Hermione & the Boys

[Penny & Bryce Linsenmayer]

No: HPFGUIDX 11041

Hi --

morine10 at aol.com wrote:

> Exactly.  She challenges his lazy butt and just keeps him from slacking off too much.  Without Ron Hermione would be all work and no play.  He also is able to get her to admit
> when she is wrong.

She has the same effect on Harry.  :--)  And, Harry has also challenged her to lighten up -- PoA when he first shows up in Hogsmeade courtesy of the Marauders' Map.  She's very
worried about him, and he finally grins at her and says "Are you going to report me?"  She smiles back exasperatedly and says "Oh, of course not but ..."

> Hermione is bossy and even though she has lightened up considerably and will IMO continue to do so, she will always be bossy.

Not necessarily.  Are you saying that we human beings aren't capable of fully eradicating negative personality traits?  Ever?

> And yes he does appreciate her help and loyalty.  But he says so himself - she isn't as fun as Ron.

I've said it before, but I'll repeat briefly for the newbies.  He's a 14-year old boy.  *Of course* he misses his male best friend.  Of course his female best friend who's a
bookworm isn't going to be as much fun to him at that stage in his life.  This does *not* mean though, as R/H'ers have asserted, that (a) Harry cares for Ron more than Hermione or
(b) that when the characters are older and more mature that he would still long for male companionship over female companionship.  He's just not reached that level of maturity yet
(he's only just started noticing that girls are pretty for goodness' sake).  He's still at the stage where he'd really rather be goofing off than being serious.  That won't always
be case though.

> Both of them need that patented Ron Weasley Fun.

Ron can be hilarious -- his sarcasm is a great addition to the Trio.  But, Ron isn't always a barrel of laughs to be around.  He needlessly prolonged arguments with Hermione (PoA)
and with Harry (in GoF).  He's funny .... but he's pretty immature and stubborn at this point too (IMO).  That could change -- hopefully it will.

> Together Hermione and Harry are as dull as one of Professor Binn's goblin lectures.

That's a matter of perception.  <g>

Penny