RHarry and Hermione

[artsylynda at aol.com]

In a message dated 4/25/2006 4:12:43 PM Eastern Daylight Time,  
HPFGU-Movie at yahoogroups.com writes:

Lauren  wrote:  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; 
I don't disagree with any of this.  HOWEVER -- Harry is a very  protective 
person.  I saw it as his way of protecting her, just as guys I  had as buddies 
would offer me a hand when we were hiking in the mountains, or my  husband will 
take my arm or hand to make sure I don't step out into traffic when  we're in 
a city (I'm a farm girl, what can I say??  :-D)  It's a  gentlemanly, polite, 
protectived thing to do.  Even a man you don't know  well may offer his arm 
to help you across tricking footing - and that's what I  thought Harry was 
doing here, nothing romantic (although his holding her close  and bending over her 
to protect her was VERY sweet, it still seemed a bit  brotherly to me, but 
then again, I read the books as well as watching the  movies).  Hermione was 
shown in that film as turning to RON, and Harry  wrapped his arms around her 
WHILE she was leaning on Ron (when Buckbeak was  being "executed").  Neither Ron 
nor Hermione found it odd for Harry to be  embracing her while she's embracing 
Ron (who wasn't embracing anyone as I  recall, except Scabbers, perhaps!  That 
boy is SLOW!!!  heehee).   Dan and Emma have both said that they feel like 
brother and sister and that it  would be a bit creepy to them if Harry and 
Hermione got together (although Dan  admitted a year or two ago that he'd had a 
crush on Emma in the early  days).  If my brother and I had been fleeing a 
werewolf in the woods, he  would've taken my hand to make sure I kept up with him - 
and we never got along  that well, but he'd do what he could to protect me.  
Anyway, that's my take  on it.
 
Lynda

"The cat's among the pixies now!" Mrs. Figg,  OotP


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