Ron's stubbornness

[Indigo]

No: HPFGUIDX 16544

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., eggplant107 at h... wrote:
> "Indigo" <indigo at i...> wrote:
> 
> >It's not really in Ron's nature to seek someone out for an apology 
> >given his previous history. He didn't rush right off to apologize 
> >to Hermione for Crookshanks.
> 
> Huh? Will somebody explain to me why Ron should apologize to 
Hermione.
> He had every reason to think that his beloved pet had been eaten by 
> Hermione's cat even after she had been repeatedly warned of the 
> danger. In this case Ron was 100% in the right Hermione 100% in the 
> wrong.

It's not a 100% thing either way.

And Ron could just as easily got himself a cage for Scabbers, like 
Harry has for Hedwig in the off season if he was that worried about 
Crookshanks eating Scabbers.

But the reason Ron owed her an apology (to my mind) is because he was 
unnecessarily nasty to her.

And Hermione's actions, though outwardly appalling, were those of 
someone who is excited to *finally* have a pet of her very own (her 
two best friends in the world have had theirs for two years).  She 
probably believed Ron was just on again about having a hand-me-down.

This is not to say Hermione didn't owe Ron an apology too.

But you have to remember they're both kids, and kids are not always 
worldly in knowledge of what makes other people tick.

They both acted meanly toward the other, and they both thought their 
own position was right and that the other one was overreacting.

Friendships survive better on compromise than inflexibility, hey?

Indigo