SHIP: Re: Who is the boy?

[anguaorc]

No: HPFGUIDX 54424

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "grace701" <grace701 at y...> 
wrote:
> The way I see it.  Ron was continuing to accuse Hermione 
> of "betraying" Harry.  And she just retaliated by saying the above, 
> that way they won't get into another argument.

Angua:
So Hermione is proposing to go to the next ball with Ron because, bad 
as that is, it's better than arguing?  Will she have to go to all 
future balls with him for that reason?  That's just bizarre.

I don't think your theory makes sense.  If Ron is accusing Hermione 
of "betraying Harry" at that moment, her reference to the next ball 
is a meaningless non sequitur.  Unless you think they're assuming 
that when the next ball happens, Harry will again be involved in some 
kind of contest and Hermione will again be invited by one of his 
competitors?  

He *must* have said something a little more general than that, such 
as "you shouldn't have gone with that guy."  Hermione is not the girl 
to make illogical remarks.


And now to Melissa's post:
> Apples and Oranges. None of the people (or bird) you listed are 
possible 
> romantic partners for Harry.  Well in the fan fic world perhaps but 
we are 
> talking the canon world and I *really* can't see JKR going in those 
> particular directions.  

Angua:
No, they're not, are they?  And Hermione's kiss is right in there 
with them, serving the same purpose, associating her with all those 
other non-romantic prospects.  Harry's "family" is rallying around 
him.  

Melissa:
And aside from Ron's backslap none of them happened 
> in the last 10 lines (pg 734 Scholastic paperback ed). The more to 
keep it on 
> the readers mind perhaps?  

Angua:
But *this* happened only one line before your "magic" ten-line mark, 
and was also on the last page:

***Mrs. Weasley was close by him.  She hugged Harry very tightly when 
she saw him and whispered in his ear, "I think Dumbledore will let 
you come to us later in the summer.  Keep in touch, Harry."***

Dude, together with all that fuss Harry made about that "first-ever" 
motherly hug she gave him at the end of the previous chapter, and the 
way she kissed him on the cheek in Chapter 31, I'm starting to 
convert to Harry/Molly after all.

Melissa:
Maybe that boy lying on the garden outside Privet 
> drive is remembering a kiss on the cheek.  Its as likely as some of 
the other 
> speculation I've read.

Angua:
No worries.  We'll know the answer to that soon enough.  And if he 
is, I'll cheerfully come here and formally concede it to you as a 
HUGE point in favor of H/H.  

If he doesn't, I'll continue to cherish that kiss as a sign of the 
deep platonic love Hermione feels for Harry.  And if Harry doesn't 
think about or refer to it once in OoP (whether in the flowerbed or 
anywhere else), maybe you'd like to come on here and concede a point 
to me?

> Now off to recompose the rest of it on Works  <sigh>

::wince::  I feel your pain.


Angua