[HPforGrownups] Re: Ron's reactions/SHIP/FF: sleuthing couples

[Penny Linsenmayer]

No: HPFGUIDX 39036

Hi --

Pippin said:

<<<<< I am not sure Harry's mind always works more like Hermione's than like Ron's, though. I think he uses both styles.  There are certainly times, such as when he stabs the Diary with the fang, when the right idea just comes to 
him. Just my opinion of course.:--)>>>>

For once, we completely agree, Pippin.  :--)  If I wasn't clear, I apologize.  I think Harry uses a mix of logic and emotional intuitive gut-reaction type thinking.  I think he uses far less pure logic than Hermione, but I think he uses far more of this than Ron.  I see Harry in the middle, but I don't necessarily see Hermione and Ron as extreme positions either.  I think Hermione can use intuitive thinking; she just doesn't do so very often.  Her first reaction is to resort to logic, IMO.  Ron, OTOH, probably doesn't eschew logical thinking in its entirety (esp. in playing chess for example).  But, we readers are exposed to far more "intuitive" or "reactionary" thinking from Ron.  Harry is definitely a healthy mix of both styles.  My original point though is that I think we readers are meant to wonder about whether Ron has the same skill-set as Harry & Hermione; whether we're supposed to be suspicious as a result of the messenger (Crouch-as-Moody, whose motivations are suspect) is a debate in & of itself.   

Pippin, flattered by my comparison of her plot bunny to Paradigm of Uncertainty, commented:

<<<<<<I am thoroughly flattered by any comparison to PoU, but I don't 
think it applies. Surely you don't mean to imply that an R/H 
dynamic would be the same as an H/H dynamic, or why ship at 
all ? <even eviller very evil grin> Happy families may be all alike, 
if you believe Tolstoy, but sleuthing couples can be quite 
different. <snip sleuthing couples I don't recognize> >>>>>>>>>

Oh, I agree that a R/H dynamic would be entirely different than the H/H relationship portrayed in PoU.  I just meant to point out that it wasn't an entirely original plot bunny ... not in terms of "sleuthing couples" per se.  :--)

Penny



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