In defense of Ron

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No: HPFGUIDX 4904


> 
> Am I the only one who's noticed this?  <g>
> 
> PoA -- Chapter 13 (pages 264-65 in US version):
> 
> "Only one person wasn't joining in the festivities.  ....  Harry 
broke
> away from the table where Fred and George had started juggling
> butterbeer bottles and went over to her.
> 
> .....  'Come on, Hermione, come and have some food,' Harry said, 
looking
> over at Ron and wondering whether he was in a good enough mood to 
bury
> the hatchet.
> 
> .....  She glanced over at Ron too.  'He doesn't want me to join 
in.'
> 
> There was no arguing with htis, as Ron chose that moment to say 
loudly,
> 'If Scabbers hadn't just been eaten, he could have had some of those
> Fudge Flies.  He used to really like them ---'
> 
> Hermione burst into tears.  Before Harry could say or do anything, 
she
> tucked the enormous book under her arm, and still sobbing, ran 
toward
> the staircase to the girls' dormitories and out of sight.
> 
> 'Can't you give her a break?' Harry asked Ron quietly.
> 
> 'No,' said Ron flatly.  'If she just acted like she's sorry ....'
> 
> _____________________________________________
> 
> Don't know about you, but that's pretty clear evidence to me that 
Harry
> no longer held any grudge against Hermione, he wanted her friendship
> back & he was actively trying to make the two of them make up.  Ron 
is
> stubborn in this case too.
> 


duh! sorry... posted with out consulting the canon (stupid move!)
okay, scratch that arguement

norevoli


> > To tell you the truth I'm pretty surprised that its taken four 
years
> > for them to have an actual fight. Its quite a natural thing to
> > happen. Friends are allowed to have squabbles. And most times 
these
> > squabbles are a result of one person being obnoxious or totally
> > ignorant. It happens.
> 
> I agree completely with this!  I'd been thinking to myself that it 
was
> completely unrealistic that they'd never had a squabble of any sort.
> The fight in GoF lasted longer than it shold have & was really 
largely
> unnecessary but . . . on the whole, I thought it was about time 
really.
> 
> Penny
> 
> 
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