"A Little Romance" / Teamwork

[lunamk03]

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> Hickengruendler:
> I disagree that it was simply Ginny who brought Harry out of 
> his shell. It was teamwork from all three of them (and with 
> this I don't just mean that Ron wrote Hermione, who then catched 
> Harry from his room, all three of them gave Harry important 
> informations). <snip> The combination of what all three of them
> said cheered Harry up. And I don't think this scene is in any 
> way meant as shipping-foreshadowing, but rather as an eye-opener 
> for Harry, that he shouldn't cancel his friends out, when he has 
> problems, because they can be a big help.


Luna:
Exactly! I agree with you (although I am not sure that Ron sent 
that letter to Hermione). If you read the message I sent before 
this one, you'll see that I made reference to the teamwork in this scene. I am answering to the notion that some people have about Hermione being "the only one" to help Harry in this scene in order 
to support H/H. I also believe that the "shippy" aspect of the book, although fun to dicuss ;-)), is not very relevant when it comes 
down to the main plot. It can add humour and realism to the story, 
but it hasn't (and I think it never will) play a mayor role in the 
main plot (and this is another reason why I think H/H is unlikely 
to happen). 


Marcela <templar1112002 at y...>: 
> Nobody succeeded (not that they tried hard) in taking him out 
> of this mood, despite some of them (Ron, the twins, Ginny and 
> even perhaps DD through Phineas) knowing the cause of this 
> behaviour: his overhearing Moody's comment of perhaps having 
> been possessed... Why would Jo make Hermione come to his 
> rescue? Especially after she (Jo) had created a different 
> scenario for Hermione's holiday? There is authorial intent 
> here, but of course, this interpretation is up for grabs.


Luna: it seems the shippy discussion moved to this list ;-)!
Just a reminder:
1- Hermione did took Harry out of the drawing room and took him to 
his room.
2- In Harry's room Ron and Ginny were already waiting for them.
3- Harry was still in the same dark, hostile mood when he got to 
his room with Hermione (which indicates that Hermione didn't take 
him out of his bad mood, only succeeded to convince him to get out 
of the drawing room)
4- Ginny confronts Harry when she explains to Harry the symptoms 
of a real possession.
5- Harry reckons that Ginny is right and feels hope in his heart.
6- Hermione+Ron reinforce Ginny's arguments et voilà! Harry is back 
to his normal self again.

Sooooo, this sounds like teamwork to me. Granted, Hermione 
cancelled her trip to go to Grimmauld Place, but I think this wasn't "only to save Harry." Ron's father was in a critical 
condition in the hospital. I think she had Harry as well as Ron 
in mind when she decided to call off her trip. Harry was the most urgent case to solve when she got there. Obviously, before knocking Harry's door, she had arranged with Ginny and Ron the plan to help Harry (again, they were waiting for them in Harry's room and had sandwiches and everything). BTW, I find rather suspicious that Hermione keeps on spending vacations with Ron and Ron's family (summer, Christmas, etc...) As you can see, canon facts show us 
that there is very little shippy material in the Grimmauld place events.