[HPforGrownups] Re: Fleur kisses Ron?-Re Semicolon debate

[Horst or Rebecca J. Bohner]

No: HPFGUIDX 15373

> Why *does* Hermione hate Fleur so much?

She's gorgeous, which is enough to make any girl resentful of another girl
even if they're not actually competing for the same boy(s).  I know I used
to really resent a friend of mine who was constantly the centre of guys'
attention and was always being pestered for dates, because she made me feel
ugly and unwanted by contrast (even though I didn't want any of the specific
guys who were asking her out).

Also, Fleur is full of herself.  (I like her in spite of this for some
strange reason, but it's true nonetheless.)  She is a snob, and she
constantly puts down Hogwarts -- which would be sure to raise Hermione's
hackles, because it's one thing for Hermione as a Hogwarts student and a
house-elf activist to find fault with her school, but it's another thing for
an OUTSIDER to criticize it.

If I were Hermione, I would have a really hard time giving Fleur the benefit
of the doubt either.
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Rebecca J. Bohner
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