A Wake-Up Call?? (SHIP)

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No: HPFGUIDX 93976

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "pennstgrle" <jrc241 at p...> 
wrote:
The Sergeant Majorette says
 
Ron does not have a "crush" on Hermione, and I believe that's the 
whole point. A "crush" is the kind of purely hormonal reaction an 
adolescent male has to a girl like Fleur or any conventionally 
pretty female. We're meant to see Ron's friendship with Hermione 
evolve into something more grown-up, and we, along with Harry, 
Hermione and  everybody else in the world, see it long before Ron 
himself does.

Remember the non-hug at the end of the CoS movie? That was 
deliberate  foreshadowing of the unresolved sexual tension between 
Ron/Hermione that JKR knew we'd be seeing in the future.

Really, neither Ron nor Hermione are "crushable". But each is the 
kind of person the other kind of person grows up to marry.

 
Jaimee asks:
 
What do you mean by "Luna is to Hermione as Viktor is to Ron: a 
wake-up call"?
 
I understand how Viktor can be a wake-up call to Ron because Viktor 
made Ron feel jealous and become aware of feeling for Hermione (and 
I do mean *aware*! I do not mean that he understands what he's 
feeling) But I would love it if you (or anyone on the site) would 
ellaborate more on drawing such a parallel between Viktor/Ron and 
Luna/Harry...
 


 
Dharma replies:

I think that Majorette is trying to say, that Viktor and Luna serve 
the same purpose in Hermione and Ron's relationship.  Viktor and 
Luna are the first characters to openly express attraction to 
Hermione and Ron.  Therefore, just as Ron is learning through his 
feelings of jealousy that Hermione is growing up to become a 
desirable young woman, Hermione may also learn that Ron is becoming 
a desirable young man by being forced to cope with Luna's less than 
subtle behavior where Ron is concerned.  The wake up call would be 
the knowledge that other people are interested in each of them.

If I'm wrong Majorette, please do not hesitate to let me know.  But, 
that is what I got out of your post

--Dharma