[HPforGrownups] Re: Hermione's AND Hagrid's rude comments

[Laura Ingalls Huntley]

No: HPFGUIDX 75277

Doesn't anyone else think that perhaps Hermione was just pointing out in her own wry way that Pavarti and Lavender's latest crush was, in fact, a *horse* from the..erm..waist down?  Face it.  P&L are have been nothing short of ridiculous for the last few books.  Pavarti was actually *curling* her eyelashes with her *wand* when she asked Hermione if she regretted dropping Divination.  Sheesh.  Plus, she was smirking.  I completely understand Hermione's urge to put a puncture in her bubble.

--- OotP, US Edition, pg. 599:

    "Not really," said Hermione indifferently, who was reading the Daily Prophet.  "I've never really liked horses."
    
     She turned a page of the newspaper, scanning its columns.

    "He's not a horse, he's a centaur!" said Lavender, sounding shocked.

    "A gorgeous centaur..." sighed Pavarti.

    "Either way, he's still got four legs," said Hermione coolly. ---

To me, this is akin to Ron's Uranus jokes -- only, Hermione style.  Lavender protests that Firenze isn't a horse, and Hermione points out that he *is* where it counts.

I'll just be blunt here.  Girl + Horse = Ewwwww.  Perhaps I've just got a dirty mind, but I think that's all Hermione meant.  I mean, I'm an equestrian enthusiast, and even *I* don't "like" horses. Yuck, Pavarti.  It could never work.

Laura
"...Sometimes - not often, but sometimes - I like the idea of a chick with a horse."  Banky, Chasing Amy.



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