[HPforGrownups] Re: Harry, Hermione & Ron [SHIP + CRAB]

[Charlie Moody]

No: HPFGUIDX 74404

On Thursday, July 31, 2003, at 11:57  AM, C M wrote:

> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "greatelderone"
> <greatelderone at y...> wrote:
>>>> And if we bring up Rowling's quotes then she also has said that
> the trio have all fallen in love with the wrong people in GoF
> (Harry/Cho, Hermione/Viktor, Ron/Hermione) and since the Harry/Cho is
> already sunk then you are going to bet that the Hermione/Viktor and
> the Ron/Hermione ships are next.<<<
>
> I'm with you on Harry/Cho and Hermione/Viktor, but can we really be
> sure that she wasn't referring to Ron/Fleur with that comment? She
> *is* the one he asked to the Yule Ball.
>
> CM

Me (the other CM):
That's the "Veela effect", magically-assisted hormone-displacement -
about as personal as getting stuck in traffic.  It's an arguable point,
but I really don't see that it counts for much more than if he were just
admiring some stranger's profile from a distance.

Certainly, it's nothing like developing a genuine fondness for / 
attraction
to someone - and isn't that what we're talking about?  Who's having real
feelings for whom?