Hermione's attitudes, age, and SHIP/s...

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No: HPFGUIDX 29978

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., monicawitt at m... wrote:
> She's taking Ron not asking her to the Yule Ball as an insult, a 
> slight, and it's a slight on her feminity to her, not their 
> friendship, otherwise the "I'm a girl!" comment doesn't make any 
> sense. She's angry that Ron has never "noticed" her. That's not the 
> reaction of a person who wants to be considered strictly a buddy to 
> someone...


I think you're taking a little bit too much of a leap here, and 
you've also ignored a couple of important points.  First of all, when 
she says that line to Ron about him not noticing she's a girl, Ron 
had just barely said "Hey, Hermione, Neville's right: you are a girl" 
or something very close to that.  In that case, her saying what she 
did is completely understandable without reading hidden love for Ron 
in there.  Also, there's no evidence that because Ron didn't ask her 
to the ball it's an insult: however, it is a bit insulting to hold a 
grudge against her just because somebody else asked her first.  I 
would get mad too if someone kept getting mad at me for something 
that was their own durn fault in the first place.

Joshua Dyal