Ron/Hermione from the viewpoint of a 14 yr. old

[Penny & Bryce Linsenmayer]

No: HPFGUIDX 13718

Hi --

Rebecca Boswell wrote:

> <delurks>
>
> And plus, why would Ron tear apart his little Krum "action figure"
> (arm found under bed...forgot which chapter...)if he wasn't jealous?
> Fraternizing with the "enemy" couldn't have been why Ron was angry,
> because he got Krum's autograph in the end. There are lots
> of other facts that point to a Ron/Hermione romance, and I think it's
> coming up in canon.

Jenny added:

> You are 14?  I wish you were one of my students!  Anyway, you
> explained exactly what I think about the R/H ship.  I think it's
> really that simple (not that I'm criticizing all the psychoanalyzing
> :-) ).  Ron is just too awkward and silly to realize that his
> disappointment in Hermione going with someone else was because he
> wanted to ask her but didn't have the nerve!
>

Sigh.  No one (well, except maybe Star) disputes that Ron likes
Hermione.  No one said that "consorting with the enemy" was why Ron was
angry.  I think that's what he *said* to Hermione (masking his true
feelings because he doesn't recognize them yet).  And, I think that's
what she was responding to in anger.

Where I (and many H/H types) disagree is with the notion that Hermione
likes Ron back in a romantic way.

Bbennett said:

> 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.
>
I think you're correct that she was aware of Ron's feelings by the end
of the evening.  But, IMO, that still doesn't mean that she returns his
feelings or that her remark was in fact inviting him to ask her to the
next Ball (or hoping that he would).  I think they were having a huge
fight, and her temper flared up because of the context (Ron's earlier
remarks about not being stuck with "trolls" as dates, etc.).  Just my
two galleons of course --

Penny



>
>
> Becca, who really needs to get a life.
>
> <trudges back into lurk-dom>
>
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