Hr, but what about the others? Do you agree that you would have clicked with H/Hr even if you had started out in another ship? It's hard to know if you've never shipped anything else, but I honestly think that if I had started out a R/Hrer, then I would have drifted over to the HMS Pumpkin Pie eventually.

I have always shipped H/Hr. However, when I first joined fandom, I thought I was alone. The first site I found was Sugar Quill, which made it seem like everyone shipped R/HR. I consoled myself with taking their link to Gryffindor Tower and reading Harr/Ginny, which was better, but not much, and ignoring the R/HR that was present as well. I was so happy when I stumbled onto Portkey. It was so nice to finally find people who thought the same way I did.

Hey!
I´ve been a H/Hr Shipper since...the time I read

Mr and Mrs Dursley of numer 4 of Privet Drive....LOL
Since Always! LOl
Since the first book!
Harry:luv:Hermione 4 EVER!!

When I read the first book, I thought it was really obvious that Ron and Hermione would end up together. Since I didn't care about coupling, I thought it was kinda creative to do this. The main guy always gets the girl. But like I said, I really didn't care who jumped whom. I think the movies changed my mind. Rupert and Emma have zero chemistry, while Dan and Emma do. When they're all doing a scene together, you can't help but look at them. Dan and Emma always seem to lean towards each other and it comes off on screen. I always wondered why the director lets them get away with it. Also, at the end of the last movie, Ron and Hermione's "awkward" hand shake? It was pretty lame. One because there were absolutely no hints of awkwardness before, and suddenly it was 'injected' into that one scene for seemingly absolutely no reason at all (or at least that I understood). It seemed incredibly forced to me and therefore, not very believable. Second, if the hint was that they were awkward because they liked each other, then I totally missed it. Third, in the movies, it's Harry who is shown off as being more concerned for Hermione. The three headed dog? It was Harry who went to save her, Harry who showed more concern. In CoS, when Hermione is petrified, Harry looks really devastated, while Ron just makes a weird face. When Hermione comes back, Harry's smile is so wide and shiny, it goes all the way to his ears; Ron doesn't really smile too much. Harry and Hermione are very physical. They touch a lot and a lot of their language comes from their bodies. So I guess you get a different message from the movies. They are very different, ship-wise, from the books.

But really, the writing was the biggest turn off. H/R are written in a very poor and immature way. They've been bickering since book one and there's really no depht in it, nor character growth. Suddenly the creative plot became extremely predictable. They haven't impressed me as of yet and I can always tell what they're gonna say or do. It's not very exciting. But I love exciting, and since H/Hr, if it happened, would end up being the 'special twist you didn't see coming', then I guess I can get behind it.

It's hard too, because I adore Ron. But now there's Luna. Problem solved.

I don't think I ever really shipped R/Hr I just figured it was obvious they would get together from canon. I still think it's obvious - don't scream, I have an explanation-I think Ron's crush on Hermione is obvious. Given the fact Harry's a bit to preoccupied with everything else, and totally lost on how to figure girls (i.e. Cho-which I think is over and done with at the end of OotP) I don't think he's even thinking of Hermione in that way consciously. In absence of anyone else beating down her door (Krum is a bit far away) I think she and Ron will hook up - probably in book 6. However, that's the thing about crushes and being 14, 15, 16 etc. How many people (that are past their teenage years) actually achieved "forever" with their adolescent crush.

I can't think of one.

Just because you have a crush on someone at age 14 certainly doesn't mean you'll be with them forever. JK said it herself, everyone (acting like teeangers) is in love with the wrong people. And the first boy you kiss (I have a sinking feeling about r/Hr in book 6) will hardly be the last.

Keep the pumpkin Pie coming. We're just older and smarter than they are at this point!

Vleigh

H/Hr since the start...i dunno why...i just had a feeling as i read the first book. First he notices her missing, and the troll. Then the hug in the end. As i went to book 4 though...i sensed that Ron liked hermione...But still hung onto H/Hr waiting. I was expecting some really good R/Hr Moments in OotP where i could be really sad with. But then i read it and WOW...lots of H/Hr moments though R/Hr both became prefects. I NEVER HAD MY DOUBTS...H/HR FOREVER

I never really considered myself a shipper of any navy. H/Hr, H/G, etc really it doesn't make much of a difference to me. I can see pros and cons to almost any combination out there, well except Harry and Draco. They would kill each other first.

I see myself as someone who is more supportive of Harry's happiness. He's had so little joy and love in his life, that anyone willing to put up with his moods and cares about him, not his fame or money, would be an acceptable partner. Both Hermione and Ginny can qualify with that in mind. Ginny may have special feelings because he saved her, but OotP shows her as more of a true friend rather than the early fan. Hermione from the troll on has always been a true friend. On that first train ride, I really feel she was more of a fan.

I agree, I never had much of an opinion on shipping until I started actively looking for evidence to build an argument upon when I entered the fandom. On initial readings, I sort of assumed that it would be R/Hr because of the "tension", but that was only until I actually thought about it and logic won over assumption.

H/Hr made sense once I had reconsidered the details of R/Hr, and actually begun to understand the implications. As for H/G: well, I never understood this one. Let's leave it at that.

I was actually a D/Hr and a H/G. Funny, I was never a R/Hr! what made me change? Maybe various fics and essays. At first it was the small fics and but then it hit me full blast when I read romulus lupin 's fics. That was when I decided, "Yes! This is my Ship and I will be faithful to it."

Just my two cents.

~Cheers~

Justanother_H/Hrfan

Aka Michi

I know this has nothing to do with anything, but is it just me or does Draco look totally doped out of his mind in the above avatar?

I have been a Harry/Hermione fan since the beginning

Actually I am backwards. I started out a Harry and Hemrione shipper but after a while of reading the books I became a r/h shipper. I still see h/h as a possibility but i prefer r/h now.

I'm probably the most common of them all...

I started out as a R/Hr shipper - stubborn and thinking, "Of course!" ... ... I never really read any fanfiction for it, I just supported it personally. For instance, I read the first book looking for R/Hr to happen (or at least some moments). So naive. And I was so oblivious. All of those cute moments for H/Hr, and I still didn't get the possibility through my thick skull.

*feeling stupid*

Oh well. Now, I'm obsessed with H/Hr, and I am true to them!!

Isn't it funny how I could be convinced to be a H/Hr shipper so easily?

But anyway, my point is; I am NEVER, EVER going to be an R/Hr fan again. As I've gotten older, I've found that H/Hr is a really mature couple, wheras R/Hr... isn't.

No offense to any R/Hr shippers out there!! I love you all! I don't hate any couples, really, with the exception of ... some .... You guys know what I'm talking about. *shivers*

Lauren

I have never been a R/H shipper... simply because before I came to the internet and fanfiction, I was too naive to think such naughty thoughts. However, I never thought R/H to be obvious... still don't. I just think Ron is a great prat that doesn't understand Hermione at all. Why should some squabbling and bantering, pluss some jealousy that didn't even have to be jealosy make an R/H ship obvious?
I did however, stick on the Harry/Cho ship for a while, and I still read it if it's good. Later I found a good Harry/Ginny story, and then I ended up on that broomstick for a while.
However, my H/H fanaticism started when I read E.C.R Potter's Mage Knight Series. I loved those. Then I read Atlantis Potter's 'The Venificus Quies', and I had fallen, and was unable to get up.

I started out as a neutral shipper . Actually, when I started reading the series, I didn't even think of ships, that is, until GoF. GoF, in my opinion, is one big shipping novel I became an h/hr shipper through the magic of the internet .

I have been a H/Hr shipper. Whats really funny is I hear people talk about how obvious R/Hr is. I have always seen H/Hr when reading the books, it always seemed obvious to me. Anyone else out there like that (besides my sister)?

Hm...when I read the first two books, I was seeing R/Hr. I didn't necessarilly support or go against that ship. It was just something I observed. Then book three happened at which my ship started to sail toward the H/Hr winds. It's all canon for me from there.

I used to be against H/Hr simply because where would Ron end up? Now, I don't give a toot about him; he can have Luna. Hermione deserves better than him. I think Harry and Hermione make a far better couple. Just look at how much they care for each other! And, as I am a lot like Hermione, I would choose Harry over Ron any day.

Always been H/Hr

I didn't really start out with a ship, but my friend is a HR/R shipper, I thought about it after reading all the books and decided that H/HR was just what I prefered. I've been a part of some not so popular ships, so the HR/R shippers, like my friend, don't bother me.

Laurie s

At around 100 posts, it's time to close this thread!