Clues for SHIPS and for the plot - Let's not forget Viktor !

[delwynmarch]

No: HPFGUIDX 98760

Sylvia (ladyramkin2000) wrote:
> I don't think Hermione is jealous of either Luna or Cho but she is 
> used to being THE girl in the group.  I remember, at Hermione's age 
> or perhaps a little older, being slightly put-out when a close friend 
> fell for a girl outside our group, even though I had no romantic 
> feelings about him whatsoever.

Del comments :
Absolutely. The more I read the books, the more I understand
Hermione's inner workings, and the more it becomes obvious to me that
all SHIPpers could be both right and wrong.

Hermione is indeed something like Harry's soulmate, but neither of
them seem to want to add romance to a relationship that suits them
perfectly fine the way it is. There's simply no sign that they will
ever be anything but good friends. I had an incredible male friend in
senior high, but we never took it any further. Things were absolutely
fine for us the way they were, why change them ?

There's a definite sexual tension between Hermione and Ron. I think
neither of them knows how to handle the fact that they are
different-gendered good friends. But other than that, they seem to be
growing more and more apart as time goes by. Or at least, they don't
seem to be growing any closer. It looks like they are too different to
ever get along.

So it would seem like there's not enough sexual tension between Harry
and Hermione, and too much between Ron and her. On the other hand, she
could get along relatively fine with Harry, but not with Ron. That
doesn't sound good either for the H/H nor for the R/H SHIPpers.

And finally, I'd like to remind everyone that the girl *already has a
boyfriend* ! Viktor Krum is in love with her, and we don't know that
she doesn't reciprocate that feeling. We do know, however, that they
write to each other, which is the closest to going out together that
they can do under the current circumstances. And the final touch is
that she doesn't seem to talk about Viktor to *anyone* : not the boys,
but not Ginny either it would seem. Ginny knew Hermione was going to
the Yule Ball with Viktor, but she never lets out any piece of
information about Viktor or Hermione's relationship with him. Hermione
is keeping that part of her life completely private. The best reason
she would do that is that it means A LOT to her.

Del, who would have thought Viktor was just a plot device in GoF if
only Hermione wasn't still writing to him in OoP.