Ron's big moment? (WAS: Why Ron Loves Hermione)

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No: HPFGUIDX 81356

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "scoutmom21113" 
<navarro198 at h...> wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "ffimiles" <ffionmiles at h...> 
> wrote:
> > 
> > Ron's definately going to have a big 'moment' which'll be 
pivotal 
> for 
> > the good side - Hermione's already had so many in helping Harry 
> get 
> > throught asks/time-turning/figure out the basalisk - sof ar 
Ron's 
> > greatest moment came in the chess game in PS - he's got to have 
> > another moment - even if it is to redeem himself from some 
> weakness 
> > he shows, which might get Harry and others into trouble - but 
> he'll 
> > come good - and don't even mention him being killed off...
> 
> Two things struck me from the fight in the Ministry.  First, after 
> Ron, Luna, and Ginny were separated from the others when running 
> from the prophecy shelves, Ron was in a very strange state when 
they 
> caught up with Harry again.  
> 
> (US Ch 35, p795) "'Harry,' said Ron, giggling weakly, lurching 
> forward, seizing the front of Harry's robes and gazing at hinm 
with 
> unfocusec eyes. 'There you are...Ha ha ha ... You look funny, 
> Harry....You're all messed up....'
> 
> Ron's face was very white and something dark was trickling from 
the 
> corner of his mouth.  Next moment his knees had given way, <snip>
> 
> 'Harry, we saw Uranus up close!' said Ron, still giggling 
> feebly.  'Get it, Harry? We was Uranus - ha ha ha - '"
> 
> Neither Ginny or Luna knew what had happened to Ron.  Then, a few 
> pages later, Ron (still giggling) called one of the brains from 
the 
> tank:
> 
> (US Ch35, p798) "For a moment it seemed suspended in midair, then 
it 
> soared toward Ron, spinning as it came, and what looked like 
ribbons 
> of moving images flew from it, unraveling like rolls of film - 
<snip>
> 
> The moment they made contact with his skin, the tentacles began 
> wrapping themselves around Ron's arms like ropes. <snip> But the 
> thin ribbons were spinning around Ron's chest now.  He tugged and 
> tore at them as the brain was pulled tight against him like an 
> octopus's body."
> 
> So Ron took a one-two punch during the fight. First was something 
to 
> do with planets, then the brain.  In the infirmary at the end, Ron 
> was apparently recovered from the brain - (Ch38, p847) "There were 
> still deep welts on his forearms where the brain's tentacles had 
> wrapped around him.  According to Madam Pomgrey, thoughts could 
> leave deeper scarring than almost anything else, though since she 
> had started applying copious amounts of Dr. Ubbly's Oblivious 
> Unction, there seemed to be some improvement."  
> 
> Notice the qualifiers "according to" and "seemed to be."  And 
> nothing was said about his episode of silliness.  This just 
screams 
> *important clue* to me.  Thoughts on what they mean?
> 
> Ravenclaw Bookworm