[HPforGrownups] Delurking in defense of Ron

[Kathleen Kelly MacMillan]

No: HPFGUIDX 7554

Well said!

Are your R/H fics on fanfiction.net?  Titles, please?

Kathy

>Another writer described Ron as "pale" and "relatively nondescript" I
>am gripping my computer tightly and gasping.  Are we reading the same
>books?  I wonder if myself and a friend of mine who have been writing
>Ron/Hermione fanfics have just projected a bunch of characteristics
>onto him that don't really have any basis in the books.  Who is Ron
>really, as JK Rowling writes him? True, we can't know his inner
>thoughts, because the stories are not from his POV, but he is a very
>vocal character. I think there is little doubt as to how Ron is
>feeling most of the time. I'm sure you guys have been through these
>points before, but, I mean, look at the way he sacrificed himself on
>the chess board, look at how he went down into the Chamber of Secrets
>to find his sister, look at how he stood up to Harry in front of
>Sirius Black. True, GoF dealt with situations in which Ron could not
>really play a heroic part, but if he had been able to help, he would
>have. And he will. I am sure of it. And if he betrays Harry in any
>way, well, then, my heart will be broken, and I will just have to
>write my own Harry Potter books and forget about JK Rowling. So There.
>
>Also, re: a few of the other threads, (as I said before, I am a big
>Ron/Hermione shipper) wasn't it Anne Shirley herself who said
>something to the effect that she wanted the man she fell in love with
>to be a little bit wicked. Truth be told, if you look at all the Anne
>books, Gilbert is a bit boring by the end there (don't get me wrong,
>he's still great, and has his moments, but he is very sort of, well,
>just there, being honorable and good, isn't he?)  To me, Ron is lovely
>and wicked.  Harry isn't perfect, but he's likely to suffer from all
>sorts of depression and intimacy issues as he grows up due to his
>upbringing.
>
>Oh! And I was a big fan of Edmund in Lion, the Witch, and the
>Wardrobe.  Maybe there's something wrong with me but I couldn't help
>it.  He was so misunderstood - but he came around didn't he - he got
>to be a king with his siblings.  And actually, it is Susan who turns
>out to be the black sheep if you get to the end of the series.  I
>never did like her.
>
>Re: the kiss - I don't think it meant anything.  If ANYTHING, it
>proves that Hermione likes Ron (hehe) - if you like someone you are
>probably completely afraid to have any physical contact with them at
>all, whereas if you just consider someone a friend, a little peck on
>the cheek is a nice gesture of friendship.    Poor girl probably
>trembles with emotion every time Ron is near - he's so tall and
>red-headed.
>
>Okay, well, I hope nobody's upset (and I hope you recognize that I'm
>being good-natured - it's hard to come across in email)- I just felt I
>had to speak up in defense of Ron.  Poor guy!  My friend and I are
>actually working on a project now, which we plan to "debut" after New
>Year's which is a website devoted to fanfiction writing and our dear
>friend Ron.  I will post an official announcement when it is all done.
>
>Happy Holidays everyone!
>
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