Hermione's Reaction to... Was: Re: Harry's first Kiss (is it a smoke screen?)

[greatelderone]

No: HPFGUIDX 105809

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "delwynmarch" 
<delwynmarch at y...> wrote:
> The way I see it, when Ron becomes a man, either the VWII is over 
or
> it is not. If it is, then Ron will be a great war hero, but then so
> will Harry. Whether someone was a general or a captain doesn't make
> much difference once they go back to civil life. If the war is not
> ended, then neither the general nor the captain will retire to 
civil
> life, and neither of them will have an ordinary life.

> So I say that what applies to Ron applies also to Harry. If Ron 
can't
> have Hermione because he will have an ordinary life, then neither 
can
> Harry.

GEO: Except do you really think that Harry will have an ordinary 
life after the war ends. Ron might have a more mundane life, but 
Harry is pretty much still going to be fighting the good fight after 
the war ends. I mean you'd still have the remnants of Voldies 
followers looking to avenge their master, the potential Dark Lord 
candidates who'd probably think their way to domination is probably 
to kill the guy who killed the last Dark Lord and the fact as 
Hermione pointed out Harry has that predilection to saving people. 
In a nutshell he aint going to have an ordinary wizard life.

> First of all, we don't know that.
> And I'm reminded of Harry's fantasy dreams about Cho : he wanted 
her
> to admire him. 

GEO: Especially during a time when most of the wizard world was 
thinking that he was a liar and possibly insane with all those 
articles that were being written by the MoM's propaganda corps.

> 
> Harry is *forced* into his life of risk and adventure. He's not
> *looking* for it. He didn't choose it.

GEO: He may have been forced onto that road in life, but 
metaphorically he's the one walking the walk.

> Ron, on the other hand, chose to stick with Harry even when he
> realised that this was leading him into a rough life. So IMO if 
anyone
> showed that they wanted an extraordinary life, it's Ron, not Harry.

GEO: I really don't know how you came to this conclusion. Seems to 
me that Ron sticks by Harry because of loyality


> After all, in the Mirror of Erised, it's Harry who saw his family. 
Ron
> saw his ambitions.
> 

GEO: And seeing how Harry's family is dead and there isn't any magic 
that can make the dead living then I'm guessing Ron has as much of a 
chance becoming head boy and quidditch captain that Harry has of 
being reunited with his father and mother in the living world.