Hermione's Kiss

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No: HPFGUIDX 29562

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., Jason Bailey <jbailey at r...> wrote:
> This could actually be construed as a pro-R/H thing. If Hermione is 
feeling
> something for Ron she wouldn't kiss him. That would embarrass them
> both. Her kiss to Harry was "proof" that she looks at him as a true
> friend and this was more of brother/sister kiss. Hermione doesn't
> strike me as the forward type, else she would have asked Harry to 
thte
> Yule Ball. That's my take
> anyway....


My take on it is that the relationship has been blossoming throughout 
the series.  Hermione's confusion about Krum shows that whether you 
prefer Ron or Harry, she still didn't know for what she wanted, 
although perhaps her stint with Krum made her a bit more aware of her 
feelings, which is why she kissed Harry.

As to your deeper analysis, I recall one of my junior high friends 
telling me about his plan to stage a fake stumble so he could cop a 
feel on a girl he liked.  This is a very similar situation, I think, 
in which Hermione would want to be able to kiss Harry, yet do so in a 
way that he didn't get the "wrong" idea; i.e. that she was being too 
forward.  I used to do similar things myself.

Joshua Dyal