the Good Ship Guidebook, docked at FictionAlley Park [version 3: closer]

Lists

When you're discussing things on a message board, you inevitably get to making collaborative lists. Or at least, we do. Here are some of the most popular lists:

• One Hundred and One Signs You're Obsessed with Ron/Hermione,
• One Hundred Reasons to Ship R/Hr,
• heRmiONe A to Z,
• herm-WON-ninny HBP A to Z,
• theirloveisso,
• R/Hr Clues You Never Noticed Before but Now Can't Deny,
• (Apparent) Good Shippers Outside the Fandom,

One Hundred and One Signs You're Obsessed with Ron/Hermione

Case in point: This was supposed to be a list of 100 signs.

1. You can answer Erika's (aka hpe928's) "Relate the first thing you see to R/Hr" question.
2. You start to wonder what your significant other would look like with red hair.
3. Your significant other physically holds you back when someone gets you started on a R/Hr rant.
4. You get worried because you haven't heard from the Good Ship in a few hours.
5. You're getting a massage and all you're thinking about is, "I wonder how Ron would be at massages."
6. You start calling your friend named Ronnie "Ron" because you think it sounds better.
7. You seriously consider changing sides on the whole "Save the Headwaters" debate (an old growth redwood forest) because you suddenly realize how important trees are.
8. You marvel at the fact that you and your significant other are so like Ron and Hermione.
9. You answer at least 5 questions in one post.
10. You actually remember when "I believe in trees" became our motto.
11. You decide to read the very first thread of the Good Ship and start foaming at the mouth because it's nearly all written by anti-R/Hr's.
12. No one watches Star Wars with you any more because you keep shouting 'Look! That's Ron and Hermione!' whenever Han and Leia are on screen.
13. Even if you absolutely hate everything to do with nature, you still love trees.
14. You spend much of the PoA movie [which was the latest one when we made this list] trying to convert random strangers to R/Hr, and succeed.
15. Your friend talks about recycling paper and saving trees, and just so you can say it, you interrupt and say "Yes! We believe in trees!"
16. R/Hr is the only HP-related topic you can get into long arguments about with RL friends.
17. You liked the PoA movie primarily because of the R/Hr moments.
18. You decide to make your own R/Hr soundtrack.
19. You spend most of English Lit. writing ten-page essays about how Emma and Knightley mirror R/Hr.
20. Your favourite HP book is the Goblet of Fire because that's when R/Hr became blindingly obvious.
21. You don't keep records of JKR's R/Hr-related quotes, because you know them all by heart.
22. Just before you go to sleep, you remember some beautiful scene in one of your favourite R/Hr fics and you imagine a fluffy sequel.
23. You don't like romance or romance-centered stories unless they involve R/Hr.
24. You can relate ANYTHING or even ANYONE to R/Hr.
25. When you watch PoA, you giggle and squee at the R/Hr parts, even though you've seen them so many times already.
26. You find parallels between your own parents and R/Hr.
27. You feel the need to post on the Good Ship at least twice a day, and suffer from withdrawal if you don't.
28. You see your sister and her fiancée bicker, and you think of R/Hr and how if your sister had bushy hair and her fiancée was really tall, lean and with red hair they'd be the perfect image of R/Hr.
29. You're talking to your friend who also likes HP and start fuming because she tells you that Hermione belongs with Harry.
30. You squee when your other HP friend agrees with you that R/Hr is so canon.
31. You squee every time you see someone with "The Good Ship" in their sig.
32. Terry Gilliam has become your new favorite Python.
33. You're stuck in bed/on the couch sick, yet you must get to the Good Ship to post!
34. Your fingers automatically type "R/Hr" and "Ron and Hermione."
35. You think way too hard about simple R/Hr questions.
36. You're having a rotten day and thinking about R/Hr and the Good Ship makes it all go away.
37. You feel like crying when you can't keep up with the posts and actually start crying when you realize that you're so tired you can't even make time for R/Hr.
38. Your obsession rubs of on your children, and they begin writing R/Hr FanFics.
39. All Ron/? or Hermione/? fics you write begin by explaining why Ron and Hermione are not together.
40. You lose your job because of your inability to stay out of SCUSA, Schnoogle, SugarQuill, and The Bed Chamber and can't stop writing when you're supposed to be working.
41. Other mods make pictures for you that poke fun at your obsession. (Liz, you know who you are.)
42. When touring a house to buy, you walk into a basement room and think "Hey, it's the Chudley Cave," then start imagining what it would look like with orange paint on the walls.
43. You find a "You know you're obsessed with R/Hr when..." list amusing, because more than half of them apply to you.
44. You're listening to "Cinderelly, Cinderelly" and you're thinking of Ron/Hermione.
45. You write poems about them.
46. You feel it is much more important to be reading R/Hr fanfiction before you go to bed than a classic novel for your AP English class.
47. You keep calling your sibling/parent/child/friend/pet (bonus points if they're the same person!) Ron or Hermione.
48. You fantasize about the door on JKR's website opening to reveal a snippet from a love scene in which R/Hr are confessing their feelings (or snogging themselves senseless).
49. You glare viciously every time someone tells you they love pumpkin pie, and feel overwhelmingly happy when someone says they love trees.
50. You almost miss your bus stop because you're busy thinking about new questions for the Good Ship.
51. You sit up till one a.m. posting on the Good Ship, even though you have a performance in less than eight hours.
52. You see one of those bottles--you know, with the ship inside?--and immediately begin thinking of Ron/Hermione.
53. You're working at a fast-food resturant and you find yourself imagining Ron in the uniform, trying to work the register. You then laugh out loud, causing several customers around you to wonder whether or not you're insane.
54. You have a list of songs on your media player that relate to Ron/Hermione.
55. You have burned a CD of these songs.
56. You can't watch any of the movies with anyone any more because you squee when there's a shippy moment on, and you throw popcorn at the screen when there's a H/H moment.
57. If you hear someone causually mention that they think H/H will happen, you jump down their throats with quotes from JK, the books, the movies, evidence, etc.
58. Whenever you hear that somebody likes Harry Potter and doesn't ship either R/Hr or H/H, you immediately begin to convert them to R/Hr with every bit of evidence you can find.
59. You growl whenever people say R/Hr sucks and/or Ron doesn't deserve Hermione.
60. You squee whenever you see people joining up on the staff list, because you love newbies who immediately pick the Good Ship.
61. You have a dark red blanket, and you think of it as your R/Hr blankie.
62. There are hot cowboys running around in tight Wranglers all around you, and a redhead catches your attention because it makes you think of Ron.
63. You cut Harry out of the trio pics leaving R/Hr together.
64. You get PoA when it comes out on DVD and rewind the R/Hr moments and play them over and over.
65. You get REALLY mad when you read a fic you think is R/Hr and it ends up being H/H.
66. You post meaningless things so you can get enough to have a Ron and Hermione icon.
67. You're surrounded by hot cowboys in tight pants, and the guy who catches your eye is the redhead because he makes you think of Ron.
68. You're eating Oreos and you seriously start wondering how Ron and Hermione eat their Oreos.
69. Your little cousin shows you his pet rock and you ask if it doesn't speak.
70. You always talk about R/Hr and your friends and family get very annoyed.
71. You reread all the books to check for R/Hr quotes.
72. Your AIM buddy icon has R/Hr on it.
73. You show all of your friends on AIM the website where you got said buddy icon, and badger them until they pick one and you can see it.
74. Your friends tell you you visit WAY too many R/Hr websites, and just as they say this your page finishes loading and ... it's a R/Hr website.
75. You seriously debate calling your children Ron and/or Hermione.
76. Your pets are called Pigwidgeon and Crookshanks.
77. You stand on a street corner, preacher style, handing out pamphlets about why Ron/Hermione is meant to be!
78. You feel proud to tell your fellow shipmates that you finally converted your little sister from a H/Hr to a R/Hr shipper.
79. You continually call your parents/children/siblings/friends/relative/pets (bonus points if they're all the same person!) Ron and/or Hermione.
80. You get two pets, name them Ron and Hermione, and try to get them to breed.
81. When watching POA, you cannot physically stop yourself from yelling "For god's sake, kiss her already!" when Ron and Hermione are shown alone together for that brief moment in Hogsmeade.
82. Even if Viktor Krum is a great Seeker, you'd still break his legs for delaying your squee.
83. You refer to H/Hr shippers as "Those deluded nitwits."
84. You constantly re-read the scene in OoTP where Harry enters the bedroom at Grimmauld Place that Ron and Hermione are in, desperately searching for something concrete to shut the H/Hr's up for good!
85. You panic when you can't find the Good Ship thread on the first page, then sigh with relief when you realize you had just missed it.
86. When you go on FA, the first ship you check up on is the Good Ship.
87. You can turn a personal experience into a R/Hr skit.
88. You read every post of the thread you missed while you were on vacation, just to make sure that you didn't miss anything.
89. When you hear "You Never Can Tell" from Pulp Fiction you sigh happily, thinking of Ron/Hermione!
90. You are seriously distraught at the thought of Ron and Hermione ending up with anyone but each other.
91. You try to find parallels to R/Hr in anything and everything, including, but not limited to, JKR's favorite books, TV shows and movies, your own favorites, a book you were assigned in English, and religion.
92. Your fingers type "Hermione Weasley" instead of "Hermione Granger".
93. You make everyone get off the school computers saying it's an emergency. When the other annoyed students ask what the emergency is you reply, "I haven't posted on the Good Ship in more than a week!"
94. You go to post on the Good Ship, and have a panic attack when you can't type in the message board, and calm down five minutes later and rationally check to make sure the keyboard is plugged in properly.
95. When fixing your keyboard plug, you grin and think of what a field day Arthur would have with all the plugs, and then think that R/Hr would buy him a computer for Christmas.
96. You feel a rush of shippiness whenever you recycle, because you're saving the trees.
97. You want to hurt the characters from That 70's Show when they say they don't like trees, even though it's one of your favorite shows.
98. Green is starting to grow on you, even if you don't really like the color.
99. You learn how to knit so that you can, one day, make a Weasley jumper that says R/Hr or make one with a tree on it.
100. You start sampling perfumes in a shop and wonder which one smells like the one Ron bought for Hermione.
101. You spend all of your uni lectures analysing the books in your head to see if you missed any R/HR hints.

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One Hundred Reasons to Ship R/Hr

List compiled by PrettyVeela.

1. Because it's canon.
2. Because JKR does!
3. Because everyone knows that when a boy teases a girl, he likes her.
4. Engagement party at the Grangers' house! "Arthur, don't touch that!"
5. Because Ron and Hermione are mad about each other.
6. Because they balance one another so well.
7. Because they're freaking adorable!
8. Because their bickering is flirting.
9. Because it's obvious that when someone gets mad when the name of the guy you went to the Yule Ball with is mentioned, he LIKES you!
10. Because when a pretty Veela kisses a guy on the cheek, and a girl "looks furious," she probably likes the guy!
11. Because it's just because it's the most believable.
12. Because they're such opposites, yet so very much alike.
13. Because you can't spell Hermione without Ron - i.e. heRmiOnE!
14. Because they're already finishing each other's sentences.
15. Because they silence each other with a simple look.
16. Because you can't live without trees.
17. Because he burped slugs for her.
18. Because she only showed her steadfastly growing teeth in GoF to him.
19. Because she's just "mental", and he loves her for it.
20. Because they're our Ron Solo & Princess Granger.
21. Because you can't fight fate.
22. Because when they talk to Harry, they talk as a team.
23. Because Ron noticed that she's a girl before Harry did.
24. Because when she's upset, Hermione automatically reaches out for Ron.
25. Two words: Sexual tension!
26. Because they act just like Mr. and Mrs. Weasley and Harry notices that.
27. Because Ron is hopeless and Hermione doesn't care.
28. Because WE are in love with THEIR love.
29. Because they get so jealous when they each even LOOK at someone else.
30. Because Harry needs them to be together.
31. Because no one would get so worked up about another person without either loving or hating them (and we know they don't hate each other).
32. Because her pain is his pain, and his pain, hers -- to insult her is to insult him, and vice versa.
33. Because Ron wants it.
34. Because Hermione wants it.
35. Because Harry wants it (the more snogging, the less bickering, you know).
36. Because they complement each other.
37. Because they have that wonderful combination of abiding friendship AND intense attraction.
38. Because counterpoint is better than mere harmony.
39. Because there's "something going on" between them.
40. Because they have "more tension."
41. Because Hermione wants Ron to take her to the next ball--in fact, she demands it!
42. Because Ron can make Hermione's frostiness melt or cause her to give him odd looks.
43. Because Hermione can send Ron to another planet just by kissing his cheek.
44. Because they are equal partners, and they are learning to work together better and better all the time.
45. Because his hurt melts her coolness.
46. Because he got detention for her.
47. Because she blushes in front of him.
48. Because of the parallels, of course!
49. You almost miss your bus stop because you're busy thinking about new questions for the Good Ship.
50. Because he's willing to follow the spiders to get her back again.
51. Because he couldn't stop worrying about her in CoS.
52. Because he cared about her crazy schedule.
53. Because they always look like they had "the time of their life" whenever they have time alone.
54. They're "prefect" for each other!
55. Because even evil overlords agree!
56. Because even Harry dreams of them as king and queen.
57. Because smart girls choose Ron.
58. And clueless boys choose Hermione.
59. Because Harry's just like Ron... no, he's not.
60. Because it just makes so much sense!
61. Because "the course of true love never did run smoothly".
62. Because the hero gets the glory and the sidekick gets the girl.
63. Because authors don't lie to their fans.
64. Because "[Ron's] easy to love" and Hermione has no problems doing it.
65. Because Ron is Hermione's 'shelter from the storm'.
66. Because he bought her perfume and nothing says love like smelly perfume.
67. Because Ron knows Hermione's favorite puddings!
68. Because nothing stresses Hermione out more than knowing she's hurt Ron!
69. Because they mother each other all the time.
70. Because "they were so used to bickering and making up when they were growing up that they got married in order to do it more conveniently."
71. Because Hermione is Ron's loveable know-it-all.
72. Because Ron doesn't want her fraternizing with the enemy.
73. Because she can teach him French words and it will be "very nice."
74. Because they're fun to watch when they're together!
75. Because we've figured it out!
76. Because Ron was impressed when Hermione not only walked out of a class, but slapped Draco Malfoy, too!
77. Because they have a bit of a soft spot for each other.
78. Because we say so.
79. Because there is NO reason, it's just there, like the trees!
80. Because we can't imagine it any other way!
81. Because well.... just CAUSE!
82. Because Hermione Weasley just fits!
83. Because Hermione's so worried when Ron trips over a tree root.
84. Because Dumbledore didn't just make the two of them prefects together for nothing!
85. Because Hermione won't kiss just any boy over a Quidditch match!
86. Because... gutter. *grin*
87. Because Ron's a bad influence. And we like that.
88. Because according to Emma Watson, for Hermione, Ron is the hero.
89. Because they are already shopping for dream homes together.
90. Because OBHWF doesn't work without it.
91. Because Ron thinks Hermione's "such a lovely, sweet-tempered girl."
92. Because Hermione explained that Cho mentioned Roger Davies to make Harry jealous, and then proceeds to write an awfully long letter to Viktor in front of Ron.
93. Because yes, darnit, he wanted to move closer!
94. Because teaspoons have feelings, too.
95. Because their relationship is one long roller-coaster ride.
96. Because she's his "right little ray of sunshine."
97. Because it's always written "Ron and Hermione" in the books.
98. Because he thinks up a new name for S.P.E.W: The House-Elf Liberation Front.
99. Because she's always shoving her books into his hands to carry -- can you say couple-esque?
100. Because she breaks down in his arms.

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heRmiONe A to Z

Note: This list was created pre-HBP.

A is for Alohomora, the spell Hermione uses on her first jaunt out with the boys.
A is for adorable, because they are.
A is for amazingly meant to be, because they are.
A is for Acromantula which Ron braved because of Hermione's Petrification.
A is for the Author that supports them.

B is for bickering which is really a product of UST.
B is for beautiful, which Ron believes Hermione is: bushy hair, buck teeth, and all.
B is for Buckbeak, whose trial brought Ron and Hermione back together.
B is for bawling, from happiness on their wedding day.
B is for Ball that we hope Ron will ask Hermione to in a later book.
B is for the Burrow, where Ron lives and Hermione is spending more and more time.

C is for Canon Thumpers which populate our ship.
C is for Crookshanks who will bring them together (just you see!) (and) who caused their most major fight, which ultimately led to a deepening and strengthening of their friendship.
C is for Canon, on which this whole ship is based!
C is for Chudley Cannons, Ron's obsession that will soon be Hermione's.

D is for Dirt 'cause Hermione noticed it the first time they met.
D is for Dark Mark which they are seen looking up at on the expanded cover art (I'm becoming very curious about that indeed).
D is for Diagon Alley, where Ron and Hermione had their first "date" at the beginning of POA. (What else would you call running around doing their shopping together apparently separate from the main Weasley family group? And they got ice-cream together at Fortescues, to top it all off!)
D is for they Don't need flying pigs!

E is for Errol who is grateful that the more energetic Pig will be delivering all the love letters that will be sent between Ron and Hermione during their rare times spent apart.

F is for Friendship 'cause these two have a great one to build a romance on.
F is for fruit salad, because while R/Hr may be apples and oranges, who's to say they can't make a nice fruit salad? (quoted from Rachel)
F is for finally! Because we've been waiting long enough.

G is for the Good Ship, obviously. And JKR happens to be sailing on it.
G is for Gutter, because all that sexual tension must lead to something.

H is for Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince where we hope HeRmiONe will *FINALLY* be a canon couple!
H is for Hogsmeade, where they had the time of their lives.
H is for Hogwarts, A History, which by the end of the series, Ron may shock Hermione by revealing he's read.
H is for Hermione Jane Granger, future wife to Ronald Billus Weasley.
H is for Hair. They both have VERY distinctive kinds.

I is for Insufferable Know-it-All which Snape called Hermione, making her cry, making Ron furious.

J is for July 16th, when everyone will find out the truth!
J is for Jealousy, which Ron and Hermione both displayed in GoF (Vicky and Fleur).

K is for Krum, because Ron broke the arm off his Krum doll.
K is for Know-it-All, because she's HIS insufferable know-it-all! (and) which no one is allowed to call Hermione except for Ron.
K is for knights with red hair and freckles!
K is for King, because Granger is his Queen
K is for kiss, which they will finally do in HBP!

L is for Lockhart, who Ron just loves teasing Hermione about.
L is for Love, which Ron and Hermione have for each other.
L is for Library, Hermione's favourite place to hang out.

M is for maroon, because we all know that's Ron's favorite color.
M is for Mudblood, which you do not say about Hermione in front of Ron, if you want to keep your face bruise-free.

N is for Nightmare, which is what Ron first thought of Hermione.

O is for Obvious! (Because they are!)
O is for Orange, the color of Ron's favorite team and Hermione's favorite pet. (It's a sign, I tell you.)
O is for Oblivious, which Ron was after the Yule Brawl.

P is for the Pre-Quidditch Kiss which they both enjoyed.
P is for Prefect, a position they share.
P is for Protectiveness, because we know how he gets when anyone or anything threatens or belittles Hermione.
P is for the Point which Hermione got much than Ron had.
P is for Perfume, which Ron gave Hermione for Christmas.

Q is for Queen, because Weasley is her King.
Q is for Quidditch where Weasley is King!

R is for Resolved! Which we hope R/Hr's UST will be very, very soon.
R is for Respect, which is one of the many things that Ron and Hermione have for each other.
R is for Ronald Bilius Weasley, future husband to Hermione Jane Granger.

S is for Sidekicks who support Harry.
S is for Simply Furious, which is how Hermione feels when any other woman kisses Ron except for his mother.

T is for Tension. They've got more of it.
T is for Teeth, because Ron was the one who got to see Hermione's when she got hexed.
T is for Trust. heRmiONe trust each other.
T is for Together. Ron and Hermione work together in many different capacities.
T is for Trees, no explanation needed.
T is for Teaspoon (as in "emotional range of a....")
T is for The Time of Their lives, which it looked like they had on their first Hogsmeade weekend together.
T is for Troll. Hermione became Ron and Harry's friend after saving her from the Troll.

U is for UST, which heRmiONe have oodles of.

V is for Viktor, who made Ron jealous and helped us realize his feelings for Hermione.
V is for Vicky, which is Ron's nickname for Viktor Krum.

W is for Wart. He's HER insensitive wart!
W is for Wonderful because that is what their relationship is, and because "wonderful" was what Ron called Hermione.
W is for Wingardium Leviosa which is the very first spell Hermione taught Ron.

X is for X-Rated "fun" that heRmiONe is sure to have.

Y is for "You GO girl!"
Y is for Yule Brawl, which displayed their true feelings.

Z is for Zeal, something which they both show a lot when bickering or fighting.
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herm-WON-ninny HBP A to Z

A is for Anvils, because we've seen the ANVIL-sized-hints all a long.
A is for Apparition test that Ron and Hermione took together.

B is for Blank, as in the look Hermione would have every time she caught sight of Ron with Lavender.

C is for Canaries, because Ron now knows what to look out for when Hermione is mad at him.
C is for Confunded, because that's how Hermione helped Ron at Quidditch tryouts.
C is for Confundus, which is the spell that Hermione used on McLaggen to help Ron get the position of Keeper.

D is for Dumbledore, at whose funeral Ron and Hermione comforted each other.

E is for Er-my-nee, which Ron calls out in his sleep. (Not Lavender!)

F is for Fake Snowflakes, which Ron dusted off Hermione's shoulder.

G is for Ginny, who told Ron that Hermione kissed Viktor.
G is for Greenhouse, where Hermione asked Ron out for the first time.

H is for Harry, who sails the Good Ship.

J is for Jealousy, which they both showed in HBP.

L is for Love, when Ron admits it: "I love you, Hermione."
L is for Lavender, who could never fill the place of Hermione in Ron's heart.

M is for McLaggen, who Hermione thought would annoy Ron the most.

O is for Oppugno, which is the spell that Hermione used to make the canaries attack Ron after she saw him kissing Lavender.

P is for Pimp necklace, because Hermione would never give Ron one.

Q is for Quidditch, Hermione only goes out with "good Quidditch players" and when he is not nervous Ron is a very good Quidditch player.... (Also, McLaggen isn't one of them.)

R is for Rosmerta, the other woman that Hermione's jealous of because Ron 'nurses a soft spot' for her.

S is for Slughorn, who had a party that Hermione invited Ron to.
S is for Spell-Checking, which led Ron to say tell Hermione he loved her.

W is for Won-Won, because Ron needs a better nickname.

Z is for Zacharias Smith, whom Hermione considered asking to Slughorn's party to annoy Ron.
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Ron/Hermione: Theirloveisso...

Don't know what "theirloveisso" is all about? Read the hunt for the origin and the fandom glossary entry.

1. Theirloveissocanon. True, the Remus/Sirius pack (What? If we and the Pumpkinites are to be called "tribes," I see nothing wrong with calling the Wolfstar a "pack"!) claimed this one first, but that doesn't mean we can't share it! It's only too true for Ron and Hermione.
2. Theirloveissogeometricallysound. It's the Trio structure. Harry is the top of the triangle, and Ron and Hermione form the base.
3. Theirloveissomathematical. Too many reasons to explain here with any coherency.
4. Theirloveissoattentive because they're always paying attention to each other. Ron's paying attention when Hermione's taking too many classes, Hermione's paying attention when Ron's always putting up with getting shunted aside.
5. Theirloveissointhelooks. Seriously, people, reread the books and catch how many times they look at each other.
6. Theirloveissoawkwardandsweet. Speaks for itself.
7. Theirloveisso87. I think I'll end on that note for now.
8. Theirloveissomusical. In honor of Myka's beautiful R/Hr music video!
9. Theirloveissoguttery because the Good Ship, no matter how tame we get around here at times, will always have enough gutter to make up for the slow days. Though, now that I think of it, you can never have enough gutter.
10. TheirloveissoUSTy. Just 'cause that's fun to say.
11. Theirloveissofamiliar. I mean, look at those parallels.
12. Theirloveissomorethanisstrictlydecent. Yeah. I pay attention to the unofficial motto. Anyone else ever read it?
13. Theirloveissoxistent. Like the trees.
14. Theirloveissolovely because it sounds pretty.
15. Theirloveissoecofriendly because we're an eco-friendly ship. We believe in trees!
16. Theirloveissoessential. Though it's hard to capture their essence in one phrase, they just have "it" and as Dome said, "it lives directly in their hearts", (and ours--awwwwww).
17. Theirloveissoregal. Emeraldflames said HeRmiONe's ship staff positions would be: "King and Queen of the Good Ship! The two who rule it all and we're simply their crew aboard the Good Ship R/Hr." Plus Harry even dreamed they were king and queen!
18. Theirloveissological because where isn't there reason when it comes to R/Hr?
19. Theirloveissoageless because no matter how much time goes by, their love stays the same. Give it up for 80!Ron and 80!Hermione!
20. Theirloveissosilent because rocks don't speak!
21. Theirloveissowarmandcozy because it warms you all the way through, like butterbeer.
22. Theirloveissosoulful because heRmiONe warms you heart and soul, from head to toe!
23. Theirloveissoeverlasting because we all know that they'll be together forever.
24. Theirloveissogroovy because we all know, like the Phil Collins song, they have a "Groovy Kind of Love"!
25. Theirloveissohomey because "You're my castle, you're my cabin / and my instant pleasure dome. / I need you in my house / 'cause you're my home." (Billy Joel)
26. Theirloveissostubborn [no explanation recorded]
27. Theirloveissosupportive because Ron's the sidekick, and Hermione's the other best friend; they lend support to Harry (drawing again on the triangle formation).
28. Theirloveissomuchlikeafairytale because Ron is Hermione's knight in shining armour.
29. Theirloveissoadorable because we go "awww" at so many things that R/Hr do for each other.
30. Theirloveissocombustable. It's bound to explode sometimes, but they always put out the fires.
31. Theirloveissotrusting because they would never be suspicious or feel the need to "check up" on one another.

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R/Hr Clues You (Maybe)Never Noticed Before but Now Can't Deny

1. If you turn the volume all the way up just after the hospital wing scene in the first movie, you can hear Ron telling Hermione, "I have an erection"!
2. And then when Harry asked Hermione how she was doing, she told him "Never better"!
3. It's the PQK, baby!
4. Just what were those two talking about when Harry arrived at Grimmauld Place?
5. They have a non-hug-handshake at the end of CoS!
6. When Harry's looking for a Yule Ball partner for Ron, Parvati asks, "What about Hermione Granger?"
7. Hermione gives Snape a hateful look in the CoS movie when he puts Ron down for his broken wand!
8. When Hermione is awarded 50 points in the SS/PS movie, Ron smiles at her, then checks out her boobs!
9. Ron was so distraught in CoS when Hermione was Petrified.
10. Hermione tells Hagrid how upset she is about Ron nearly getting stabbed.
11. When Neville tells Harry that Hermione has arrived in the CoS movie, Ron looks at her first and he's smiling!
12. "It'll make Eloise Midgen's acne look like a couple of cute freckles." Hermione thinks freckles are cute!
13. Hermione chose a ginger-haired cat, and thinks he's "gorgeous." (Okay, that one doesn't really hold water, but we're allowed to have some fun here.)
14. After being furious at him all year, Ron sought Crookshanks's approval on Pigwidgeon! Even Hermione's cat commands respect from Ron!
15. "Congratulations Ron and Hermione" is inscribed on a banner hung in the kitchen of Grimmauld Place. The adults already know it's destiny!
16. When Ron rips up Percy's letter, Hermione gives him an "odd look" and then writes him an essay conclusion!
17. Ron and Hermione spend some time standing alone, without Hagrid in the Forbidden Forest in the movie of PS/SS.
18. The development of the relationship, starting in Book 1.
19. Ron is rewarded with a new broomstick (Subtext? No, that's not subtexty at all!) for becoming a prefect alongside Hermione.
20. "The Weasleys and Hermione" show up when Arthur is released from St. Mungo's. It's like she's already a part of the family!
21. Sometimes the clues can be so subtle and so... beautiful! To me one of the most interesting clues in OotP remains in the last page of the book. The word "WE" that was used by Ron AND Hermione when they were saying goodbye to Harry. It was like they were saying goodbye to Harry not as Hermione and Ron, but as a couple. "WE," Hermione/Ron, promise to you, Harry....
22. The family of mustelidae is all around Ron. He lives in a burrow, with a family of red "weasels", near Stoatshead Hill in the area around Ottery St. Catchpole. For all intents and purposes, he is that animal, and I think it would likely be his Animagus form in some way (perhaps something stong and hot tempered, like a badger or wolverine). And, what shape did Hermione's patronus take? An otter, of the family mustelidae. A patronus is a protector, that appears when you think of your most happy and pleasant experiences. She's become part of the family, wouldn't you say?
23. Which one of your good "friends" gets you perfume for Christmas?
24. Viktor is a Seeker, but Ron is a Keeper.
25. Why else would a girl yell at a boy to ask her out next time?
26. When Harry walks into the room at Grimmauld Place, why does he notice the ceiling first? Who walks into a room and looks at the ceiling first thing unless the author is trying to draw your eye purposely away from something else?
27. Well, it's small but it's been bugging me! Remember when Harry walks into the room where Ron and Hermione are and Hermione is so surprised to see him she shrieks? What the heck were they doing in there before he came in there? I think J.K. left it hanging like that on purpose. I mean come on, the owls are twittering and Ron and Hermione AREN'T FIGHTING, so what the heck are they doing? hmmmmmmm!!!
28. OotP: p315-6 UK Version, Chapter 17: "Educational Degree Number Twenty-Four": they are talking about who is going to continue with the DA even though it's now illegal/banned, and Fred says, "Prefects as well?" and he is looking at Ron and Hermione as he says this. However, only Hermione replies, saying 'Of course.' Then Ron goes on to talk about the other DA member. Isn't it so cute that Hermione replies for the both of them?
29. In CoS, when Ron's wand backfires on him when he's trying to curse Malfoy, Hermione SQUEALS, "Ron! Ron, are you all right?" She squeals for him when he's hurt!
30. Hermione keeps "brushing" past Ron. In PS/SS [movie], Hermione hands Ron the binoculars while she goes to set Snape on fire, and she brushes past him nonchalantly.
31. Ron does this, too! In PS/SS [movie], at the end, both Ron and Hermione are leaning out of the Hogwarts Express, and they are so close together! Also, when Hermione is trying to open the door with the winged key, Ron says, "Hurry up!" and he's all over her. In CoS, in the Dueling Club scene, Ron says, "Who cares?" and leans up against Hermione the next moment.
32. When Ron is knocked off the horse in the chess scene, Hermione almost steps off her square. Being the logical one, she would, in normal circumstances, know not to do this because the game wasn't finished. Guess nothing's normal where her Ronnie's concerned. *wink*
33. In PoA (book), Hermione shoves her books into Ron's hands to carry. Don't boys normally carry their girlfriend's books? Also, Ron takes the initiative himself in a different scene.
34. Hermione is constantly trying to help Ron with his wand performance. *coughneedIgoherecough*
35. Harry thinks Ron and Hermione are "always having a go at each other, enough to drive anyone up the wall!" It's as if he's telling them, "Get a room, you two!"
36. "Harry wants to find out why his friends Ron and Hermione have been so quiet over the summer"--even the book blurb is filled with subtext!
37. Ron always seems to have a very exact memory when it comes to Hermione.
38. Even her name gives us an obvious clue - heRmiONe!!
39. In the [OotP] chapter "Percy and Padfoot," Hermione doesn't find a problem to correct on Ron's essay but points out Harry's obvious mistake on his.

40. Harry looked between them, then said, "Mrs. Weasley, you don't believe that rubbish Rita Skeeter wrote in Witch Weekly, do you? Because Hermione's not my girlfriend."
    
    "Oh!" said Mrs. Weasley. "No--of course I didn't!" But she became considerably warmer towards Hermione after that. (GoF, pg. 537, UK)

    Proof the Weasleys know something is going to happen!
41. In PoA, when Harry's broomstick hits the Whomping Willow, they take it in turns to finish sentences telling Harry what happened.

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(Apparent) Good Shippers Outside the Fandom

1. J.K. Rowling!!!!! Confirmed!
2. The Associated Press
3. Emma Watson
4. Rupert Grint
5. Daniel Radcliffe
6. Time Magazine (CoS Movie Review)
7. Entertainment Weekly (GoF Book Review)
8. Robbie Coltrane ("Hagrid")
9. David Heyman (producer)
10. Chris Columbus (director)
11. Ten of the main staffers of Mugglenet *(As pointed out by se7en technically, Mugglenet is "in" the fandom but since it's one of the largest Harry Potter websites we're keeping it, so there. :P)
12. Alfonso Cuaron (director)
13. Sparknotes.com (GoF Book): The Preoccupations of Adolescence
14. Wikipedia
15. Amazon.com
16. Globemail.com (PoA movie review)
17. Glasgow Herald (PoA movie review)
18. Slant Magazine (PoA movie review)
19. SFGate.com (PoA movie review)
20. Palo Alto Weekly (PoA movie review)
21. Steve Kloves (screenwriter)
22. Lev Grossman (TIME Magazine)
23. British Secretary of State David Blunkett (BBC News)
24. Harry Potter
25. Ginny Weasley
26. Joel Siegel (Film Critic and Entertainment Editor for Good Morning America)
27. The [city not included] Sun (PoA movie review)
28. The Boston Herald (PoA movie review)
29. The Scotsman (PoA movie review)
30. Telegraph India
31. The Mirror (GoF movie review)
32. Movie View (PoA movie review)
33. JAM! Movies (PoA movie review)
34. RottenTomatoes Review (PoA movie review)

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