Hermione and Krum

[lucky_kari]

No: HPFGUIDX 39515

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "pippin_999" <foxmoth at q...> wrote:

> This all goes to prove my point:  it could be a problem if Viktor's 
> feelings for Hermione are as intense as they seem to be.  Maybe 
> they aren't, of course; there's always narrative twist. <g> Still, 
The 
> Second Task happens after the ball, and that's when Viktor tells 
> her he's "never felt this way about anyone else." Experimental 
> flings and mature attitudes are all very well, but he's of age, by 
> the laws of his world, and she isn't. Whatever it is, it's not a 
> relationship of equals.
> 
> I'm sure Viktor is a gentleman with Hermione. But it would be 
> kind of odd if Viktor had such intense feelings and they didn't 
> have an erotic component, even if it's only a wistful fantasy  
about 
> what she'll be like when she's as mature and sophisticated as 
> she looked on the night of the ball. (If not, he's considerably 
less 
> imaginative than a lot of our list members!) 
> 
> Hermione doesn't, or shouldn't, have to deal with that. She 
> doesn't have to set any boundaries with Viktor. She can rightfully 
> expect him to do it for her. However,  learning to manage her 
> feelings is part of what she needs to do in order to become a 
> responsible adult, so, in a way, she's dodging the issue as 
> much as Ron is.
> 
> I'm sure at the Ball  Hermione felt as if she'd sailed right past 
the 
> awkward transition from girl to woman without ever going 
> through it. But that's not the real her, not yet. She was 
pretending 
> that night. Whether you think she's fourteen or fifteen, she 
> couldn't keep up the illusion for very long. "Standing ten feet 
> apart, they were bellowing at each other, each scarlet in the 
> face"..."her hair was coming down now out of its elegant bun and 
> her face was screwed up in anger." That's JKR showing us 
> Hermione isn't quite up to her image.
> 
> I feel bad for Viktor. There's a real potential for Hermione to 
hurt 
> him. I don't think she's leading him on deliberately, but she's too 
> young and inexperienced, IMO, to realize she might be doing it 
> inadvertently. 
> 
> 
> Pippin

Ah.... Viktor. I was disturbed about Viktor and Hermione, myself. I 
know my parents would have kicked up a fit over such a relationship 
when I was 14/15.

However, it occured to me later that Viktor really doesn't fit in to 
our ideas of dating, love, and sex. The revelation came while 
reading "Les Miserables" for the first time. I didn't quite get into 
the book till Marius Pontmercy entered. Within minutes, I was 
enchanted by his silliness, and suddenly I thought, "My God! This is 
Viktor Krum! Krum is supposed to be a bloody 19th century romantic, 
not a creep with a penchant for younger girls! And, that's why 
it's "Drumstrang." 

So, if Krum fits the mode, he probably worships Hermione purely with 
the idiot-puppy-dog style of Marius and the rest. But Hermione is no 
Cosette. 

I see trouble ahead.

Eileen