SHIP: Re: Harry, Hermione & Ron

[C M]

No: HPFGUIDX 74725

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "greatelderone" 
<greatelderone at y...> wrote:
>>>GEO: It didn't say anything of the sort. The book just says that 
Hermione was furious. It never said that she was actually furious 
that Fleur kissed Ron or because Fleur kissed Harry.<<<

Me: True, but the placement of "Hermione looked simply furious..." 
comes after the Ron kiss. If JKR had wanted to indicate that she was 
furious about the Harry kiss, or just the kissing in general, 
wouldn't it have made more sense to place the line earlier? Maybe add 
a little to it to make it clearer that that's what she was furious 
about?

 
>>>GEO: She is saying how long it took for him to figure out that she 
was actually a girl when it was pretty obvious.<<<

Me: And if her "dangerously" flashing eyes are any indication, she 
was pretty pissed about it. It's the strength of Hermione's emotions 
in these exchanges with Ron that seem suggestive to me. If she's not 
remotely interested in him, why would she care so much that it had 
taken him so long to "spot" that she's a girl?


>>>GEO: [Fred and George] also happen to be able to apparate and in 
possession of extendable ears and are also older and perceptive of 
this kind of stuff. If they didn't notice sparks between the two then 
I really doubt there are any.<<<

Me: I'm trying, but I can't really think of any evidence to suggest 
that they're "perceptive of this kind of stuff." The two of them are 
so very involved with they're own "stuff" that I doubt they'd notice 
any sparks developing between people around them. Do they even date? 
We know Fred took Angelina to the Yule Ball, but were they in a 
relationship afterwards? Not that we heard of. I'm beginning to 
suspect that the Weasley boys, as a rule, are "late bloomers" when it 
comes to the world of love and dating.


>>>GEO: It has nothing to do with fame, but everything to do with the 
fact that the people she like or fall in love with are either people 
that claim to be those that fight against the dark forces or dark and 
brooding quidditch seekers which are all qualities that Harry 
possesses.<<<

Me: What's funny is that, IMO, Lockhart and Krum kind of cancel each 
other out. GL was a flashy and charming, very matinee-idol-esque. And 
we have no evidence that Viktor's a "fighter of evils." Honestly, 
though, I don't think we can really assess Hermione's "type" from 
these two examples. Lockhart was a superficial, school-girl crush on 
a celebrity and I contend that we still don't know just what Hermione 
feels toward Krum.


>>>GEO: She frowned when Harry told them that Cho kissed her.<<<

Me: Actually, she had a slight frown on her face before Harry even 
admitted it. It could have been part of her "businesslike" demeanor, 
or a response to the way Ron was acting (he'd just spilled his ink 
and demanded that Harry answer the kiss question). My personal 
feeling is that the frown was showing concern, due to her insight 
into Cho's fragile emotional state.


>>>GEO: If anything their close friendship imo could be the basis of 
a relationship later in life.<<<

Me: Right. It could also be the basis for a relationship later in 
life between Hermione and Ron.


>>>GEO: Furthermore any future permanent love interest that Harry has 
would have to replace Hermione's functions as advisor in all matters, 
his right arm and his confidente or else the relationship wouldn't 
work since no girl would actually like it if their boyfriend goes 
rushing off to his best female friend instead of them to ask for 
advice or for help. If anything the Cho relationship proved that.<<<

Me: Yes, because we're all completely threatened basketcases who 
can't stand the idea of "our" men having friendships with women. 
Thanks for that generalization. I'll be sure to let all my friends 
who are self-assured and secure in their relationships know that 
they're doing it wrong.

CM