Getting Shippy With It

[Jim Ferer]

No: HPFGUIDX 10968

I said:"Ron and Harry were having identical problems getting up the 
gumption to ask dates for the Yule Ball. Hermione never said one word 
to Harry, but plenty to Ron ["Well spotted!"].  She's ticked off he 
hasn't noticed her.  If she didn't care, she wouldn't be."

Penny responded: "I put a different spin on this (surprise!).  A few 
pages earlier Ron told Harry that they'd better get a move on or 
they'd be stuck with a "pair of trolls."  Hermione was naturally
indignant about this churlish remark and leaves the room in a huff. 
 So, when later it's apparent that Ron has been rebuffed by Fleur and 
looking desperate, I think Hermione takes some self-satisfied glee at 
his predicament."

Ron *is* much more a typical 14 yeard old adolescent male oaf, isn't 
he? I feel she did and does want him to notice her, and is exasperated 
he doesn't. Their row after the ball reinforces the idea. But your 
interpretation is reasonable, I must admit.

Penny: "And, I insist we don't know the full story.  <g>  Harry just 
knows that Ron doesn't realize he has feelings for Hermione.  There's 
nothing whatever said about her feelings for him."

I don't think Harry would have thought that 'Hermione got the point 
better than Ron' in that event. He senses what's going on, I believe.

I said:"Hermione, like any young woman, wants to be noticed. She 
definitely wants *Ron* to notice."

Penny replied:" Aahhh .... I don't know about that.  The H/H'ers have 
just as many arguments that she has feelings for Harry as the R/H 
crowd has for their position."

Of course Hermione has feelings for Harry. She LOVES him. He's really 
important to her, and her to him. But I go back to words I put in her 
mouth: "I love him, I know I do, but I don't know what way I love 
him."  The Trio all love each other. That makes this argument 
complicated.