[HPforGrownups] SHIPS: Jumping on the Bandwagon

[Mira]

No: HPFGUIDX 132207

--- Chris <labmystc at yahoo.com> wrote:

>
>     IMO, I think JKR is developing a little bit of a
> love triangle 
> with the trio that will eventually lead to disaster.
> JKR seems to 
> think (according to her FAQ on the website) that we
> should have 
> figured out the romance by now. Here's what I think
> it is: Ron likes 
> Hermione, as evidenced by his jealousy over her and
> Krum's 
> relationship. Hermione likes Harry because of his
> personality and his 
> awesome acumen as a wizard. Harry doesn't even
> notice Hermione as a 
> potential girlfriend. I think Ron will declare his
> love for Hermione, 
> Hermione will respond that she likes Harry, Harry
> will be lost as 
> usual, then the conflict between all three will
> erupt. 
>     Someone posted in the Ginny thread that Hermione
> and her had 
> become friends because they are in the dormitory
> away from the boys, 
> and they obviously talked to each other. Perhaps,
> they talked about 
> Harry, Hermione revealed her feelings, and this is
> what cooled Ginny 
> off of Harry. 

I have always read it in the same way, Ron liking
Hermione and Hermione liking Harry. Whether this is
true or not, we might find out in less than ten days.
As to what Ginny knows about Hermione's feelings, I
will submit the following quote, from the scene in
Umbridge's office towards the end of OotP (Bloomsbury
edition page 658):

"'_Somebody_ had to act', breathed Umbridge, as her
wand came to rest pointing directly at Harry's
forehead. [...] And taking a deep breath, she cried,
'Cruc---'.

'NO!' shouted Hermione in a cracked voice from behind
Millicent Bulstrode. 'No - Harry - we'll have to tell
her!'

[...]

Ginny was staring at Hermione as if she had never seen
her before."

Of course, everybody is watching Hermione with
consternation, so Ginny's reaction is not different,
but, somehow, the way it was described made me think
at first (and second, and even third) read that it was
precisely at this point when Ginny realised that
Hermione's feelings for Harry were not entirely
friendly.

Would Hermione have acted the same if it was Ron, not
Harry, who was about to be crucio-ed? Probably. The
only difference I can think of is that Hermione would
have preferred to go together with Harry, rather than
Ron, inside the Forbidden Forrest. Somehow it seems to
me that Hermione treats Harry as the adult, and Ron as
the child, a sure sign, I think, that she sees Ron as
a brother and Harry as a man, and I am pretty sure
that Ginny has noticed it, and might spill the beans
to the boys soon.

Mira


	
		
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