SHIP: Back into the fray with R/H

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No: HPFGUIDX 31382

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "jennyandraul" <meboriqua at a...> wrote:
> I also felt that there was an attraction on both sides (but I 
didn't 
> see it as early as CoS).  I saw the attraction from Hermione when 
she 
> was annoyed that it seemed to take Ron so long to notice she was a 
> girl in GoF and then later, when she told Ron that he should have 
> asked her straight out to the Yule Ball instead of using her as a 
last 
> resort.  While I think Hermione was flattered that Victor Krum 
asked 
> her to the Ball, I also think that she was hurt that Ron did not.



I still fail to see it at all.  When Ron does his infamous "Hermione, 
Neville's right, you *are* a girl" routine, that's just plain rude 
and annoying, and there's no reason to assume that she must feel 
annoyed because of her romantic interest in the guy.

Likewise, the whole Ron/Hermione fight after the Yule ball has been 
misinterpreted by SHIPpers of all stripes, as nearly as I can tell.  
Remember that Ron said to Hermione that she could go with "one of us" 
referring to Harry and himself -- he didn't ask her to go with him to 
the ball.  Also, an interpretation of her actions as feeling slighted 
by not having been asked by Ron himself is only possible if you 
assume a priori that she has such feelings -- it certainly isn't 
proof of such.  Ron's actions up to that point are extremely rude, 
ridiculous and uncaring of Hermione's own feelings, which is more 
than sufficient cause to explain her anger at the time.

Joshua Dyal