Oops! ; Prioritising friendship

[davewitley]

No: HPFGUIDX 38722

Not OoP.

Sorry about that - that message was just meant for Penny.  It very 
nearly did go to OT.

While I'm here, I don't buy the argument either that the fact that 
Harry finds companionship with Hermione alone relatively dull means 
that he, however so slightly, prefers Ron:

a) being with Hermione only reminds him that he is without Ron - that 
is bound to put a damper on him;

b) we just don't have a comparative situation where he has He but not 
R - in POA he is more on Ron's side but he is in the middle to some 
extent.  He is not forced to spend time with Ron because he has 
fallen out with Hermione - Harry has never truly fallen out with 
her.  It's not hard to imagine that if Hermione was refusing to talk 
to him he would also find Ron relatively dull.

David