Whos to blame, the students or the professor, the readers or the writer.

[leslie41]

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BrwNeil at a.. wrote:

> 
> Rowling forgot to draw the line.  She got carried away with the 
> fighting and making Ron look the fool.  She had ample 
opportunities 
> to show a real affection between Ron and Hermione, but she never 
> choose to use them, rather she went for another fight or a laugh.  
> 
> We as readers did not fail to see the romance and affection 
between 
> these two people; Rowling forgot to convey it in her writing.  She 
> failed to convince half her readers that Ron and Hermione belonged 
> together and now she basically calls us stupid for not seeing 
> something she failed to write.



Yeah, I can certainly see that.  I saw Ron and Hermoine getting 
together just because it was obvious Ron was jealous.  Plus, well, 
Rowling basically said they were going to be together.    

However I'm really not concerned with the relationships between the 
kids.  Teenage romance is not what draws me to the series, and I 
found all the romantic intrigues in Book 6 distracting and very 
sloppily done.  

But "Spinner's End," in contrast, is just about as masterful a 
chapter as Rowling's ever written.  My guess is that chapter's been 
in her head for years, and though R/Hr has also been in her head for 
years, she hasn't fleshed it out completely until recently. 

Truthfully, I think there's hordes of people out there (myself being 
one of them) that think Hermoine is actually a better match for 
Snape, and I'd venture to guess that there's more Snape/Hermoine 
fics than fics with her or Harry.  Not that this will ever or should 
ever happen, for a variety of reasons, but I don't think either 
Harry or Ron is a good choice either.

Ron is not smart enough for her.  It's just that simple.  The way 
Rowling has written her, Hermione is not going to remain 
consistently engaged by someone who is so clearly her intellectual 
inferior.  

Truthfully, she needs someone who's going to put her in her place a 
bit, otherwise she's going to evolve into a most dreadful priss.  
Harry doesn't seem likely to do that, and in a romantic 
relationship, eventually being with a "dreadful priss" is going to 
wear on his nerves.  

I'm not a Snape/Hermoine shipper or anything, but I understand the 
impulse.  

Leslie41