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

[delwynmarch]

No: HPFGUIDX 105861


I, Del, wrote :
> > 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 answered : 
> 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. 

Del replies :
Then my guess is : so will Ron. If there's a battle for Harry to
fight, I don't see Ron dropping out on him. As far as we know, Ron's
ambition to become an Auror is just as strong as Harry's.

On the other hand, we don't know that Harry will want to keep fighting
once his necessary part in vanquishing LV will be done. He might very
well be sick of fighting by that time (or have too many bleeding,
hurting wounds to care anymore), and decide to become a Quidditch
player, or even to settle with a nice girl somewhere far away and live
off his fortune, at least for a while. He didn't ask to be a hero, he
never wanted to be one, so he might very well decide to drop the whole
thing once his Prophesied task is over.

I, Del, wrote :
> > And I'm reminded of Harry's fantasy dreams about Cho : he wanted 
> > her to admire him. 

GEO answered :
> 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.

Del replies :
I seem to remember that after watching the Quidditch World Cup, Harry
envisions himself as a star Quidditch player like Krum, and he sees
Cho's face in the crowd, glowing with admiration.

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

Del replies :
There's a limit to everything, even to loyalty. Ron might have started
to follow Harry out of loyalty, but it's pretty obvious to me that at
one time or another, he had to *choose*, to *decide* just how far he
would go for Harry. I can't believe that Ron (or Hermione for that
matter) would keep on getting himself in mortal danger just out of
loyalty for a friend.

GEO wrote :
> 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.

Del replies :
False. Harry has NO chance of ever being reunited with his parents in
this world. Ron DOES have a chance, however small, to become Head Boy
and Quidditch captain.

Anyway, that wasn't the point. My point was that Harry's deepest
desire, at age 11, was for family. Ron's deepest desire was for
honours and excitement. Which completely contradicts the statement
that all Ron will want is a quiet family life while Harry will be
leading a life of adventures.

Del