SHIP: Hermione's Reaction to...

[Lee Moyo]

No: HPFGUIDX 105524

udder_pen_dragon <udderpd at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
 
Again I have re-read the whole section we have been discussing Pages 403 to 408 in the UK edition. 

<passage where Hermione asks Harry if he's a bad kisser and makes the teaspoon comment>

I think that here we have Hermione setting out her stall; Ron you're one of my best friends but I don't fancy you; and Harry I promise I have never cried when I have dreamed of kissing you. 

I believe that Ron is worried about the trio.


aboutthe1910s wrote:

I took the "Of course you're not" more to mean that Hermione
understands what is actually going on with Cho (and hopefully is
mildly...disgusted is too strong, but some watered down version of
that). I took the insulting of Ron to imply both that she thinks that
he is a moron for not realizing that she likes him and also that she
herself is still uncomforable with her feelings for him. Just to
offer an alternative reading of the section...
 


I totally agree with "aboutthe1910s" on this point. I wrote a long theory on that we should not dismiss the R/H relationship and is much as likely as the H/H relationship. Your augment has swayed me a bit towards the latter, but caution would be wise, i am going to read that section again to confirm but if Hermione has dreamt of kissing Harry then it is possible that she likes both but is not sure which way she will go. Harry being the easy way cause all would say she chose a good boy and Ron would be good for her cause she likes him but others may not think so open for ridicule amongst her peers which as we know at that age is not the best thing and that it is the impotent things around that stage. I here people saying Hermione is far to bright for that, well just look at her in the first book when she ran to the toilet when the troll was there, she was upset by what Ron had said about her and as much as her having her priorities right  she was still bothered by what he said no necessarily what other people say

Lee