H/H shippers, Krum, and other relationship stuff (Was Re: H/H shippers clues)

[Minnesota Girlie]

No: HPFGUIDX 8145

--- In HPforGrownups at egroups.com, foxmoth at q... wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at egroups.com, SKTHOMPSON_1 at m... wrote:
> 
>  
> > 
> > I wonder though, if the teenage kids are pairing Herm with Harry 
> > because Herm is such a great character, so she'd _have_ to be with 
> > the "hero"?  Maybe the teen kids (was it all girls, or did boys 
feel 
> > the same?) are thinking that -they'd- go for the "hero" so, that's 
> > who Herm should be with?  (Projecting how they would feel onto 
> > Herm.)  You know, the 'hero' -always- gets 'the girl'...  (Geez, 
did 
> > that make ~any~ sense?)
> 
> I wanted to get the boy angle myself, so I asked an expert, my 14 
year 
> old son. 
> ME: "So, you know that kiss at the end of Goblet of Fire? Where 
> Hermione kisses Harry?"
> MICHAEL: Yeah.
> ME: Is that significant?
> MICHAEl: Mom, that's INCREDIBLY significant.
> ME:So, what does it mean?
> MICHAEL:(grins) It means Hermione has a secret crush on Harry.

>From a teenager's point of view:

I think it's significant as well. I agree with all those who say that 
it could just be a greeting/farewell, but I don't think that Hermione 
would just up and kiss Harry on the cheek in farewell without doing so 
to Ron (she didn't, did she?), knowing how jealous and overlooked Ron 
is and feels. 

But, (on a kind of related note) I think Krum's "showdown" with Harry 
is because Krum 'knows' Harry better, having to compete against him in 
the Triwizard Tournament, and sees how talented he is as a wizard. 
Hermione has tried to help Harry succeed in the tournament (remember, 
they keep running into Krum in the library while looking up hexes and 
things). But... I don't doubt that Hermione would try to help Ron just 
as much if Ron were in this situation instead of Harry. 

Also, it has been hitting me over the head lately (re-reading the 
books) that Ron has a huge crush on Hermione. First, everything she 
does, he overreacts to. (I know, it sounds kind of lame, but come on, 
he's fourteen.) And then, before the Yule Ball, first he couldn't 
accept the fact that someone else had asked Hermione out, then he 
badgered her constantly about who she was going with, then he was 
generally bad-tempered at the Ball itself when it came to her, 
accusing her of passing information on to Viktor Krum. 


> Hmmm, I wonder if Harry thinks so too?

What are you willing to bet that he didn't think twice about it? He's 
preoccupied with the return of Voldemort. Why would he think that one 
of his best friends had a crush on him?

 
> Pippin (who still thinks that one day, maybe not today, and maybe 
not 
> tomorrow, but soon and for the rest of her life, Hermione belongs 
with 
> Ron)

I agree... although it seems unlikely, I agree. :)

Minnesota Girlie

P.S. By the way, hi everyone :) This is my second post here at HP for 
Grownups, and I definitely do enjoy it here.