a bit o' R/H analysis

[dorapye]

No: HPFGUIDX 89343

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Brian" <bcbgx6 at y...> wrote:
> > 
> About Ron and Hermione:
> I think JKR has Hermione watching Ron.  I'm not sure that Hermione 
> has a crush on Ron, but she watches him very closely.  His actions 
> affect her mood.  Perhaps the most powerful example of this occurs 
in 
> OOTP when Ron rips Percy's letter and calls him "the world's 
biggest 
> git."  Hermione looks at him strangely and then her mood changes 
for 
> the better, so much so that she reverses her policy of tough love 
and 
> finishes the boys' essays.  I think the look she gave him was one 
of 
> appraisal.  
> 
dorapye:
Well, people often refer to JKR's 'foreshadowing', and I'm often a 
little skeptical, but, when it comes to R and H, I can't help 
feeling this scene in OotP is making reference to a (possible) 
future outcome:
p580 (UK Ed)
'"What do you thingk of this?" Hermione demanded of Ron, and Harry 
was reminded irresistibly of Mrs Weasley appealing to her husband 
during Harry's first dinner at Grimmauld Place.'

Immediately I read that, I was reminded of the scene when they first 
meet aboard the Hogwarts Express - Hermione says to Ron as she 
leaves the compartment (he's seen her off with his rudeness)

"And you've got dirt on your nose by the way, did you know?"

I always wondered what the point of that remark was - it doesn't fit 
as a "Well, sod you!" kind of retort, as I can't believe Ron would 
be really that bothered about dirt on his nose. But what it does do 
is have Hermione repeating Mrs Weasley's last interaction with her 
youngest son.... 

The question I have now is, is Ron destined to set his cap at a girl 
who reminds Harry of Ron's mother?  Is this 'foreshadowing' of an 
R/Hship or perhaps just the opposite?


dorapye