[HPforGrownups] Re: SHIP: Muddying the pool

[Shannon Compton]

No: HPFGUIDX 31359

At 04:52 AM 12/12/2001 -0000, Cassandra wrote:


>In GoF, when Ron and Harry fell out, it was Harry that Hermione chose 
>to spend her time with. It was Harry she took long walks around the 
>lake with. When Hermione and Harry went to Hogsmeade (Harry under the 
>Invisibility Cloak) and went into the Three Broomsticks, Ron was 
>there, at another table across the way. To him it would have looked 
>like Hermione was alone. Did he come over to talk to her or even wave 
>and smile? No. 

The first could be easily explained by the fact that, outside of Hermione
and Ron, Harry has no other *close* friends at Hogwarts.  Ron has, at the
least, Fred and George.  If Hermione spent her time with Harry during that
period, it was probably because she is a kind hearted girl and knew that
not only was Harry scared and possibly in danger, but that he was in much
more desperate need of a friend at that moment.  And it's also fairly
obvious that she spends time with Ron as well, as she ocassionaly mentions
him to Harry.

As for the Three Broomsticks...I can't recall just why Harry was using his
cloak, but Ron does know about the cloak and probably knows Hermione
wouldn't be sitting there alone. It's not like she was avoiding him the way
he and Harry were avoiding one another. So it seems likely to me that he
suspected she was with Harry.  Of course, something in the books could
prove me completely wrong. As I said, I can't remember why he was wearing
the cloak (and don't have my books to look it up!).

Another thing to consider is that everything is told from Harry's
perspective, more or less.  We're bound to see the two of them alone
together more than we see (or hear about) Ron and Hermione, simply because
if Ron and Hermione are alone together, Harry's not there! <g>

Not that I'm taking sides in the whole 'shipping' thing.  I'm not into that
at all...though if pressed to choose who I see Hermione with one day, it's
Ron. (she seems as displeased with his obsession with Fleur as he is with
her date with Viktor, after all).

Shannon