First Crush - Sorting Harry - Forever -

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--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "Catlady (Rita Prince Winston)"
<catlady at w...> wrote:
> Ethanol wrote:
>
> > That´s exactly what we see: Hermione´s first crush is Lockhart in
> > CoS, with Harry following a year later in PoA (when he notices Cho)
> > and Ron in the fourth year (when he notices Fleur).
>
> I hadn't thought before now that it might have been a crush, but Ron
> noticed Madam Rosmerta in third year. "A curvy sort of woman with a
> pretty face was serving a bunch of rowdy warlocks up at the bar.
> "That's Madam Rosmerta," said Ron. "I'll get the drinks, shall I?" he
> added, going slightly red."
>
> When I first read PoA, I thought that Ron was going slightly red
> because he was a little embarrassed at feeling a little proud of
> himself for buying a round, because of his money issues. When I
> returned to PoA after reading GoF, I realised that Ron was going
> slightly red because he was going to buy a round only as an excuse to
> go to the bar and try to look down Madam Rosmerta's neckline. I had
> thought that was merely seizing the convenient opportunity for some
> ogling, but he COULD have had a crush on her.

Yes, I agree, that was a first flush off hormones for Ron there. But
compared with Hermione´s crush on Lockhart a year earlier or Ron´s
with Fleur a year later, it is still a mild case. :-)


> > The other teachers where no match for Lockhart and the boys where
> > out of bounds yet.
>
> She COULD have had a crush on one of the older boys. Percy, Oliver,
> surely there are other Gryffindor boys in their year, or: how about
> Cedric?


She could have. But the boys a year or two ahead were not far enough
developed themselves - and the older ones were a bit *too* old. I
know, there is an age differnce between Hermione and Krum. But the
older you get, the less important the age difference becomes.
And by putting a teacher as the object of Hermione´s crush makes it
clear that nothing will come from it - I don´t think it is the kind of
book that will deal with the problems of a teacher-student
relationship. I have met know one who speculates that Hermione will
get together with Lockhart, while a lot of people speculate about
Hermione, Ron, Cho and Harry in various combinations.
Ethanol