mainly about ron

[shagufta_naazpk2000]

No: HPFGUIDX 135184

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "sienna291973" <

[Sienna quoting interview] 
> "... lot of  this is predicated upon a necessary hate for another 
> character. Ron has suffered horribly at the hands of Harry/Hermione 
> shippers"
> 
> Is incorrect. Both H/Hr and non-H/Hr shippers disliked Ron. I, for 
> instance, liked Ron (just not for Hermione). No theories 
surrounding 
> H/Hr were 'predicated' on *hatred* (a very strong word) of Ron. 
Just 
> another barb we were forced to endure. Why so much vilification?
> 

Hi Sienna
Dont know how long you've been on this group, im just a lurker, but i 
remember in the post GoF pre- OOtP era there were a lot of Prejudiced!
Ron/Traitor!Ron/Evil!Ron theories floating around (stemming no doubt 
from his prat like behaviour in part of GoF.) A lot of these threads 
tied in with H/H shipping (not all but quite a few) as a reasoing 
that if Ron proved the bad guy Hermione would definitely wind up with 
Harry.

Richard Jones
> If Ron is going to become a hero
in > Book 7, he is going to have to change dramatically all of a
sudden.

Alla replies:

>>At the age of eleven he did not hesitate to put himself in the line
of fire in the chess game.
At the age of twelve he knows really well why "mudblood" is a very
offensive word to say
At the age of thirteen he is willing to be killed by Sirius while
protecting Harry<<

 I agree totally with Alla but I think what  Richard is saying is 
that he would like to see Ron in action, doing something spectacular 
that helps Harry defeat Voldy. The problem with that is that its 
Harry's book. Ron and Hermione are there to help surely but its 
Harry's adventure.
Some people feel Hermione helps Harry a lot more than Ron, (looking 
up spells, helping him outwit Umbridge, etc) but I think they are 
both at par if you compare them qualitatively rather than 
quantitatively: i.e it's the kind of support Harry gets from both his 
friends rather than the number of times either one helps him.
Hermione is Harry's  advisor, his research department, his press 
agent and his strategist.
Ron I feel, is his morale booster, his cheering squad, his sounding 
board (he often asks Ron about things which he thinks Hermione would 
disapprove: HBP book a case in point).
In OotP its Ron who spots Harry's hand after he's been through 
another detention with Umbridge and guesses what she has been up to. 
I thought that was a wonderful friendship moment scene.
So I think both are as important to Harry and both are heroes in 
their own right, even if they don't get as much of the action as we 
would like to see

cheers 
shagufta 
(ardent ron fan)