Why Ron Loves Hermione

[darrin_burnett]

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Why has Ron fallen in love with Hermione? It is pretty obvious to me 
that he has, though he covers it up in typical teenage boy fashion.

I believe it is the same reason James fell in love with Lily and why 
Snape might have fallen in love with Lily and why Arthur fell for 
Molly and why Hagrid fell for Madame Maxime.

I know of what I speak. I am a single man who has fallen deeply and 
passionately in love in my life.

Ron is a good kid, and I believe he'll grow to be a good man. But he 
is always second best in his own mind, to his brothers, to Harry, 
even to Draco, who is richer than he. Such things matter to Ron.

With Hermione, he is a better man. He wants to be braver. He wants to 
be kinder. He wants to be smarter. He wants to be better.

James was a bully. No way around it. But bullies often have 
inadequacies they are compensating for. I firmly believe James was 
not the same man when he died that he was in that Penseive scene.

And I credit Lily. James wanted to be a better man.

If you believe in Snape loving Lily, perhaps that is why he turned 
against V-Mort.

Arthur needs Molly. Hagrid needs Olympe. Both are flawed, decent men. 
But they dream of being better for the love of their ladies.

When you fall in love, deeply, powerfully in love, you feel all your 
flaws are on display and magnified. You live in fear that you will be 
found out, but you can't help but be honest because you know she will 
instinctively scent dishonestly.

So you pray that she loves you for what you are, and more 
importantly, what she knows you can be. 

And then she does, and you realize that a miracle has happened and 
you don't quite understand why.

That is magic more powerful than any spell.

Darrin
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