Ron and Hermione friendship

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> David wrote:

> We need Amy's list.
> Amy wrote:

> <bows>  Your wish is my command.

>Is this the way a writer would portray a relationship between two 
people whose only connection was their friendship with a third?  I 
don't see how JKR could make it much clearer that Ron and Hermione 
are friends in their own right.  They spend too much time voluntarily 
in one another's company-not just to be with Harry, but just being 
together even when he isn't around-and have too wide a variety of 
pleasant interactions for their relationship to be less than genuine 
friendship.>

In addition to saying that Amy is my new favorite person, I just 
wanted to comment that it seems to me that many readers see Hermione 
as a 'victim' of sorts in the arguments with Ron (I don't mean in 
connection with the current discussion, as I haven't had the 
opportunity to read all of the posts, but in general). 

Hermione has always struck me as the type who enjoys having her ideas 
challenged, if for no other reason that it gives her the opportunity 
to prove herself right. Like many of us on this list, I don't think 
Hermione would bother 'giving back' to Ron if she wasn't on some 
level enjoying herself in the process. 

B