[HPforGrownups] Re: Adolescent Development in OOTP

[Susanne]

No: HPFGUIDX 102091



Hi,

Saturday, June 19, 2004, 10:52:12 AM, mcmaxslb wrote:

> As a matter of fact if it 
> wasn't for Harry they wouldn't even be friends.

In your opinion, but not according to canon, where Ron and
Hermione do things together (go to Hogsmeade, shopping and
eating ice cream at Diagon Alley, Hermione coming to the
Weasleys earlier than Harry...).

If Hermione and Ron were not friends, they'd try and avoid
each other if not with Harry.

Ron obviously cares about Hermione, and Hermione does about
Ron (I'm not talking about shipping here).

Hermione worries when Ron is not back from Quidditch with
the others, for example.

In PoA, she cares about not having Ron's friendship, even
though Harry has already reconciled with her, and she is
going spare when Ron gets dragged into the Whomping Willow.

Harry is in danger a lot more often, so of course, both Ron
and Hermione worry about him a lot more often.

It's one thing to claim that you don't see Ron and Hermione
having a romantic relationship, but asserting they aren't
even friends is a different story.

If you are trying to say that Harry was the one who
remembered Hermione was in the bathroom and didn't hear the
troll warning, and that's how their friendship started, you
might have a point.

But I do think Hermione was very interested in both boys
opinion already, and if not for the troll, there could have
been plenty of other opportunities for their friendship to
begin.

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 Susanne                           mailto:siskiou at vcem.com