Ron and Fleur

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--- In HPforGrownups at y..., dfrankiswork at n... wrote:
> Barbara wrote:
> 
> >there is this scene at the end of chapter 26 after Harry and Ron 
returned from the lake with Fleur's sister:

<snip quote from GoF when Fleur gives both Harry and Ron a kiss>

> >Would you count Ron's looking extremely hopeful (in hope, no 
doubt, of receiving a kiss, as well) as expressing desire for Fleur 
as a romantic partner or just, again, as losing control whenever 
she's around?
> 

David wrote:
> 
> Good point!  Yes, I think he was hoping for a kiss.  But I don't 
think it indicates any serious interest in Fleur, nor that he's 
losing control at this stage.
> 
> One of the things I like about Ron is that he's pretty up front in 
his views about girls.  He lacks the self knowledge (in the early 
part of the book) to recognise the nature of his feelings about 
Hermione, but he is perfectly happy to see the opposite sex as 
potentially attractive.  Hence his reaction to Rosmerta - a 
generation older than him - in POA, his views on Eloise Midgen, and, 
I think, his reaction to Fleur here.  He also makes no attempt to 
disguise his edginess whenever Hermione disappears off with Krum.
> 
> He is hoping for a kiss from an exceptionally pretty girl, but 
that seems to be it.  What Fleur, who presumably gets a lot of that 
sort of hope from boys, thinks, we don't know.
> 
> I still think by the end of the book he has matured and is trying 
to behave in a more adult way with her.
> 

I think you're right,David.  Ron has done some real maturing between 
the beginning of GoF and the end.  He doesn't seem any more 
vulnerable to Fleur than Harry is by this point. He is even able to 
overcome his jealosy towards Kurm enough to ask for his autograph, 
even though he's still worried about his possible relationship with 
Hermione.


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