Hermione And Bulgaria

[m.bockermann at t-online.de]

No: HPFGUIDX 59400

>>>I'm Louis Badalament, first-time poster, hello.

Hi Louis! Glad you are here.


>>>Personal
opinions, now; do you think Hermione would have taken Viktor up on
his offer?

Personally? I do believe that she *has* accepted.

Hermione tells Ron and Harry about the invitation during Potions class (page
559, British edition). Ron is so upset that he ground the pestel outside the
bowl and tries to get her to tell them if she accepted or not. Note that she
avoids his eyes and his questions and that even at the end, she does not
deny accepting. She only points out that she was busy worrying about Ron and
Hermione. That implies that she didn't accept right away. However, that does
not mean that she didn't accept at a later point of time.

Yes, Voldemort is back - but why should that be a reason to cancel the trip?
Outside the UK the Trio might even be much less at risk than in the UK where
Voldemort is bound to try and reestablish his power.

Add to that, that I feel certain that at the end of GoF DD sent Hagrid as a
kind of envoy to the giants - who supposedly retreated to East Europe as
well. So I believe that the "new physical location" Rowling hinted at could
be somewhere in East Europe.

With a nod to those who believe that Snape is a vampire or dhampire - East
Europe is the cradle of vampire legends, too? And of the Veela, too. So
there is ample opportunity for the Trio to meet some interesting folks on
their travel. I say the Trio, because I can't see Ron letting Hermione go
and not coming along. Wether there is something between Ron and Hermione or
he is only warning her against Viktor because Viktor is from Durmstrang - in
both scenarios I believe that Ron would want to accompany her. I wouldn't be
surprized if Harry would somehow be able to come along and still be
protected from Voldemort without the Dursley's presense... but how, I can't
say. I'm not convinced that their protection still works, after Voldemort
took Harry's blood, so that might be a moot point anyway and staying with
the Dursley's not necessary anymore. Which of course opens numerous
possibilities for plot points...


>>>If so, why and how long do you think she'd have stayed?

Why would Hermione go and for how long?

I'd say for a couple of weeks during summer break, but not so many that she
wouldn't be able to spend some time with her parents. Between 2 and 4 weeks
I'd guess.

Why? Well, I think that she does like Viktor. While I don't think that
she'll end up with him, I do think that she has some crush on him. Wether
you are a Harry/Hermione- or Ron/Hermione-shipper, in either case you have
to admit that the guys are not really into the dating business yet. Just
look to their behaviour at the ball for proof. Well, boys in their age lag a
bit behind in maturity, so IMHO while Hermione is already growing up as far
as it concerns dating, Harry and Ron will only actively date girls in their
fifth year. (If you believe the Patil sisters at the ball were their dates,
I'm quite sure that the girls would disagree. Ron and Harry just asked them
to be able to go to the ball but had no real interest in them.)

I don't think that Hermione will end up with Viktor, but I think she will
need some time to figure that out. And the figuring out will happen while
Hermione and the others visit Viktor.

Greetings,
Ethanol