Harry, Hermione & Ron [SHIP + CRAB]

[C M]

No: HPFGUIDX 74430

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "greatelderone" 
<greatelderone at y...> wrote:
>>>Was the Ron/Fleur thing even a relationships? Besides as others 
noted GoF was more about Ron falling in love with Hermione and 
getting over the fact that he can't have the Human-Veela so I'm 
thinking that she was indeed talking about Ron/Hermione.<<<

Me: I'm not sure how JKR's use of the phrase "in love with" suddenly 
leaped to "gets involved with." She didn't say that the trio are all 
*dating* the wrong people, so I don't see why Ron and Fleur had to 
have an actual relationship for it to apply to them. She also didn't 
say that the "wrong people" loved them back. And while it may seem 
clear to many of us that Ron was in love with Hermione by GoF, *he* 
certainly didn't acknowledge it, to himself or anyone else. The only 
girl he acted his feelings for was Fleur. His asking her to the ball 
could certainly fit in with JKR's quote from the Columbus Dispatch 
interview that someone else mentioned: "They're all kind of after 
the wrong people, as in life." Ron may be in love with Hermione, but 
he wasn't going after her in GoF. He was just acting jealous and put 
out.


>>>Also if we are using the Harry/Cho and Hermione/Viktor as 
standards then Ron's crush has to last more than one book and the 
Ron/Fleur thing hardly lasted half a book while his love for Hermione 
which starts in GoF is still there.<<<

Me: I'm not using them as "standards," I was merely agreeing with 
your original point that JKR was referring to those particular 
pairings when she made the "in love with the wrong people" comment.

CM