Fleur/Viktor discussion

[Odile Alburquerque]

No: HPFGUIDX 4788

Ever since the time i started the harry potter series, ever since 
book 1, i had gotten this feeling that Hermione and Ron could end up 
with some kind of a fling, since they seem to have all this friction 
between them.  they dont talk to each other simply because of harry, 
i think.

:)


odile



--- In HPforGrownups at egroups.com, "Susan McGee" <Schlobin at a...> wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at egroups.com, "Kaitlin " <ReinaKata02 at y...> 
wrote:
> > Fleur Delacour
> > French for "Flower of the court."  A student at the Beauxbatons 
> > Academy in France.  Obviously seventeen or older.  The guys are 
> crazy 
> > for her because, as we later find out, she's part veela.  We 
> discover 
> > that her grandmother was a veela, and that one of her hairs makes 
> up 
> > the magical core of Fleur's wand (9 ½ inches, inflexible, 
rosewood).
> > She comes to Hogwarts to participate in the Triwizard Tournament 
> and 
> > gets selected as school champion for Beauxbatons.  She's very 
good 
> at 
> > charms.
> > Fleur starts out not being too impressed with Harry, but in the 
end 
> > she is very grateful to him for having saved her sister's life in 
> the 
> > second task.  
> > I personally was unimpressed by Fleur (perhaps it is because I am 
a 
> > female?).  She had some trouble in the competition.  I would have 
> > been happier if Fleur was at least a threat to the others, but 
she 
> > remained in fourth place for nearly the whole thing.
> 
> I would have been happier if she had shown up better, too, but
> I was impressed that she was grateful to Harry and Ron for rescuing 
> her sister and not defensive. 
> 
> 
> > My favorite scene with Fleur is at the Yule Ball, when she is 
with 
> > Roger Davies of Ravenclaw.  Roger, like every other guy who tried 
> to 
> > ask Fleur to the ball, is going absolutely gaga over her.  It's 
> like 
> > he's under a spell:  "Roger Davies was watching her talk with a 
> very 
> > dazed look on his face, and he kept missing his mouth with his 
> fork.  
> > Harry had the impression that Davies was too busy staring at 
Fleur 
> to 
> > take in a word she was saying" (418).
> > Anyways, in the end, Fleur thanks Harry for having saved her 
> sister's 
> > life and tells him and Ron that she wants to come back and "
get 
a 
> > job `ere, to improve my Eenglish" (724).  Ron's excited, 
Hermione's 
> > really not.
> 
> That's strange. Why would Hermione care -- Harry is not interested 
in
> Fleur and everyone knows that Hermione is not interested in Ron, 
> 
> 
> 
> > So that's it with Fleur.  There wasn't really a whole lot about 
> her, 
> > but I think we'll definitely see her again.
> > 
> > Viktor Krum
> > A student of the Durmstrang Institute in Bulgaria.  The star 
seeker 
> > for the Bulgarian National Quiddich team.  He catches the snitch 
at 
> > the World Cup final to
lose the game for Bulgaria.  I still don't 
> get 
> > it.  As I said before, he's like Durmstrang's Harry Potter—the 
> > miraculous Quiddich seeker and the Headmaster's favorite boy.  
> > However, he is very impressed by Harry's flying.
> > (An aside:  Does anyone ever wonder why, when speaking to each 
> other, 
> > the people from Beauxbatons and Durmstrang speak English?  Yes, I 
> > know, if she put it in French or Bulgarian we wouldn't understand 
> it, 
> > but still
it's the whole concept that bugs me.)
> > Viktor comes to Hogwarts to participate in the Triwizard 
> > Championship.   No big surprise when he is selected.  The girls, 
> who 
> > were crazy about him before, are even crazier about him now.  
They 
> > follow him around, trying to get his autograph.  Surprisingly, 
Ron 
> is 
> > also one of his adoring fans.  However, Viktor stuns them all by 
> > falling in love with Hermione and taking her to the Yule Ball.  
It 
> is 
> > because of him that we learn how to really pronounce her name:  
Her-
> > MY-oh-nee.  
> > He is the biggest competition for Cedric and Harry.  However, I 
do 
> > not really understand what is going on in the end
does someone 
use 
> > Imperious Curse on him to get him to put the Cruciatus Curse on 
> > others?  I got a little confused in the explanation.
> 
> The fake Moody/B. Crouch, Jr. put the Imperius curse on Viktor, and 
> compelled him to put the Cruciatus curse on Cedric Diggory. 
> 
> I'm thinking..hmmm...why didn't Crouch just put the Cruciatus curse
> directly on Diggory? Then I'm back to my theory expressed in prior 
> posts -- that Voldemort wanted the whole magical world watching --
> hence the whole buildup at the TriWizard tournament, so that
> everyone would know how he had hoodwinked AB and defeated HP.