SHIP Ron/ Hermione /Re:Prefect Ron

[Joe Goodwin]

No: HPFGUIDX 151308



Alla:

Right, I am completely with you Magpie, I also don't see anywhere in 
canon Hermione dumping herself down to Ron and see plenty of Hermione 
criticising him left and right, just as Ron criticises her both 
fairly and unfairly. But I belong to those who in general do not see  
that Ron has to make himself worthy of Hermione and think that 
Hermione should be very proud to be with the boy like Ron. You know, 
smart, loyal, kind, ready to die for his friends, etc.

I think just as Ron is learning plenty from Hermione and Harry, 
Hermione is also learning plenty from Ron and Harry and the gist of 
such learning is what she says in PS/SS about books not always being 
the most important thing in the world.  Ron may not be just as 
interested in learning right now, although he IMO improved 
significantly and I also think that him being good in strategy as in 
PS/SS was there for a reason. Good chess players ARE intelligent by 
definition, so even if JKR did not develop it much, I would not 
surprised if in the epilogue Ron got high paying auror job or 
something like that.

  Joe: 
I have to agree with the above but I am going to go out on a limb and say that Hermione isn't really that much smarter than Harry or Ron. She gets much better marks because she is driven to work harder to do well. That doesn't translate into smarter even if it does translate to better educated. If Harry or Ron spent as much time studying as Hermione does they would be a lot closer  to her in the marks range.
   
  I also wanted to point something else out. There are planty of people who wonder what Hermione sees in Ron. Well beyond those things people have listed we also have to take into account that we mostly see Ron mostly through Harry's eyes. But what we do know is that both Lavender, who I believe is JKR's "pretty popular girl archtype" and Hermione "The smart overachiever" were both very interested in Ron. That leads me to believe that there has to be something very likable about the lad.
   
  Joe