[HPforGrownups] Re: The Kiss

[morine10 at aol.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 7351

In a message dated 12/19/00 9:57:39 PM Eastern Standard Time, 
pennylin at swbell.net writes:


> I know she might have just been thinking, "oh, poor Harry, he's been through 
> so
> much in the last few weeks," and just kissed him spontaneously, without
> any real romantic interest.  But .... it could also indicate there are
> underlying feelings for him too.  Especially when you think about the
> way JKR emphasized it as an ending detail.
> 

I don't think Hermione has underlying feelings for Harry.  I think that this 
was an extremely emotional time for all of them and she's relieved that one 
of her best friends is ok.   I do think that JKR was trying to emphasize not 
only to Ron, but the reader that yes, Hermione is a girl (and she's becoming 
a woman).  Hermione gets emotional and IMO hormonal in a 
once-a-month-mood-swingy kind of way.  I'm a few years from being 14 but I 
can remember the mood swings like like they were just last month.  : )

-Mo

"Can I have a look at Uranus too, Lavender?" - Ron Weasley, Harry Potter and 
the Goblet of Fire


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