Troll comment again, Hermione's blush

[Amy Z <lupinesque@yahoo.com>]

No: HPFGUIDX 50321

I'll just keep fighting two fires, here.  <g>

Penny wrote:

> Penny:
> > I agree that she was very hurt by the trolls remark, but it may 
or 
> may not have anything to do with personal feelings for Ron.  

> 
> Angua again:

> But I agree with you that Hermione was hurt, and is not just 
needling 
> Ron for fun, or from feminism.  She speaks "loftily" and "acidly," 
> and "snaps."  There is no lifted eyebrows or sly grin of 
appreciation 
> for karma -- she is angry.  I don't think she is SO insecure about 
> her appearance, or SO militantly feminist, as to be *hurt* by Ron's 
> remark, UNLESS she wants him to find her attractive.  The contrast 
> between her sensitivity here (when Ron wasn't even talking about 
her) 
> and her nonchalance in response to truly vicious public insults 
about 
> her teeth from Draco Malfoy and Pansy Parkinson is striking to me.

OK, both of you.  Where do you get the idea that Hermione is "hurt" 
by Ron's remark, or even thinks it is a comment on her own 
appearance?  The key words are "splutter of 
indignation," "bristling," "snapped," and "swept off."  Where's the 
cue about hurt as distinct from anger?  Where's the cue that she's 
taking it personally at all?

Likewise, I see a non-SHIP-related explanation for the blush.

Angua wrote:

> > <<<<<And I think she is blushing because she recognizes inwardly 
> that she 
> > is bragging to Ron in a way that is likely to show him that she 
IS 
> > attractive to boys, after all, and maybe (hopefully?) make him 
> > jealous.  She blushes *every* time she tells Ron about Viktor 
> liking 
> > her.>>>>>>>>>>>

Penny wrote:

> > If she blushes *every* time she talks about Viktor liking her, 
that 
> might be because *Harry is there.*  

How about this?  She's blushing because they're talking about her 
dating life.  It's personal.  It's embarrassing.  It touches on 
something heretofore secret and rather exciting.  Hence, a blush.  
Lots of people can be reduced to blushing with the words, "I think he 
likes you . . ." or "Who are you going to the ball with?"  The 
situation is blushworthy even if no one one feels attracted to is 
listening (I *do* think Hermione would very possibly blush when she 
told Ginny about it).

Amy
who has the misfortune of being one of those people who blushes at 
the drop of a hat