[HPforGrownups] Re: Ron in Cos (was Ron and the Trouble with Veela)

[Taryn Kimel]

No: HPFGUIDX 50446

golden faile:
I was wondering, where in COS do we see evidence of
Ron having an interest
in Hermione?

Rebecca:
I always felt that Rons taking up for Hermione when
Malfoy called her a
Mudblood in CoS was indicative of his true feelings
for her.

Laila:
Could be... but let me ask you this. If someone
insults one of your best friends wouldn't you come
to their rescue?

Rebecca:
But this wasn't just one incident.  When Hermione was
petrified and Malfoy made the comment about wishing
she'd been killed and the bet the next one would be
(pg 267 paperback US ed) he said he was going to kill
Draco with his bare hands.  And, although Harry is
probably upset, the text gives no indication of that. 
And Ron kept trying to get loose from Harry and Dean
for a while.

Harry didn't come to the rescue of one of his best
friends.  Actually, I take that back; he came to the
rescue of Ron.  Who knows what Snape would've done to
him.

But Ron's action wasn't in defense of anyone.  It
couldn't help Hermione.  It was just an emotional
reaction.

Taryn:
Because Ron is extremely tempermental, whereas Harry is /not/. Ron has to be held back MULTIPLE times. But Harry is one who has lived a lifetime of bottling up emotions and holding his temper. We don't see it break nearly so much as Ron's.

--Taryn

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