[HPforGrownups] Re: Ron and the Imperious Curse

[Susanne]

No: HPFGUIDX 75509



Hi,

Tuesday, August 05, 2003, 6:58:39 AM, ghinghapuss wrote:

> BUT we know he's 
> in love with Hermione and she's not in love with him.

Do we really know that Hermione doesn't reciprocate Ron's
feelings (not sure if love is the right word for those, yet,
on both sides. They are still very young)?

I've been seeing plenty of hints (all of which have been
mentioned plenty of times on this list), for Hermione liking
Ron.

So, I want to respectfully disagree with the above
statement.

When it comes to the Imperius Curse, I do believe Harry was
the only one who could resist it, and there was no mention
of any other kids being able to even attempt to fight it.

Many adult wizards/witches have trouble resisting the
Imperius, too, and I'd have a hard time blaming them for all
having "weak" characters.

I've seen it said many times on this list that Ron is
somehow inferior and easily led (the Imperius and Veelas
being cited as proof, usually), but I haven't really seen
anyone besides Harry who did successfully resist among his
age mates.

Harry stands out from just about everyone (not sure if he
has natural talent, or "received" a lot of it from LV).

Hermione loves reading and seems to possess a photographic
memory (imo). She does great in theory, but usually has a
lot more trouble in practice (meaning under pressure, not in
class situations).

Neither one of his friends seems to think Ron is inferior to
them, even though Hermione appears to be trying to get Ron
to finally say LV's name, now that *she* took this step. ;)

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