[HPforGrownups] Re: H/H v H/R

[Snuffles MacGoo]

No: HPFGUIDX 7630

LOL! This is great Cassie, a real insight

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-----Original Message-----
From:	Cassandra Claire [SMTP:cassandraclaire at mail.com]
Sent:	Saturday, December 23, 2000 4:30 AM
To:	HPforGrownups at egroups.com
Subject:	[HPforGrownups] Re: H/H v H/R

--- In HPforGrownups at egroups.com, Penny & Bryce Linsenmayer 

Penny wrote: " I'm with > Ebony's students -- I think there's more to 
it than "my best friend just > went through this terrible tragedy."  
That might be all there is to it, > but I'll go with the 14 yr olds 
with that one."

Following in Ebony's footsteps, I thought I'd get the 14-year
old 
perspective on the Harry/Hermione/Ron debate which fortunately
wasn't 
difficult since my little cousins (14 and 13, the girls who got me 
reading the Harry Potter books in the first place) were having a 
sleepover party at my aunt's house yesterday. I sallied forth and 
asked them what they thought of "The Kiss" at the end of GoF. 
Responses follow. (I've cleaned up the diction a bit, since there 
were a lot of `likes' and `totally's - my
journalism training proving 
useful for once.)

Cassie: So Hermione kissed Harry at the very end of GoF. What do we 
think this means?

Cousins & friends: She likes him.

Cassie: But couldn't she just have kissed him because he's
her best 
friend, he's just been through a terrible ordeal, and she's
fearful 
for his safety?

Cousins (looking at Cassie as if she's the dimmest thing
they've ever 
laid eyes on): No way. She totally likes him.

Cassie: But wouldn't you feel awkward kissing a guy who really
liked 
out of the blue like that, even if it was on the cheek?

Cousins: Not in that sort of situation, with parents around and 
everyone saying goodbye and everything, because there wouldn't be 
potential for it to get awkward. (Cassie must admit that this has 
never occurred to her.)

Cassie: Does Harry like Hermione?

Cousins (after whispered conference): No, not yet. He likes Cho. 
Ron's the one that likes Hermione.

Cassie: So Ron likes Hermione, but Hermione likes Harry? What about 
Ron's feelings?!

Cousins: (with the true heartlessness of teenage girls) Well,
that's 
his problem, isn't it?


Suddenly glad I am * not * a teenage boy,

Cassie





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