[HPforGrownups] Re: H/H shippers clues

[Penny & Bryce Linsenmayer]

No: HPFGUIDX 8199

Hi --

Kathleen Kelly MacMillan wrote:

> Okay, I don't understand how people can say that there is no evidence
> that Hermione likes Ron back. What about the several times in GoF when
> Hermione gets all annoyed at the attention Ron is paying to Fleur?

Hermione dislikes Fleur -- she dislikes Fleur even before Ron makes a
prat out of himself trying to get Fleur's attention.  She was disdainful
of the entire BeauxBatons bunch, but I think she was particularly
critical of Fleur.  I think Hermione sees her as some sort of affront to
women, and it doesn't seem to me that this dislike of Fleur has much to
do with the attention that Ron is paying to Fleur so much as it is just
a general dislike of Fleur as a person.  If Harry were fawning all over
Fleur, Hermione would have been upset with him too (IMO).  Granted,
Hermione probably is jealous of Fleur on some level, but I don't think
it's connected to Ron necessarily.  I think Hermione views her as
simpering & vapid, and yet she was talented enough to get chosen as the
School Champion for Beaux Batons.  That probably irks Hermione more than
anything, in my mind anyway.

> When they are leaving Hogwarts at the end of GoF, Fleur "smiled
> at [Ron]; Hermione scowled" (GoF, UK ediiton, p.628).  That's a
> SEMICOLON people; these things are related.

As I said above, she has strong disdain for Fleur as a person.  The fact
that the two phrases are related by the semi-colon doesn't give you the
definitive motivation for Hermione's scowl.  It could be what you think:
Hermione is jealous because Fleur is paying attention to her
(Hermione's) love interest.  Or, it could be what I think: Hermione's
annoyed because she dislikes Fleur, and she doesn't want Fleur flirting
even the slightest bit with one of her friends.  Or, it could be other
motivations that are more complex or more simplistic.  Connection of two
thoughts does not, however, yield an automatic black & white motivation.

The Kiss: I'm sticking with the teenagers on that one.  <g>

Penny


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