I still dont like Fleur

[Schumar1999]

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phoenixgod2000: 
<snip> All of this is a long winded way of saying I disagree with you. Fleur was totally within her rights to do what she did and the only thing missing was a seperate scene with Fleur knocking down Ginny a peg or eight. Every guy in the HP 'verse should so lucky. Hell, I should be so lucky.


Schumar: 
I think that Ginny and Hermione and Molly's reactions to Fleur were 
understandable, even if shortsighted in forgetting that she was a 
triwizard champion. Maybe Veelas (or part Veelas) have an unconscious effect on women as they do on men, just with opposite results. 
The way Hermione reacted to the Veelas at the Quidditch World Cup as well as the way H, G, and M react to Fleur all seem to fit that. Fleur's arrogance might also be related to her FRENCHness. Anyway, I agree that Fleur was within her rights to say what she did to Molly. I think Fleur is arrogant and she loves herself, but she genuinely loves Bill and wants to be a part of his family. 

However, I don't see Fleur knocking Ginny down a peg. In fact, even if it is done with some of Fleur's innate French/Veela arrogance, I see Fleur perhaps being able to impart some reason on Harry and Ginny and even Ron and Hermione and show them that LOVE can be a strength and not necessarily a vulnerability. I could see her bluntly telling R/Hr that need to get their acts together and recognize their feelings, just as I could see her telling Ginny 
that Harry's got to do what he must, and they will be ok in the end and not to give up.  We know that she likes Harry enough to want the best for him/for him to be happy.  She might be tactless, like when she commented about Tonks letting herself go, but I believe Fleur is on the side of love.

Marianne S, grateful for a chance to posit about something other than Snape.