The author wouldn't follow where her characters were leading her.
And I doubly agree in the previous comment about the difference between bickering over small things, bickering over big things, and fighting over big things. Often some R/Hr shippers will talk about how the fights show sexual tension between them, but I don't see it. I see two people who disagree on the most fundamental things and neither will give a single inch. Why does Ron keep it a secret that he cursed his Muggle driving evaluator in the epilogue? Because if he told Hermione the truth she'd rip him a new one for cheating and using magic on a Muggle in a non-life-threatening situation. And probably make him write a note of apology to the man and retake his test (and people call Hermione Harry's mother-figure?!?).
Ron and Hermione bicker over the small things, bicker over the big things, and the best they can do is agree to disagree for Harry's sake or lie to the other.
Now, if you want to talk about sexual tension, think about the fight in OotP where Hermione is trying to dissuade Harry from going to the Ministry. That's a scene full of tension and it's quite easy to interpret it as sexual. They're both moving slowly toward one another as they fight, step by step. They're saying quite hurtful things because they *need* so much to persuade the other to their side. Not just want, but need. Harry needs Hermione to let him go save Sirius. Hermione needs to keep Harry safe at Hogwarts. And when they do arrive at a compromise, to check Grimmauld Place, it's a compromise that moves them forward rather than leaving them at stalemate.
Sorry for the tl;dr. I just have a lot of thoughts spilling out tonight.
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And I doubly agree in the previous comment about the difference between bickering over small things, bickering over big things, and fighting over big things. Often some R/Hr shippers will talk about how the fights show sexual tension between them, but I don't see it. I see two people who disagree on the most fundamental things and neither will give a single inch. Why does Ron keep it a secret that he cursed his Muggle driving evaluator in the epilogue? Because if he told Hermione the truth she'd rip him a new one for cheating and using magic on a Muggle in a non-life-threatening situation. And probably make him write a note of apology to the man and retake his test (and people call Hermione Harry's mother-figure?!?).
Ron and Hermione bicker over the small things, bicker over the big things, and the best they can do is agree to disagree for Harry's sake or lie to the other.
Now, if you want to talk about sexual tension, think about the fight in OotP where Hermione is trying to dissuade Harry from going to the Ministry. That's a scene full of tension and it's quite easy to interpret it as sexual. They're both moving slowly toward one another as they fight, step by step. They're saying quite hurtful things because they *need* so much to persuade the other to their side. Not just want, but need. Harry needs Hermione to let him go save Sirius. Hermione needs to keep Harry safe at Hogwarts. And when they do arrive at a compromise, to check Grimmauld Place, it's a compromise that moves them forward rather than leaving them at stalemate.
Sorry for the tl;dr. I just have a lot of thoughts spilling out tonight.