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

[ginger_peachy130 <ginger_peachy130@hotmail.com>]

No: HPFGUIDX 50782

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Laura Ingalls Huntley" 
<huntleyl at m...> wrote: 
> So, this brought to mind an instance when Harry's temper *did* 
>break, in regards to an attack on Hermione.  I am referring to, of 
>course, the course of event that began with Draco's reflected curse 
>hitting Hermione and Snape's reaction to it ("I see no difference.").
> 
> Normally, when looking at this scene, I am so struck by the 
>downright evilness of Snape, that I don't really focus on anything 
>else...but, look at the way Harry reacts to it.
> 
> "It was lucky, perhaps, that both Harry and Ron started shouting at 
>Snape at the same time; lucky their voices echoed so much in the 
>stone corridor, for in he confused din, it was impossible for him to 
>hear exactly what they were calling him."
> 
> For once, we have Harry's temper and general *sense* flying to 
>pieces right along with Ron's (possibly because his characteristic 
>slowness to anger has been stretched too far with the recent stress 
>he's endured).  And the text goes on...
> 
> "Harry's ears were ringing.  The injustice of it made him want to 
>curse Snape into a thousand slimy pieces.  He passed Snape, walked 
>with Ron to the back of the dungeon, and slammed his bag down onto 
>the table.  Ron was shaking with anger too [...]"
> 
> Again, behavior that is consistent with Ron's temperament, not 
>Harry's.  I am not citing this as support of Harry ----> Hermione >
(esp. as I don't believe that exists except in a *very* latent form 
>right now), I am just pointing out that if Ron's emotional outbursts 
>in defense of Hermione (when emotional outbursts are pretty much his 
>general style anyway) are indicative of his crush on Hermione, then 
>Harry's very atypical show of rage in this scene can certainly be 
>similarly explained.

I'm sure Harry was deeply distressed over Snape's insult to Hermione, 
but remember what Snape had just done to him and Ron before the 
second part you quoted...


"'Let's see,' [Snape] said, in his silkiest voice. 'Fifty points from 
Gryffindor and a detention each for Potter and Weasley. Now get 
inside, or it'll be a week's worth of detentions.' 
Harry's ears were ringing. The injustice of it made him want to curse 
Snape into a thousand slimy pieces." [...]

"It" is such an evocative word, isn't it? <g>

As for evidence of Ron's "crush" (we R/Hr shippers never use that 
word :)!) in CoS, I saw it more in Ron's reaction to Hermione's crush 
on Lockhart ("Is Lockhart the smarmiest bloke you've ever met, or 
what?") than in his shows of temper, but it was really the cumulative 
effect of those things, plus his reaction to Hermione's 
petrification, and the chain of events concerning the spiders (Ron's 
fear of spiders revealed/"The sight seemed to stiffen his 
resolve"/Aragog scene)- and not so much that he was actively 
romantically interested in her at this early stage, but that JKR was 
positioning Hermione as a prime area of concern for Ron.

But then I'm one of those people who's been ready to book the church, 
caterer and florist since the train-meeting scene of TCTMNBN :). What 
a childhood spent watching 1930s screwball comedies will do to you...

Alexis (who will now slink back into shadows, Peter Lorre-style, 
after making an entrance at HPFGU)