[HPforGrownups] Re: Hurt-Comfort and reader crushes

[Laura Ingalls Huntley]

No: HPFGUIDX 39231

Susanne:
>And maybe I like Ron so much, because he seems the most
>*real* of the main characters.
>Let's face it, there aren't very many people out there who
>are "mature" and helpful and sensitive at HRH's age.

Definitely true...I mean, esp. Harry..how perfect is that kid?  Esp. with his upbringing..he should be awful..but instead he's kind and sensitive and brave...it just doesn't make sense.

>Harry is almost too good to be true for me, and Hermione
>might be sensible, but she has some characteristics that
>grate on me much more than Ron's shortcomings.

I suppose it all depends on your tastes..I always liked Hermione better..but I like Ron too..*shrugs* It probably has something to do with whom you identify with more...

>I liked Ron best from the moment I started reading the
books, even with all the "warts".
>And since joining the lists, I like him even more, since I
>usually pull for the underdog, and there are just so many
>people who don't like Ron (or maybe it just seems that way
>to me) <g>.

Well..I don't if it's just you or just me...I definitely perceive there to be many more Hermione-haters than Ron-haters...*tilts head* maybe we need an objective opinion?  I don't know..it seems like every time I turn around someone is attacking Hermione..or shout from the rooftops about how Ron is so mature and sensitive and understanding..

Which he's not.  He's allot of (good) things..but sensitive and understanding are not any of them, IMO.

>My daughter is 10 and looking at the boys in her class, Ron,
>Harry and Hermione seem a lot more mature than the real kids
>do.

I agree pretty much completely here..except to add that in addition to being more "mature" in some ways..they seem younger in other ways (as I mentioned in my last post)...more innocent, you know? 

laura


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