Fleur and Harry's POV

[M. Temple Richmond]

No: HPFGUIDX 151794


Nikkalmati: 
So much between her and Bill  seems 
> to have happened when we weren't watching.  Is this just a matter 
of  being 
> tied to Harry's POV?  
>
> Catherine:
> In GoF right before the 3rd task, when the champions' familie's 
are allowed a visit, it is mentioned that Fleur was eyeing Bill and 
didn't seem to mind the long hair and dragon-claw earing (IIRC). So 
the seed was planted there. And even in HBP, Ron (or Ginny?) 
mentions that they've known each other for a year or so, so it seems 
to me that she did the old Veela charm on Bill at the end of GoF, 
and the poor guy was hooked! :-)
> 

MTR:   
Catherine and Nikkalmati, this is the way I understood it as 
well.  I thought JKR handled it sufficiently.  She made the 
implication and then followed up in the next book.  From a technical 
perspective in regard to writing, I think she is well within her 
rights as a fictionalist to manage the transition this way.  She 
only wants the Fleur and Bill story as a side plot, so brief 
allusions to the main happenings are appropriate.  And then when 
this couple comes front and center, she plays it correctly at that 
time, easily and seamlessly integrating the two into the long 
standing cast of characters.  JKR is a fine craftswoman.

MTR