Krum taking a 'mudblood' to Yuleball

[potioncat]

No: HPFGUIDX 152228

"nowheregirrrl" 
>
> Does anyone else find the Victor/Hermione pairing in GoF weird?  I
> have two problems with this:
> 
> 1. Shouldn't they have been suspicious that
> Victor would be a 'mudblood' hater and was using her or maybe 
setting
> a trap for her with regards to Malfoy?  The two boys are constantly
> paranoid about Malfoy!
> 
> 2. And what of Victor?  He publicly allies himself with a muggleborn
> even though he attends Durmstrang (which in hindsight we know has a
> Death Eater as Headmaster!) and while at Hogwarts is spending time
> with known muggleborn-haters in Slytherin.  Is he purposely showing
> himself to be 'muggleborn-friendly'? Or is having a muggleborn 
friend
> a novelty because only purebloods are allowed to attend Durmstrang?

Potioncat:
Just as some of the students at Hogwarts do not agree with the 
policies of teaching DADA rather than Dark Arts nor with admitting 
Muggleborns, it appears not everyone at Durmstrang agrees with 
teaching Dark Arts or not admitting Muggleborns.

I have no idea of Krum's opinion of teaching Dark Arts, but he seems 
to accept Hermione. As to the Dark Arts, many list members think the 
Unforgivables would be taught at Drumstrang as a matter of course. I 
don't think that's a given.

The students, as a group, ate at the Slytherin table. We aren't told 
if there were other contacts. We know that not all Slytherins are so 
biased in their beliefs as the Malfoys and Blacks.


nowheregirrrl:
> So my question is this:  Is the lack of discussion between HG/RW/HP
> regarding Victor an oversight by JKR?  Or am I missing something 
here?

Potioncat:
The issue was getting a date for the dance. There doesn't seem to 
have been any other dates between Hermione and Krum...or did I miss 
something? And Hermione often keeps secrets from the boys. I think 
she chose to keep this one for her own reasons.