SHIP: Old ideas, time travel, & Ginny's Oomph: new (!) thoughts on H/H?

[Mary Shearer]

No: HPFGUIDX 32828

Oh am I LOVING this latest topic! Haven't been on for
a day or two, and woke to find the SHIPS afloat. 
I, too, was intrigued by the little hint in GoF that
Ginny and Hermione may be forming a female bond.  It's
long past due for Hermione, who, as best friends with
a couple of 14-yr-old boys, is by default dealing with
insensitive clods. (the 14-yr-old boy who is NOT an
insensitive clod when confronted with girls' issues is
truly extraordinary :) Example:  Hermione's tearful
relief when Ron and Harry finally make up - they look
at each other and agree that she's "barking mad," when
they should both be apologizing for what they've put
her through. Very typical, and very astute for JKR.
Boy, does she know her characters!  

--- Tabouli <tabouli at unite.com.au> wrote:

> Hmmm. Of course, it's also quite likely that
> Hermione, being inexperienced and naive in the
> relationship department, hasn't figured out her own
> feelings with regard to Krum, Ron and Harry at this
> stage.  The idea of boys finding her attractive is
> novel at this point, and it may take a while for her
> to sort out feeling flattered, feeling friendship
> and feeling attractive into clear enough categories
> to develop a definite interest of her own.

I agree. It will be interesting to see how she handles
her newfound feminine confidence.  I don't think she
will change much, as evidenced by her morning-after-
the-dance comments.  She is back in the common room
with her frizzy hair, and tells her friends that it
would be way too much trouble to keep the sleek,
attractive style she had worn to the ball. (If
everyone had dropped their jaws over a new 'do when I
was fourteen, I'd have moved heaven and earth to keep
it that way.)But I don't think that she will put up
with being ignored (as a girl) anymore, either. She
pretty effectively put Ron in his place there, even
though he may be too dense to "get the point."

As for Ginny, I would dearly love to see her get a
little Hermione-like revenge. It would be great to see
Harry's interest in Ginny piqued, right about the time
she's noticing that there are other, less distracted
fish in the ocean. Yeah!  That's it!  Make HIM work to
bring HER around...BwaaHaHaHaHa!

-Mary (who's O.K. now...just had a little flashback to
a high school crush finally asking her out in college
(giggles) and as a fellow redhead, sides with poor
Ginny.)


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