[HPforGrownups] Re: SHIP, FF: Ron/Harry rift?

[Przemyslaw Plaskowicki]

No: HPFGUIDX 74841

samnanya wrote (2003-08-02 03:39):

>[...]
>
>The first and most significant wedge is Ron becoming prefect instead 
>of Harry.  Hermione's glee when she sees Harry holding the badge and 
>thinking that it was Harry that became the prefect was brilliantly 
>shown by JKR in her shrieking reaction and the simple line "Me too, 
>Harry, me too!" 
>
>The sheer joy  she expresses in those five words is amazing. She is 
>VERY disappointed when she finds out that it is Ron instead of Harry. 
>  
>
Here is the quote:
"The door banged open. Hermione came tearing into the room, her cheeks 
flushed and her hair flying. There was an envelope in her hand.
'Did you - did you get - ?'
She spotted the badge in Harry's hand and let out a shriek.
'I knew it!' she said excitedly, brandishing her letter. 'Me too, Harry, 
me too!'
'No,' said Harry quickly, pushing the badge back into Ron's hand. 'It's 
Ron, not me.'
'It - what?'
'Ron's prefect, not me,' Harry said.
'Ron?' said Hermione, her jaw dropping. 'But . . . are you sure? I mean - '
She turned red as Ron looked round at her with a defiant expression on 
his face
'It's my name on the letter,' he said.
'I . . .' said Hermione, looking thoroughly bewildered. 'I . . . well . 
. . wow! Well done, Ron! That's really - '
'Unexpected,' said George, nodding.
'No,' said Hermione, blushing harder than ever, 'no it's not . . . Ron's 
done loads of . . . he's really . . .'"


Now, what we have here:
Hermione gets a prefect badge, wants to boast with it before boys. 
Enters room,
'Did you [get Hogwarts letters]?
see prefect badge in Harry's hand: 'I knew it!'  'Me too, Harry, me too!'
Harry denies, Hermione's jaw drops [from astonishment].
Ron looks at Hermione, she turns red [oh, what a major faux pas -- she 
thinks];
Confused Hermione [Oh, I just seriously insulted Ron -- she thinks], try 
to make amends: I . . . well . . . wow! Well done, Ron! That's really - '
'Unexpected,' interjects George.
Hermione blush even harder [Harry was safe bet, but Ron has his virtues 
-- she thinks], speaks this out: 'no it's not . . . Ron's done loads of 
. . . he's really . . .'

Nope, no disapointment here.
I respectfully submit this to be a pro R/H moment. Especially Hermione's 
defence of Ron.

Regards

-- 
Pshemekan