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

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serenadust wrote:

Oh boy! Finally a chance to trot out my favorite OOP theory <g>.
Of course keeping her correspondance with Victor private means A LOT
to her, but not because of their personal relationship or anything
shippy. She has a far more important reason.

Victor Krum is a member of the Order and Hermione is the one
entrusted with being his contact.
<big snip>


Neri:
This is a nice theory, and I definitely see Krum in the Order. It 
makes a lot of sense. JKR said in a chat something like "we'll see 
Krum again but not soon", which I interpret as Book 7. Right on time 
for the final showdown.

It doesn't seem logical, however, to have Hermione as Krum's contact 
woman. She is as far from him as HQ in 12GP, or DD's office. If DD 
wanted to send Krum orders it doesn't make much sense to find 
Hermione and ask her to write him. And if Hermione were entrusted 
with a way to send safe mail in and out of Hogwarts, why not 
entrusting it to Harry also, and why didn't Hermione suggested it 
when Harry needed to talk with Sirius and Lupin? She was very afraid 
of that crazy plan to use Umbridge's fireplace with the twins' 
diversion. Why didn't she say to Harry "if you just put it in the 
letter, I'll find a safe way to smuggle it out"?

The fact that Hermione wrote to Rita does not mean that she had a 
safe way to send mail. Rita in the Three Broomsticks clearly didn't 
know why Hermione wanted to meet her. This means that all Hermione 
had to write her would be something like "will you be at the Three 
Broomsticks this Saturday? If I won't see you there I'll be very 
upset, and you know what is likely to happen when I'm upset" or 
something innocent of that sort. If Harry managed to get past 
Umbridge's screen this way, Hermione surely can.

But I certainly won't be surprised if Krum is in the Order and 
Hermione is the only one from the Trio who knows about it. It won't 
be the first time (or the second) she keeps her little secrets from 
the others. She was writing a very long letter to Krum that night. 
What was she writing him that took such a long scroll??? (now I'm 
coming out like Ron). Perhaps she was detailing everything that was 
happening in Hogwarts, so it will look innocent but Krum will be able 
to read the dire situation between the lines.

Neri