Ron & Hermione: Equal Best Friends or Not? & Krum SHIP

[cindysphynx]

No: HPFGUIDX 38734

Marina observed:

> Now, *that* raises an interesting question.  If the tournament 
>staff
> had the whole wide world to choose from, what are we to make of
> Hermione being Viktor Krum's choice?  Does he value her more than 
>his
> parents, his friends at Durmstrang, his Quidditch teammates, his
> childhood friends, any siblings or cousins or favorite aunts and
> uncles he might have?  If that's the case, I feel pretty sorry for 
the
> boy.  He's obviously found the one true love of his life, and 
she's,
> well, not interested.

Hmmm.  Apparently Karkaroff was *not* the thing Victor would miss 
most.  So I guess Victor isn't planning on returning Karkaroff's 
affections any time soon. ;-)

You guys are making me think the whole Second Task was rather 
FLINTy, actually.  I mean, Dumbledore manages to make off with 
Gabrielle and put her at the bottom of a lake?  Gabrielle's parents 
are OK with this?  Do they just not recognize that she's missing?  
Does Dumbledore kidnap the child all the way to Britain for this 
Task?  Fleur would miss her kid sister more than, say, her mother?  
(Well, maybe, although I, uh, never felt that way about my own 
siblings until I was *much* older than 17).

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Now, on to this question of who is Harry's best friend.  Or whether 
Ron and Hermione are equal best friends.  I'm coming in late to this 
thread, so bear with me if I repeat something that's already been 
said (actually it would be a miracle if I say anything new here).

Yes, the evidence is conflicting, but we're talking about a 14-year 
old boy here.  I mean, it would be extraordinary for a boy of that 
age to have a best friend who is a girl.  That doesn't have anything 
to do with Hermione not being a valued friend.  But Ron and Harry 
spend a great deal more time together than Harry and Hermione do, 
owing to the fact that Ron and Harry share a dorm.  Ron and Harry 
have the exact same course schedule and frequently do their homework 
together.  Harry spends time with Ron and his family on two 
occassions, and Ron rescues Harry from the Dursleys in CoS.  Ron has 
simply had more opportunity to develop his friendship with Harry 
than Hermione has.

We also have the uncontrovertible evidence that Harry had Hermione's 
company in GoF, but he missed Ron a tremendous amount.  I mean, 
Harry thought about Ron *a lot*, even making mental notes to share 
things with Ron (Fleur's Veela status), not Hermione.  Harry and Ron 
simply have more in common than Harry and Hermione -- Quiddich, for 
instance.  Harry didn't seem to miss Hermione nearly as much in PoA, 
to the point of needing to be told by Hagrid that Hermione was 
feeling isolated.  So, yeah, to me it is clear that Ron is Harry's 
Best Friend at the end of GoF.  

It's all good though.  It really is.  Harry values Hermione, too. 
It's kind of like a parent who has two children.  They'll always say 
they love their children equally.  But . . . but, deep down, they 
might have a favorite.  I think that deep down, Ron is Harry's 
favorite.

So, to balance things off, I think I will have to declare myself to 
be an H/H Shipper.  If Ron gets the title "Best Friend to Harry", 
then Hermione will have to get the title "Best Girl to Harry."

Yes.  That seems fair.

Cindy (who will admit she has a favorite child, but who likes to 
think she's the only one who knows this)