Hermione and Ron (SHIP)

[pippin_999]

No: HPFGUIDX 38682

 
> Penny wrote:
> >It'd be great actually if Ron & Hermione did date for a time &
> realize how completely & utterly wrong they are for each other
> (the "greatest literary mismatch of all time" as Jim F put it
> recently) & break up amicably.
> 
> and:
> 
> >Ron's not my favorite character by any means, and I think he's
> absolutely, positively all wrong for Hermione.
>
and:
> Hermione, OTOH, isn't *currently* going to be too willing to 
>sublimate her
> own ambitions & successes to pacify an insecure boyfriend. 


The trouble with this is that it makes an much better argument 
against H/H. Are you really saying that Ron has more emotional 
problems than Harry? Harry, who can't remember what it's like to 
be hugged, who has recurring nightmares, whose worst fears 
are powerful enough to incapacitate him?

Ron's problems are all on the surface.  Harry's are buried deep 
down. It's going to take more than a couple of walks around the 
lake to bring Harry out of his  emotional lockdown and 
realistically he'd always be at risk of retreating into it again. It's 
true that *currently* he doesn't make emotional demands on his 
friends, but  he doesn't have much support to offer them either.  
I'm not saying that Hermione doesn't have the  resources to cope 
with Harry's emotional void, but is she willing to "sublimate her 
own ambitions and successes" to do it? Would Harry even want 
her to?

Pippin