Please excuse the Fangirl; she only wishes she were reading Fanon

Daniel and I are waiting for Justin's bus and discussing the part of Half-Blood Prince that Daniel just finished reading - the part where it looks like Ron's no longer in love with his girlfriend Lavender but is possibly realizing he's falling in love with Hermione.

"Um... I don't think Ron was ever in love with Lavender," I say. "They just kissed a lot."

Daniel emits the kind of eloquent sound of disgust that only a nine-year-old boy in the presence of the word "kiss" can emit.

"And I don't think Lavender was in love with him either. I mean, remember what Harry said at Christmas, when Ron was so so grossed out by the gift Lavender got him?^* 'Did you give her any kind of sign that you'd really love a gold chain that said "My Sweetheart" on it?'"

"No, he totally didn't!"

"Well, no. And if Lavender knew him well at all she would've known that. Hermione never would've given him something like that."

"No, she would've given him something that shouted 'I LOVE HERMIONE!!' over and over," Daniel says, laughing.

"No... Hermione would've given him a copy of Hogwarts: A History."

Daniel laughs some more. "And! She would've put a spell on it that made it shout 'I LOVE HERMIONE!!' over and over and over until he'd read at least half of it!"

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a_dawn, you shouldn't have posted that bit on your lj (you know the one "...Particularly this bit JKR has to say about Snape falling in love" - the bit that had people posting their theories of what that might mean.) Because I've got a hot date with Pedagogy of the Oppressed, so this is a perfect opportunity to procrastinate by posting what I think will happen in Deathly Hallows, AKA Harry Potter Book 7.

Right. Without further ado, because Pedagogy is burning a pedantic hole on my desk, here's my predictions for Deathly Hallows:

( I shouldn't have to warn people that behind this link are spoilers )

^* Incidentally, seviet has a beautiful illustration of that scene: My Sweetheart.