Ginny's best friend (Was: Pansy Parkinson (Was: House characteristics))

[pippin_999]

No: HPFGUIDX 150886


> Betsy Hp:
> And they aren't all consuming.  (Though the horcrux hunt may turn 
> out to be.)  Harry never has to go looking for Hermione or drag her 
> away from Ginny.  Whenever anything goes down, serious or not so, 
> Hermione is right there.  Because she is Harry's friend.  She sits 
> next to him at meals, arranges his study calender, and reads in 
> front of the fireplace with him.
> 

Pippin:

"There was much less laughter and a lot more hanging around in
the library when Hermione was your best friend" -- GoF ch 19

I certainly hope Hermione has a best friend who *likes* hanging
in the library with her. I hesitate to say that anyone who follows
this list doesn't know what it's like to be bookish, but, er, some
people do like going to the library with their friends. Anyway,
if Hermione wants to have a late night conversation about the
meaning of life, or Golpalott's Third Law, or discuss the 
human condition with somebody who has more emotional
depth than a teaspoon, I don't think Ron and Harry are her
first choice. 

I seem to remember a fair few times when Hermione got tired of
the boys and went off  somewhere. She comes back, but
she does have an obligation  after all -- they saved her from a troll.
 It may not be a full-fledged life debt, but she seems to feel they 
need her. 

And Ginny doesn't need that kind of mother-hen stuff, because 
unlike Ron, her mother seems to be involved with her needs, 
at least after (and perhaps in expiation for) Ginny's disastrous 
first year. That would explain, even more than normal sibling rivalry,
why Ron doesn't care to have Ginny around, except in the summer
when there's no choice. At least until he becomes a prefect and
finally achieves worthiness in Molly's eyes.

Pippin