Ron in Cos (was Ron and the Trouble with Veela)

[theo_kestrel <theo_kestrel@yahoo.com>]

No: HPFGUIDX 50465


Me:
> > As a fan of the H/Hr pairing, my objectivity may be non-existent, but
> > I rather agree with other readers (I think on the infamous DeathMarch
> > thread on FictionAlley Park) who note that Ron's defense of Hermione
> > and his abortive attack on Malfoy in CoS is consistent with his
> > behavior when Malfoy insults his sister, insults his mother, insults
> > his family in general, or insults Harry-sorry, I don't have specific
> > examples to show off-hand(darn books are still packed away); the only
> > difference this time is that his wand is broken, thus the slugs-it's
> > not as if Ron CHOSE to cough up slugs for Hermione's honor.  It's more
> > like Ron hears insult-Ron reacts, whether it's the fight in the
> > Quidditch stands, the slug incident, or any other occasion when Ron's
> > temper is set off.  Now, if I were a R/Hr shipper, I wouldn't be so
> > quick to bring up this incident as "proof" of Ron's feelings for
> > Hermione at age...12?  His familial relations must be quite odd if
> > it's so ;).
> 
> 
> Robert:
> Really now! I remember having a crush on someone when I was 12 and I had
> quite normal familial relations thank you!


> Laila: 
> 
> I agree! I remeber being quite young with my first crush! I think it
was the first grade. He was the smartest boy in class.
> 
> Robert:
> Yes, Ron hates Malfoy and takes every excuse to try and beat him up.
And yes
> who wouldn't jump to the defense of their best friend, but to me there
> seemed to be a particular ferocity in this instance. It was also the
first
> time Ron attempted to use magic to attack malfoy. Something he
know's he's
> not good at and know's he has a broken wand to boot.
> But really I think Ron had a thing for Hermione from the start even
in SS.
> 
> Laila:
>Although, I tend to think that it was just the ferocity of the insult
that caused Ron to react this way. Malfoy was being particularly
vicious with that one. I mean the word in question is just as bad as
any racial slur we've ever heard.

Me:

Sorry about the confusion.  No, I wasn't implying that it's unnatural
to have a crush at age 12-many people have them and it's quite normal.
 What I was attempting to get across is that to "crush on" someone for
that long seems a little beyond the scope of "normal"-not unheard of,
but not the norm either(Three years in the life of a 15 year old is an
eternity).  And the other part was my apparently failed attempt at
humor-i.e. he reacts similarly to ANY insult about his family, so if
he's got "those" feelings for Hermione, then...

Eh, so my humor stinks.

theo_kestrel