[HPforGrownups] Re: SHIP: Re: Who is the boy?

[Meliss9900 at aol.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 54379

In a message dated 3/26/2003 2:56:56 PM Central Standard Time, 
patricia at obscure.org writes:

> I have an alternate view of why Hermione talked to Krum at length about 
> Harry but apparently not about Ron.
> 
> I have always had a large number of male friends, and when I was much
> younger I once found myself in a situation where I was dating one boy but
> had strong romantic feelings for another, one of my friends.  I found that
> while I could talk to my boyfriend about most of my male friends, I
> avoided discussing the one I had feelings for at all costs because I
> didn't want the depth of my attraction to him to become apparent.
> Hermione is generally a considerate and sensitive person, ***so I think she
> would take care not to gush on about someone else she was attracted to to
> the boy who clearly has a huge crush on her.***  If I'm right, that would
> tend to lean against her being interested in Harry, since she did 
> apparently talk about him a good bit.  
> 

Color me confoozed ;-). . .Ron is the one who has a clear crush on her at the 
moment . .not Harry. So talking to him about Ron would be safe. OTOH if she 
had a crush on Harry she wouldn't discuss it with Ron because he's crushing 
on her so speaking with Krum about Harry would be a natural outlet.  

If you're talking about Krum crushing on her then its possible she that the 
thought hasn't even crossed her mind. He's 17/18, he's a world famous seeker, 
she might very well presume that he's over that stage, Or she might have 
needed an outlet badly enough that she took it, after all Krum was only there 
temporarily, she didn't seem to see him all that often (for what its worth I 
can't see her gossiping with Parvati/Lavender about Ron either. . far to much 
of a chance it would get back to him ironically I can see her talking to 
Harry about Ron . .he wouldn't tell).




> Also, there are good reasons why Krum would be more threatened by Harry
> than Ron, even if Hermione had been talking about both boys equally.  For
> starters, the major newspapers were reporting that Harry and Hermione were
> a couple.  That right there is enough to make Krum jealous, no matter what
> Hermione talks about.  Also, Harry is a celebrity, and a bigger celebrity
> than Krum.  Krum may be a bit under the spell of the Boy-Who-Lived image
> himself (almost every other wizard is, so why not him?), and even if he
> isn't he knows from personal experience that girls seem to be inordinately
> attracted to famous people.  Think about it: if the girl you were wild
> about spent most of her day hanging out with a major superstar and the
> papers were alleging they were a couple, wouldn't you be a bit concerned?  
> Would you be more concerned about the superstar or the ordinary joe who
> dresses badly that they also hang out with?  >>


Krum, as you say, is also a celebrity not to the same extent perhaps but he's 
probably had enough personal experience with the Bulgarian version of Witch 
Weekly and Rita Skeeter to know how they work. Far more experience than Harry 
or Hermione have had until this point.

Melissa


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