Deaf/wizarding culture-H/G?-Ron on werewolves

[Amy Z]

No: HPFGUIDX 11231

Cap'n Kathy, really interesting observation on the parallels between 
Deaf and wizarding culture.  I know less about Deaf culture than you 
do, but from the little I know this sounds spot on. 

>But as someone pointed out a while ago (I think it was Ebony), the 
>amount of time 
>that goes into worrying about getting/keeping friends at that age is 
>staggering. 

Nope, it wasn't Ebony, it was me.  You can tell this is a theme I find 
particularly compelling. 

>It seems like most R/Hers I have talked to have either been 
>fervently H/G along with R/H, or don't really care one way or the 
other.

Count me among the don't-really-see-H/G-happening-and-don't-cares.

Kathy asked:

> Does anyone think that H/V is really going to happen, or was it just 
a
> device to get Ron's feelings to the surface?

Penny responded:

>You really think Hermione agreed to go to the Yule Ball with Viktor 
to
>try & get Ron to notice her?

No--I was thinking H/V was a device on Joanne's part, not Hermione's! 
 Isn't that what you meant, Kathy?

Hermione is not a schemer but Joanne definitely is . . . <g>

Amanda wrote:

<<Again, though, being a werewolf is not something inborn. It's a 
disease,
which removes self-control from the victim, and is terrifying, 
incurable,
painful (as Lupin said), and rather contagious. I can totally 
understand
Ron's reaction. He comes around rather quickly, give him a break.>>

Steph wrote:

<<I'm glad someone said it. I was just about to write a mean comment, 
sticking up for Ron.>>

::hands in air::  Don't shoot!  I started this damn thing and I really 
wasn't trying to say anything very critical about Ron, whom I love and 
admire and wish were my brother.  I said from the start that his 
reaction was understandable.  I just think it reveals an assumption 
about werewolves that's abroad in the wizarding world.  Maybe it 
doesn't even do that . . . you are all very persuasive.  Okay, I'll 
buy it, he was just scared!  No subtext whatsoever!  Now can I put my 
hands down?

Amy Z
whose 10-year happy marriage falls more into the Volatile than the 
Calm category...hmmm...born to R/H?