[HPforGrownups] SHIP Ron/ Hermione /Re:Prefect Ron

[BrwNeil at aol.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 151316

 
 
In a message dated 4/23/2006 1:03:20 AM Eastern Standard Time,  
joegoodwin1067 at yahoo.com writes:

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.

In the case of Ron and Hermione, I feel that canon mirrors real life.   There 
is no formula that says two people belong together.  How often do we  make 
the comments 'what does he see in her' or 'what does she see in him.'   Life is 
like that.  Sometimes the most unlikely people are attracted to  each other.
 
What is different about real life Vs a book is that couples don't have to  
justify to anyone else why they are together in real life?  In literature,  a 
writer owes it to their readers to show why she has placed people together and  
why they belong with each other.  Here, I feel is where JKR has  failed.  
 
As the books proceeded, Rowling dropped clue after clue that Ron and  
Hermione would eventually be together.  Those clues had many of us saying,  'but 
why?'  They constantly fight and bicker and seem to have nothing in  common other 
than Harry.  Meanwhile she wrote Harry and Hermione as much  more compatible.  
Rowling has no one to blame other than herself that many  people hate the 
coupling of Ron and Hermione.  She could have easily solved  this by showing a 
caring side to their relationship, but she seldom did.   Instead she opted for 
another fight.
 
Even after the greatest hint in GoF that they had feelings for each other,  
she went on to write OotP where they continue to fight.  Even in HBP  where we 
know R/Hr is going to happen, we keep asking ourselves why.   Krum adored 
Hermione, even Neville thinks highly of her.  Other than Draco,  Ron seems the 
worst match for her in the book.  The only really tender  moment Ron and Hermione 
have ever shared is at the funeral.
 
In my opinion, it is too little too late.  I feel she just went  too far with 
the bickering.  She just had to get one more laugh out of  their fighting and 
in doing so she made their relationship seem so  unbelievable.
 
A writer has to do more than decide that two people will end up  together.  
The writer must also convince her readers that the couple  belong together.  I 
think even R/Hr shippers will admit that Rowling did a  poor job of this.  If 
she hadn't, than every one would be a R/Hr  shipper.  How many readers wanted 
Juliet with someone other than  Romeo? 
 
Neil
 
 
 



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