[HPforGrownups] Re: "A Little Romance"

[Laura Ingalls Huntley]

No: HPFGUIDX 127872

Laura (me):
>> 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
>> is smiling at the imagined response.

Susanne:
> 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>).

Well, we all know that no relationship is really ideal. ^_~

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

It was just a general analogy, but one that I chose because it seemed 
like something likely to happen in canon.

> 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).

Oh, no.  I wasn't trying to argue that it was.  I am an H/Her, though, 
to be fair, so maybe my biases were showing?

> 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).

I *do* like it when Harry thinks of Ron and Hermione in their absence, 
even if it is only to smile at their overblown reactions to certain 
things.  It's just so . . . I don't know, familiar and comforting -- 
thinking of them often cheers him up when he's alone and unhappy (i.e. 
at the Dursleys).  Of course, I absolutely loved that the images of Ron 
and Hermione's faces were what allowed him to defeat the dementors in 
OotP!

Laura