SHIP: Comments on Various Shipping Posts

[catherine at cator-manor.demon.co.uk]

No: HPFGUIDX 15435

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., Penny & Bryce Linsenmayer <pennylin at s...> 
wrote:
> Hi --
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> HERMIONE SPENDING TIME WITH BOTH BOYS DURING THE "FIGHT": Other than
> that one sentence that indicates she tried to mediate the dispute, 
what
> other evidence is there that she spent much time with Ron?  If she 
*did*
> spend time with Ron, I don't know *when* she did this since she's
> described as being with Harry all the time.
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Sorry Penny, I still dispute this.  There is more than one instance 
when Hermione mentions trying to mediate between the boys and makes 
it clear that she has spoken to Ron.  And she isn't described as 
being with Harry all the time.  I've just reread the whole of that 
section and there are numerous times when she isn't with Harry - it's 
just that this gets clouded by the help she is giving him with the 
first task, and that he needs someone to talk to re. the Sirius 
situation.  

Also, as I've mentioned before, Harry is the one who is very much on 
his own during this time.  Ron has Dean and Seamus, and his brothers 
to spend time with, leaving Harry isolated.  I know there is no 
reason for the others to give him a wide berth, but it could simply 
be a case of family loyalty, the fact that Ron got there first, and 
importantly, that Harry has the first task to think about.  Hermione 
knows what it is like to be cold shouldered by her best friends (see 
PoA) and, in her own sensitive way, is trying to stop Harry having to 
go through that to the same extent.
Catherine
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