SHIP: Ron splitting with Harry and Hermione

[aldrea279]

No: HPFGUIDX 38580

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., Susanne <siskiou at e...> wrote:
>  Is it, so Ron is out of the way and Harry and Hermione can
>  be "a couple"?

Actually, I don't like Harry and Hermione being a couple.  Harry has 
never thought a single thought about Hermione that wasn't more than 
just friends!  Infact, he's thought thoughts that were LESS than 
friendly.  I honestly don't see Harry and Hermione hooking up, unless 
by some sudden change Harry goes "oh, I really do love Hermione!".  I 
see Ron and Hermione, just because it seemed so plainly obvious that 
they liked each other in GoF.  Hey, opposites attract.
 
>  Is it because you really dislike Ron as a character?
>  The story would be more interesting to see him bad or dead.

I like Ron, I think he displays the perfectly average Wizard.  Harry 
displays the rather average Muggle.  And Hermione is rather 
inbetween, because though she is Muggle-born, she seems to know 
everything there is to know about the WW(from books, that is).  I 
suppose she's in there to show the female side of things, and just to 
show Harry and Ron up. =P
 
>  He doesn't deserve to be part of the trio because of his
>  flaws (temper, envy)?

The only time I really saw the above mentioned flaws was in GoF, and 
I think his actions only sprung from his subconscious liking of 
Hermoine rather than any true feelings of resentment towards Harry.
 
>  He's the present day equivalent of Pettigrew and therefor
>  *has* to go bad?

I NEVER saw Ron as Pettigrew!  Where does this come from?  I always 
saw Neville as Pettigrew.  Just Neville and Pettigrew's physical 
descriptions seem to match rather well.  Then it talks about 
Pettigrew always being the tag-along to James and his group, and that 
is exactly what Neville has always seemed to be to the Trio.
 

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "Heidi Rugg" <heidi at b...> wrote:

>However, I do think it would require Ron to have a major personality 
transplant to turn traitor because of his so-called "ambition" when 
that ambition did not pull him back to the mirror, as Harry's mirror 
vision did, and when he was volunteering himself to be killed in 
PoA. In fact, if Ron were less brave and more hard working he'd 
probably be considered loyal enough for Hufflepuff (hey, that 
rhymes; people who consider themselves Hufflepuffs may feel free to 
use that). Their brief split before the first task in GoF is 
clearly an aberration, and once Ron saw how perilous the first task 
was he wanted to apologize (Harry wouldn't let him, remember) and 
make up. >


I think Ron has the want to outdue his brothers(and Harry) so as to 
be recognized for himself, but I don't think he really has the drive 
to do so.  Look at how he does in his classes, it's not like he's an 
attention-deprived, over-acheiver trying desperately to be noticed.  
I believe it's just his secret dream to become one of the greats, 
plus I don't think Ron has yet found his true calling.  He seems to 
be a mix of some of his brother's traits- he has a good sense of 
humor and rebellion like the twins, but he also has the same sense of 
loyalty and responsibility(although this last one seems rather small 
alot of the time =P) as Percy.

"aldrea279"