[HPforGrownups] Re: H/H v H/R

[Carole Estes]

No: HPFGUIDX 7585


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From: "Penny & Bryce Linsenmayer" <pennylin at swbell.net>

> naama wrote:

> > Are they? I think not. Both Harry and Hermione are ambitious in
> > their own domains) and highly insecure. They both continually need to
> > prove themselves. They would *not* be good for each other as a
> > couple. OTOH, Ron's stability, cheerfulness and lack of intense
> > ambition makes him very suitable to be Hermione's mate in life.

I'm with Penny on this one.  Ron's got a quick temper, is easily offended by
references to his poverty, to the point of getting bent out of shape when he
realized he hadn't paid Harry back for the Omnioculars, even when Harry is
saying don't worry about it.  He refused to trust his best friends word that
Harry was not out to enter his name in the GoF.  Ron does not seem to me the
cheerful, sunny, no worries type of guy that you see him as.

He also seems to me the type that would eventually resent being overshadowed
by a very successful wife.  I am one who believes that Ron and Hermione will
date in the canon, all obvious signs point in that direction (although I
think the Farmer in the dell is plausible).  But I can't see it lasting
after Hogwarts.  I know, we will never know what happens after Hogwarts and
noone knows if any of the three will survive that long...that's what
fanfiction is for.

>  Ron is incredibly
> insecure (I agree that Harry & Hermione have their own insecurities but
> Ron's insecurities are at least threefold what either H or H
> demonstrate).  He's constantly trying to be better than everyone around
> him ... what was it he saw in the Mirror of Erised -- himself, standing
> alone, more successful & admired than any of his friends & family.

Additionally, Ron gets much less praise and confirmation of his worth than
either Harry or Hermione.  Hermione has the respect and accolades as the
superior student.  Harry gets the accolades as the hero.  Ron is there
supporting and cheering both of them.  So while Hermione and Harry are
getting the confirmation needed to alleviate their insecurities, Ron has
not.  As has been said in previous posts, what Ron needs is a place to shine
in his own right, and that has not been shown, yet.  And it seems to me that
with his established tendancies to want fame and fortune, that unless he
gets some recognition soon, he's going to become much less stable than we've
seen to date, particularly as he heads into adolescence.

I have to note here that I was a complete non-shipper ("they're just kids!")
until I read PoU.  That converted me to a H/H shipper, but only after
Hogwarts.  I'm keeping my ship for the Hogwarts years in dock until JKR
writes more.  Who knows maybe Hermione will fall for Draco Malfoy (rather
than Harry or Ron)!

carole