[HPforGrownups] Re: The Kiss

[Penny & Bryce Linsenmayer]

No: HPFGUIDX 7568

Hi --

Ebony wrote:

> 2)  If Hermione does like either of the two, she's doing a good
> enough job of hiding her feelings that Ron wouldn't pick up on
> anything less than kosher in her reactions to the articles.  Girls at
> that age are good at doing that... I remember I had a crush on a
> friend from 7th to 10th grade--to this day he doesn't know about that
> phase.  We grew up together, even went to the same college for
> undergrad--he never knew how I felt.

Boys are like that.  I too think males can be very obtuse at reading
those signals and even more so when they're 14.  I would imagine there
are a number of reasons why Hermione would actively want to hide her
feelings, whether they are for Harry (as I believe) or Ron (as others
believe).  Neither case is particularly clear -- you have to look at
signals & small signs to get a read at all on what Hermione might be
thinking.  I personally think it's a stronger case that she has romantic
feelings for Harry but .... there's my bias.  <g>

> That's okay, we won't hold it against you.  :)  Today I realized that
> I wasn't a post-GoF R/H shipper for six weeks... it was only for
> seven days, thank goodness.  "And on the seventh day, she found PoU
> and learned that there was hope for H/H after all."

I was pretty much a "no-shipper" with mild R/H tendencies (never fully
believed it was a good thing) until PoU converted me back in March
sometime.

Penny



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