SHIP: Krum/Hermione (was H/H: Muddying the pool)

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No: HPFGUIDX 31437

I don't have a particularly strong opinion as to H/H, H/R, H
(arry/ermione)/?, but ~

"bbennett320178" wrote:
> 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. 

Aha!  See, neverminding any interpretation I make of the Trio's 
interrelationship, this is exactly what I interpret in terms of 
Hermione's relationship with Krum ~ that he's interested in dating 
her, she's not interested in dating him but finds no reason to be 
outright rude...though his attention is a bit awkward at times.  In 
this light, I'd say that she *would* probably stick to neutral common 
interests, the Triwizard Tourney and thereby Harry (and not Ron) 
coming to mind more often.

Also, I think it is within the realm of possibility that Hermione 
*doesn't* talk about Harry particularly often.  However, Krum, 
influenced like so many others by Rita Skeeter's misrepresentation of 
Harry & Hermy's relationship, might be super-sensitive to any time 
Harry does come up in conversation (even, probably, if it was he that 
brought Harry up in said conversation).  In other words, Hermy might 
talk of Ron and Harry equally, or of Ron a lot and Harry in passing, 
or heck she might gabble on about Crookshanks non-stop and mention 
Harry only because he's occasionally in the same room as Crookshanks; 
but Krum would pick up on the times Harry comes up because he's 
predisposed to consider Harry as competition.

I dunno.  How good a source of info is a jealous young man, as by 
definition jealousy often comes from misinterpretation of 
events/conversation, paranoia, and other kinds of reality-twisting 
extrapolations?

And where, by the way, *was* I going with this post?

Mahoney
wandering off to track down her point....