Ron-Harry-Hermione-Krum

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No: HPFGUIDX 31412

Cindy wrote:
"Maybe in the brief period in GoF when Ron and Harry aren't speaking, 
Harry mostly does what Hermione wants to do. Examples are practicing 
charms, going to walk around the lake. But then again, they do go to 
Hogsmead using the invisibility cloak at Harry's insistence, and Harry 
refuses to skip the meeting with Hagrid in favor of his meeting with 
Sirius.

But I'm not sure that when the trio is together (or when Ron and 
Harry are alone) that they do what Harry wants to do. It seems quite 
clear that they don't do what Hermione wants to do. It can be argued 
that they do what *Ron* wants to do."

Maybe Harry doesn't really care what they do together and leaves the 
decision making to the other two. Maybe whatever they choose to do 
together is good enough for Harry because he's never had friends 
before?

Penny wrote:
"Exactly. We do know that Viktor has quite strong feelings about 
Hermione, and we can surmise that the strength of his interest in her 
makes her uncomfortable. But, if *5* months after the Yule Ball, 
Hermione is still talking about Harry all the time when she's around 
Krum, it seems there's some substance to Krum's jealous feelings. If 
she were talking about Harry *and Ron* all the time, I don't imagine 
it would inspire the same sort of reaction from Krum. He'd be inclined 
in that case to dismiss it as both boys just being her friends. But, 
she apparently doesn't have much or anything to say about Ron, judging 
from Krum's reaction."

Hermione is 14 during GoF and an older boy is clearly smitten with 
her. Maybe as you pointed out, Hermione is uncomfortable with some 
aspects of her relationship with Krum. Since we aren't privy to their 
conversations we really don't know if Krum throughout those 5 months 
has been trying to score with Hermione. Perhaps Hermione's strategy to 
cool Krum's amorous advances is to talk about another boy (even in 
real life, that's one way to put a damper on things). If so, Ron would 
be the wrong one to talk about because he is "normal". Celebrity-wise, 
Krum is Harry's peer; Ron isn't. Krum would be more threatened by 
Harry. 

Imagine for a minute. Krum and Hermione walking out of the library. 
Krum feels a bit amorous and spies an empty classroom. He asks 
Hermione "what's in that room?". Hermione feeling a bit uneasy tells 
him "Oh that? Just an empty classroom. Harry and I practiced the accio 
charm in there. See that room down the corridor? Well, in our second 
year, we were in dueling club. Anyhow, Harry was dueling Draco Malfoy 
and suddenly Malfoy conjured a snake. Well, the snake was about to 
attack Justin and Harry told snake to stop. He's a parseltongue you 
know
" 

Milz