SHIP: HRH Love triangle & Ron's downfall

[queenofeverythang]

No: HPFGUIDX 75886

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "greatelderone" 
<greatelderone at y...> wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, 
"queenofeverythang" 
> <queenofeverythang at y...> wrote: > 
> > Mrs. Weasley only thought of Harry & Hermione as a couple 
> > because of Rita (she's very protective of Harry)
> 
> Why would Mrs. Weasley of all people believe an article by 
Skeeter, 
> who had earlier wrote a less than credible article that made 
her 
> husband look bad, about two kids that she has had over for the 
summer 
> and one of them who is her son's best friend and who she 
knows fairly 
> well unless she already found the idea of a relationship 
between 
> Harry and Hermione believable? 

Sure Mrs. Weasley finds the story believable, because the humor 
of the situation is that gossip seems scathing when it's aimed at 
you but suddenly seems plausible when it's about someone 
else. Harry and Hermione aren't a far-fetched idea, especially if 
you don't know them very well. Mrs. Weasley doesn't know 
Hermione too well, maybe she assumed she was duped into 
liking her as Harry supposedly was. She sees Harry as a son 
but, though she does care, doesn't show that same affinity for 
Hermione.

> 
> > All this may change now that 
> > he's on the quidditch team though. I see Ron coming out of 
his 
> > friends' shadows in book 6 and becoming a little more 
> > gossip-worthy.
> 
> The only way that Ronald managed to get out of Harry's 
shadow was not 
> by his own achievement and merit, but because Harry got 
banned from 
> quidditch and because Dumbledore didn't want to pile more 
> responsibilities onto Harry.

Actually the first statement isn't true. There were a lot of empty 
slots on the Griffyndor team in book 5, and it's not as if Ron was 
seeker. Plus Ron did well in his final game all by himself (not in 
the shadows of either H) .Let's cut Ron some slack. It's hard to 
get any  credit for being smart when one of your best friends is 
an intellectual-overachiever, or sports credit when your other 
best friend (and your sibblings) are quidditch favorites. Don't 
underestimate the power of Ron - sure he hates homework and 
had a horrible start in Quidditch, but  I don't think he is the oaf 
that some people on this board like to portray him as. I think he 
is due some more time in the spotlight in book 6. 

-QoE