[HPforGrownups] Re: "A Little Romance"

[Susanne]

No: HPFGUIDX 127852



Hi,

Wednesday, April 20, 2005, 11:09:48 AM, Laura wrote:

> I actually think it was a "fond" sort of grin, although it probably did
> have something to do about her going off on SPEW.  Here's an analogy:
> Harry sees an article about something Quidditch related (perhaps about
> the Chudley Cannons or Vicktor Krum, pre-GoF), and smiles to think of
> Ron's humorously enthusiastic response to it.  I don't think this is an
> instance of Harry *mocking* or disrespecting Ron's interests in any
> way, he has merely seen something that reminds him of his friend and
> his smiling at the imagined response.

I'm off to work, but just wanted to reply to the above since
it relates.

IIRC, he actually wanted to laugh with Ron about the way
Hermione mangled a quidditch term, which is another example
of Harry is not above "mocking" his friends (not that this
is all that unusual for their age group, but sometimes
Harry's and Hermione's relationship is presented as such an
ideal one! <g>).

Or was this just an analogy and it doesn't relate to the
canon sample it reminded me of?

But anyway, it still doesn't mean Harry likes either
Hermione or Ron romantically, when he thinks of them in
certain situations (unless it's a clearly romantic
reaction).

It would be very strange if Harry never spared a thought on
his two best friends, and we get just the bare minimum as it
is, even with Harry being the POV character (imo).

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 Susanne                           mailto:siskiou at vcem.com