"A Little Romance"

[Richard Jones]

No: HPFGUIDX 127818


--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, Laura Ingalls Huntley 
<lhuntley at f...> wrote:
> Richard Jones:
> >>  She doesn't laugh at his jokes (which is more important than
> >> it sounds).
> 
> GEO:
> > Please elaborate. I'm rather curious on how that detracts from
> > a potential harry and hermione relationship.
> 
> And I'm rather curious about instances of Harry making jokes.  I'm 
not 
> saying he *doesn't*, mind you, it's just that I don't remember him 
> doing so.  I guess he makes rather wry comments from time to time, 
but 
> I can't think of anything that would illicit laughter from the 
average 
> companion (i.e. not Luna ^_^).
> 
> If anyone tells jokes that Hermione doesn't approve of, it's Ron.  
And 
> yet, R/Hers cite her annoyance as veiled attraction.  *winsome 
smile* 
> Eh, to each his own.
> 
> Laura

Richard: That article at the HP Lexicon that I mentioned -- "D'You 
Really Think They're Suited?" -- quotes a couple of pages worth of 
jokes that Harry makes in all the books to try to break the tension 
or to lighten his dark mood. Ron and Ginny and everyone else except 
Hermione laughs at his jokes.  The article gives a good argument that 
Harry needs a girl who is a "bit more cheerful" (than Cho), to quote 
Ron, and for the other points I mentioned.

Richard Jones