SHIP: Glaring

[Amy Z]

No: HPFGUIDX 13887

Ebony wrote:

> >  I identify strongly with Hermione, I put myself in 
her 
> > shoes... and the "I glare at him because I like him" argument is 
> > unconvincing to me.  The first thing I think to myself is, "well, 
> > Hermione glares at Draco as well, doesn't she?  So following your 
> > rhetoric, this means that she likes Ron, and Draco, and everyone 
> > who "gets under her skin"."  
> 

Naama wrote:

> Oh, but thats not fair! I claim a foul <g>. You know its not fair. 
Draco is Hermione's enemy 
> and her glares at him do not call for any special attention. But 
Ron? He is one of her best 
> friends, she obviously cares about him very much (as a friend), and 
it is in *this* context 
> that the antagonism he so easily awakens in her seems indicative of 
underlying feelings 
> Hermione has for him. 

Well said, Naama, and also, it's not glaring per se but the immediate 
context thereof.  Glaring at Draco when he's said something cutting 
just means "Draco, you're an A-1 jerk."  Scowling when Ron has just 
given Fleur a compliment is a different matter.  

Foul! Foul!  Show 'er the red card, ref!  (Or at least the 
yellow...Ebony, you get off with a warning.)

Amy Z 

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