Hermione's Reaction to... Was: Re: Harry's first Kiss (is it a smoke screen?)

[delwynmarch]

No: HPFGUIDX 105646


Mayeaux45:
> Well, I'd have to rule out the "Pygmalion Theory"(SC) all together.  
> Hermione is known for accepting people as they are (Ron and Harry 
> included), eventhough she might have a great dislike for them (Draco 
> Malfoy, Prof. Snape, etc...). I don't think she would go through the 
> "trouble" of trying to get Ron to change( or even Harry for that 
> matter).

Del replies :
Except that she does. She offered the boys *homework planners* for
Christmas, how much more loudly could she have stated that she
expected them to change ?
Moreover, it's very common for people in love to consciously accept
their loved one in their entirety, but to reject some parts of their
personality unconsciously. 

I, Del, wrote :
> > The way I read it, she's just baffled at 2 things :
> > 1. that the boys should conclude so fast that Cho was crying 
> > because Harry was a bad kisser, when Cho cries all the time anyway,
> > 2. that the boys could believe that anyone could be such a bad 
> > kisser that they would make their partner cry ! I mean, *I* didn't 
> > know about Cho crying all over the place, but I was completely 
> > baffled that *anyone* could think such an absurd thing ! My 
> > reaction was exactly the same as Hermione's : of course you're not 
> > a bad kisser, because nobody is, at least not to that extent.

Mayeaux45 replied :
> But the point I think UdderPD was trying to make was that Hermione 
> didn't put ANY thought into what she said before she spoke up.  It 
> was instantaneous and w/o thought.

Del replies :
My gut reaction was instantaneous and without thought too. I reacted
right along with Hermione, so that when she said it, I was thinking
it. It's just like hearing 2 people talking next to you while you're
reading a book, and then they start talking about somenone but they
can't remember their name, and you just give it to them without even
looking up. It's automatic : no Harry, you're not a bad kisser, nobody
is, and Cho cries all the time anyway. I understand that Hermione
wouldn't mention the "nobody is a bad kisser" part in front of Ron
though :-)

Mayeaux45 wrote :
> And I have a question...How does Hermione know the places in the 
> castle that Cho does most of her crying in?  Hermione doesn't come 
> off as a gossip queen to me.  Makes me wonder...who has she been 
> talking to? She goes to eat with Harry and Ron,

Del replies :
That's when she saw Cho crying at mealtimes I guess.

Mayeaux45 wrote :
> then to the library, then to the common room, and then classes in 
> between all of that.  She also doesn't seem like the kind of person 
> to talk during a lesson or doddle in between classes as so not to be 
> late.  Hmmm?  

Del replies :
You forgot that she has to go to the loos, which is the only other
place, apart from meal times, that Hermione mentions. She does
complete her sentence with "all over the place", but that could be
either an exageration, or just something she heard Cho's friends
whisper among themselves while Cho was crying in the loos.

Del