SHIP: Holding the Tiger's Tail

[pippin_999]

No: HPFGUIDX 92953

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Jim Ferer" 
<jferer at y...> wrote:
> Jim (me):" I think Ron's an ordinary guy – a good ordinary guy
– 
who wants a wife  he can come home to, talk to, and bring up a 
family with. That's  perfectly fine if that's what his wife wants,
too, 
but that's not for  Hermione. 
> 
> Susanne: "Uh, frankly, how do you know that's what Ron wants 
or needs?"

And, uh, how do you know that Hermione doesn't want to bring 
up a family?  The ordinary wizarding family doesn't seem to have 
more than one or two children. I don't think that would rule out 
whatever else Hermione plans to do with her life. She's a 
splendid multi-tasker.  And why do you think Ron wants to be like 
Arthur? I'd say Arthur is the Weasley who gets the least 
admiration from Ron, bar Percy.

Jim:
> 
> >Of course I don't know, but I believe it.  He's always the 
follower in the adventures, not the principal actor, and he always 
acts in the way an ordinary person would, except that he finds 
himself in extraordinary circumstances and sticks by his 
friends<<.

Pippin:
Er, ordinary people are prefects, chess champions,Quidditch 
cup winners and get special awards for services to the school? 
When Ron is certain he can do something as well or better than 
Harry or Hermione, he does it, when he's not, he lets them do it. 
And why not? 

Jim:
> Ron always seems uneasy with Hermione's constant state of 
>action, and she's not going to stop.

Pippin:
I don't think it's the state of action he's uneasy with.  Hermione 
has a tendency to overreach, and Ron knows it. 
 
Jim:
> >And why is Harry the "best" guy, anyway?  He's likely to be 
severely damaged goods by the time this is over, physically, 
emotionally andpsychologically hammered, tortured, maybe 
difficult – he was pretty unlikable for large portions of OotP
– 
maybe a young woman would be better off with Ron.<<

This is exactly why I see H/H as problematic. Harry is going to be 
a high maintenance partner. I'd like to see Hermione with 
someone she can come home to, talk to, and share her 
interests  with whether it's bringing up a family or political action.
Hermione doesn't want to be an Auror--unlike Harry, she's not 
planning on spending her life combatting the Dark Arts. 

 Harry will need an awful lot of her time, and doesn't seem at all 
concerned with her personal interests.   He didn't contribute 
much to Buckbeak's defence and he's never given a thought to 
the House Elf problem. Ron took over work on Buckbeak's 
appeal and he's certainly willing to discuss Hermione's plans for 
House Elf liberation even if he doesn't think they will work. And 
so far he's been dead right <g>.

Pippin