SHIP: H/H: Muddying the pool

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I MUST WORK AND I HAVE NO SELF CONTROL.

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "cassandraclaire73" 
< See, I disagree that after six months of interaction, and I would 
say  friendship, that Viktor is still essentially a stranger to her.>

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< Here were are, many  of us making the point that Harry is something 
Viktor and Hermione 
have in common. He is a celebrity. He is in the Tournament with 
Viktor. If she was must trying to make conversation, it might make 
sense she'd talk about Harry. Fine. But is Viktor incapable of making 
that same deduction about her motives? Again, I don't think he is 
stupid and I hardly think he wouldn't be able to understand that on 
his own. Therefore I have to make the assumption that he's annoyed by 
something beyond simply Hermione talking about her friend Harry as a 
point of interest for her and Viktor to share.>

I don't think Krum's stupid either, but I'm not sure how much 
intelligence comes into play much when interpreting the motives of 
the opposite sex :*). I've known this guy for 6 months or so. He 
likes me. I know he likes me, and while I think he's nice person, I 
don't have any romantic interest in him. When I'm around him, I try 
to think of nice, pleasant conversation, and I try not to get into 
intimate discussions, hoping he'll get the hint. He hasn't, and if 
you were to ask him, he may think we're much closer than we 
actually are - but just because I've known him all this time doesn't 
mean that I feel we are good friends. Hermione may very well feel 
like Krum is a good friend, but it's not unreasonable to argue that 
she doesn't, even after 5 months - especially considering we already 
know Hermione isn't the type to have a lot of close friends. 

> :D Cassie, waving her Viktor is Cool flag

Cassie, you should read Elanor Gamgee's Moody Slavic Man. It's at SQ. 
She has an *awesome* characterization of Viktor.