Re: Rowling’s Red Flag (Was: SHIP: That Darned Kiss--The Problem With Reading R/H in

Mon Jan 20 21:57:42 UTC 2003

No: HPFGUIDX 50194

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "errolowl <nithya_rachel at h...>" 
<nithya_rachel at h...> wrote:
> To quote Ebony again, if slightly out of order,
> >>It was about *Hermione*--Hermione and the way she views herself 
as 
> an emerging young woman.<<

Yeah, that's my take on it, Errol.  I have to agree with Jim Ferer's 
*excellent* post, when he said that Hermione has developed as a 
character more than the boys have in a manner of speaking.  I think I 
agree... we've had a lot of Hermione-development in PoA and GoF... 
and in GoF, some of it was completely tangential to the main plot of 
what Harry was going through.  

So if she's not faded into the background in OotP, I'll still wrinkle 
my forehead and wonder.  Even if we see more in the way of beginning 
R/H.

> Red Flag Scenario #3: The Harry POV:
> 
> Maybe this flag has less to do with Hermione than to do with Harry. 
> Ron is a given for `the typical teenage guy' who can't figure out 
his 
> own mind. Now how is Harry different? We see the entire world from 
> Harry's POV, *this phrase included*. It's not Rowling narrating for 
> our benefit, its not Hermione making a decision, but it's *Harry* 
who 
> suddenly notices here that it's something that Hermione hasnever 
done 
> before. Why? 

You know, I've never thought of it this way before.  Now I'll have to 
dig up GoF again and see why my overall thought of the past three 
years is that Harry doesn't notice Hermione much.  Considering how 
much we know about her character, that can't be completely correct.

Of course, this could all be overspeculation, and Rowling could have 
just stuck in that phrase at random.  

Can't wait for June 21!

--Eb