SHIP: Ron & the Yule Ball

[bbennett at joymail.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 13694


> Bbennett said:

> > Having been a 14 year old girl, I have to disagree with your
reasoning, Simon.  At that age, I never would have said  
something like that to a boy (and a close friend, at that) and have 
expected him to take it as a generic, blanket sort of statement - 
as a 30 year old, I'd still assume that by saying something like 
this I'm letting the guy know I'm interested!>>

Penny wrote: 
> Well, I've been a 14 yr old girl myself, and I agree with Simon.  
They were having a fight.  The words were spoken in anger, and 
most of us have agreed that it seems most likely that the words 
that prompted her remark were not personal.  So, why should 
her retort be taken as personal if his initial triggering remark 
wasn't personal?

I do agree that the words that prompted her remark weren't 
personal, but I think she was aware that the feelings behind 
them were.  Ron spent the days leading up to the ball repeatedly 
questioning her on whom she was going with; he also blew the 
issue of her appearing at the ball with Viktor ridiculously out of 
proportion, then spent the better part of the evening sulking. 
Compare this with Harry, who didn't pester her about her date 
and wasn't horrible to her at the ball. I think it's quite possible 
that by the end of the evening she was aware Viktor wasn't the 
real issue, and that her final words were not just about him 
running the Viktor thing into the ground, but in being too chicken 
to say what the problem really was. That's the way I interpreted it. 

Oh, and my 2 cents on the Rita Skeeter article thing - I simply 
took it that Molly was outraged on Harry's behalf and didn't think 
(as Ebony pointed out, she should have been more than aware 
of Rita's less than honest writing). That's all.

> Penny (who should be doing a million other things right now ...)

And I bet half of those aren't as much fun as this :*)

B