Ron asking Fleur + other question was Re: [HPforGrownups] SHIP: The Yule Brawl--The Problem With Reading R/H in GoF

[Susanne]

No: HPFGUIDX 50183



Hi,

Sunday, January 19, 2003, 6:36:17 PM, Ebony wrote:

> and a Ron who is totally upset by his 
> rejection by Fleur.  

> Ron who called poor Eloise Midgen a "troll", with one glance
> from a 
> pretty girl, feels quite a bit like a sea-slug. 

I have many posts filed away for later reading and
answering, but no time...

Anyway, the above stood out to me while making my way
through the post.

You seem to have read the passage as Ron being mostly upset by the
rejection.
To me it sounded as if he was more upset with himself for being
overcome by the veela charm and asking her, with the sea
slug remark just a little side issue (Ron has probably heard
disparaging remarks about his own nose, before <g>).


It didn't sound to me as if he had seriously planned on
asking Fleur beforehand and thought she'd consider him as a
partner.

I mean, seriously, while a 14 year old boy might have
phantasies of going out with a 17 year old girl (or is she
18?), most have enough brains to see the unlikeliness of
said phantasy ;)

PS:
It would be great to see what other book characters think of
Harry, Ron and Hermione.
Is Hermione liked better, now, then she was at first (it
seems to me she really didn't have any friends and it was
due to her own behavior)?

Is Ron seen as a big jerk by all girls and most boys?

And how about Harry? For being so famous, people sure turn
their backs on him pretty quickly, whenever a doubt arises.
Would other people

I asked my daughter (11) who she would like to hang out with, if
she could be at Hogwarts, and after a lot of thought, she
thought that Harry and Ron might be okay (for boys!).
Hermione, she isn't sure about at all. She thinks Hermione
is sometimes very rude (this stems mostly from the cat/rat
fight in PoA, I think. My daughter loves all animals, and
thinks Hermione was completely wrong here. She also hates
that Scabbers was later discovered to be Pettigrew. She was
very attached to Scabbers) :}


Fleur was her No.1 pick (big surprise for me). She thought
Fleur wasn't very nice at first, but improved greatly throughout
the book.

My daughter also felt sorry for her, because other kids
disliked her for attracting boys easily.
She thought it was mean, since Fleur didn't pick her
heritage and can't turn this "feature" on and off at will
(or can she, and we missed that?)

-- 
Best regards,
 Susanne                           mailto:siskiou at earthlink.net