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

[ohneill_2001]

No: HPFGUIDX 98772

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

Regarding Hermione still writing to Victor in OoP:

I made this point in more detail a while back, in post number 97326, 
so you might want to check there for the details of my argument.  
Just for the sake of summarizing though, I think the canon supports 
the conclusion that the reason Hermione was writing to Viktor right 
in front of Ron in OoP was to make Ron jealous (the reasoning, quotes 
and chapter citations appear in message # 97326, if you're 
interested; in fact I'd be interested to know if you have a different 
interpretation of the chain of communication between Hermione, Ron & 
Harry than I).  

We don't know how often Hermione has written to Viktor other than the 
one time that we do know about, but as it appears to me that she was 
trying to make Ron jealous the one time we saw her writing to him, 
isn't it possible that is the only reason she is still writing to him?

--Cory