[HPforGrownups] Re: Hermione And Bulgaria

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No: HPFGUIDX 59406

In a message dated 6/5/2003 3:34:01 PM Eastern Standard Time, Ethanol writes:

> 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.

:)  First of all, I like the way you said, "I'm quite sure that the girls would disagree."  :)  When you read the scenes at the ball, it's really very funny. Ron behaves disgracefully, and Harry's no Prince Charming either. But they're too young to know any better yet. It will be nice to watch them do a bit better the next time they're alone with girls they have crushes on.

And I agree that Hermione will not "end up" with Krum, but she'll visit him nonetheless. Few people "end up" with the guy or girl we took to the first prom. But many of us still fell in love, to some degree, with that date. We still exchanged love letters and talked all night on the phone for a year or two. It just didn't last forever.

There's little in this world that can shake my belief in the Harry/Ginny, Hermione/Ron matches, but it simply wouldn't be realistic for Hermione and Ron to be together right away. Everyone needs a few practice runs at love before the real thing happens. And it's so cute to see Ron go through the agony when he doesn't even understand it himself.  :)

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