Shippers and Non-Shippers (in defense of Ron)

[lady.nymphaea at faerielands.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 28168

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., bbennett at j... wrote:
> I'm amused when I hear statements like "Ron is too fixated on looks 
> at this point". Yes, Ron made the comment regarding poor Eloise's 
> crooked nose, but Ron is obviously the one that has an interest in 
> Hermione - bushy haired, pre-teeth straightened and all. Harry is 
the 
> one with the crush on the exceptionally pretty Cho, yet Ron is 
always 
> accused of being the superficial one. Really, this makes no sense 
to 
> me.

I'll have to tell my cousin about this ^_^ I should have put that the 
first paragraph of my post was me paraphrasing what she said. A lot 
of things she says don't make sense, honestly, but it's been a good 
while since I've been 13 ^_^

My thoughts on the Ball: Ron is definitely interested in Hermione, 
but IMO he didn't think of asking her out beforehand because, well, 
it would have been like asking Harry out. They were going to be 
hanging around together all night any way, as usual (which is what 
Harry and Ron did in the end, without Hermione.) If he had to find a 
date that wasn't a friend of his, he might as well shoot for the top 
of the fourth-year girl pool.

I felt like bonking both of them for choosing to stay together and 
not bothering to socialize with the Patil twins, but that's boys for 
you. Or, perhaps, it's just shy, noncommunicative Harry again.

I wish Harry would get more of a backbone in his personal life. Yes, 
he is the Boy Who Lived, but when it comes to his friends and 
romantic matters, he's the Boy With Nothing To Say.

I like Ron. He's one of the more rounded characters in the book. It's 
too bad he needs defending all the time. ^_-

Meril
(who could care less about ships, and believes that the Weasley 
family consists of anyone the family loves, and that Snape could be 
well-nigh anything, but we know he's messed up at least)