Ron and Hermione in OOTP

[Peter Shea]

No: HPFGUIDX 64082

Okay, I have to get this out of my system. I'm disappointed with the treatment of Ron and Hermione in OOTP.
 
I am glad Ron and Hermione were given prefect status (although why Ron was made a prefect is anybody's guess). However, I would have preferred that JKR had allowed some quality time for Ron and Hermione to develop. In GoF we got to see the empathy and budding political awareness of Hermione as well as the psychological and class struggles of Ron. On top, GoF offered a glimpse into a potential intimacy between the forever sparing Friends of Harry.
 
In OOTP, a year goes by without any sign of their complicated relationship developing. It seems extremely implausible that everyone around them (including Ron's younger sister) has discovered dating while the two of them seem stuck in a pre-GoF mode, with Hermione talking like a pedant and Ron solely preoccupied with Quidditch.
 
Comments?



Peter Shea

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