SHIP: Ron's "wrong" person

[bbennett at joymail.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 15503

Cassie wrote:
> Especially considering that his feelings for Cho are basically an 
adolescent crush that will go nowhere (sorry, H/C shippers) due to
Cedric's death and various other factors. (And JKR did say everyone
would fall for the wrong people in Book 4. *cough* Ron *cough*).>

Am I remembering wrong? I thought JKR said this specifically in 
relation to Harry (something like "People tend not to fall for people 
who might be good for them; therfore, Harry will not fall for Ginny 
or for Hermione"). I tried to track back through the chats at 
HPGalleries; I couldn't find it, but here's one H/Hrs & G/Hrs should 
like:

Q: Is Harry Potter ever going to fall in love with Hermione or is he 
going to fall in love with Ginny Weasley?

A: In Book IV Harry does decide he likes a girl, but it's not 
Hermione or Ginny. However, he's only 14, so there's plenty of time 
for him to change his mind. ;-) 

>Naama: You should indeed cough here! The "wrong person" Ron falls for
in GoF is Fleur, not Hermione.>

Penny:
> Oh?  There's at least a colorable argument that he fell for 
Hermione. After all, the R/H shippers cite a long trend of evidence 
that starts back at CoS indicating Ron's interest in Hermione.  Ron 
is susceptible to Fleur's veela charms, but I'm not sure if a veela-
induced crazy moment where he invites her to the Yule Ball qualifies 
as "falling" for her. >

I agree with Penny. Just because your eyeballs pop out of your head 
at the sight of someone doesn't mean you've fallen for them. It seems 
to me that even Ron recognizes in GoF that he just can't control 
himself around Fleur, but that doesn't mean he's fallen for her. 
But...

Penny wrote:
> But, there've been lots of posts "reminding" us H/H shippers how
> silly we're being.  Ron *clearly* fell for Hermione in GoF, 
>don't 'cha know.  Hmmmm.......

Penny, I promise I've never doubted most H/Hrs know this, and I think 
I speak for most R/Hrs. I posted on this in the past, but only in an 
attempt to sway someone who stated she saw no evidence of Ron's 
attraction. But I think maybe when Naama says "falls for", she 
means "consciously shows an attraction for". Ron seems to acknowledge 
an attraction for Fleur (or at least be really, really embarrassed he 
asked her to the ball); he doesn't consciously acknowledge that he 
likes Hermione. 

I hope everyone has a good day. I have a deadline, and if I get out 
of here by midnight, I'm going to be delighted :b
B