My theory behind Super-Hermione, and will Ginny be able to convince
laurenmcoakley
laurenmcoakley at yahoo.com
Sun Apr 23 19:34:19 UTC 2006
--- In HPFGU-Movie at yahoogroups.com, Karen <kchuplis at ...> wrote:
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> I find all this speculation interesting. I didn't see the Harry/
> Hermie running in the woods as overly physical. I mean, these kids
> basically grew up together. Harry is fond of Hermione and vice
versa.
> I've held hands with a "boy" friend who isn't a boyfriend. If I
was
> in a dangerous scary situation, I definitely would. Touch of any
kind
> is reassuring. It's been far more evident (in movieland) that
> Hermione and Ron are uncomfortable touching, which indicated early
on
> they were somehow interested (even if they didn't realize it).
>
> AFA Dan and Emma go, is there some kind of rumor? On the latest
DVD,
> I am totally convinced that they are very good friends (to me they
> act more like brother and sister). And again, *they* literally
grew
> up together too. I mean, they have been together A LOT. Yeah,
> sometimes that creates romance but I would think it would be more
> like "family" and tend to kill romantic leanings.
>
And now Lauren:
Sorry to say Karen, I can't disagree with you more on this. Growing
up, I had many more boy-friends (platonic friendships) than ones with
girls (and still sort of do). Hand holding was not something that
you did at that age for fear of either: giving the other person the
wrong impression; for ruining the chances you or the other person
would have for a potential actual boyfriend/girlfriend; and
(especially being the female and the double standards that exist in
the world) for fear of being called a "ho", "ho-bag", slut or other
such derogatory term other jealous girls would use and then to spread
nasty rumors about you. Now, I'm about 16 years away from this age,
so if there are any mothers of 13 year olds now who could chime in
and relate the kinds of co-ed friendships their kids have nowadays,
I'd be interested to hear your thoughts. I thought PoA portrayed
this friendship a *little* excessively. We can pretend it was
platonic (because that's what we know from the books), but I think AC
took it overboard because Dan & Emma have such a great chemistry
together (as I've seen, onscreen and off), and there are tons
Harry/Hermione shippers out there who love to fantasize based on that
scene. Also, if they give non-book reading fans a bone that maybe
Harry & Hermione will get together, it'll seem like even more of a
plot-twist when Hermione winds up with Ron and Ginny and Harry get
together.
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