SHIP Ron/Hermione

[pippin_999]

No: HPFGUIDX 151573

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "horridporrid03" <horridporrid03 at ...> wrote:

> 
> I think the reason I'm sort of harping on this is that, according to 
> Hermione, Ron is this big lug who wouldn't know how to get to his 
> classes if someone didn't lead him by the hand. (Or how to get on a 
> Quidditch team without a friend cheating him on.)  And really, he's 
> not stupid, and in fact, sometimes he's even worth listening too.  
> (The House-elves are the best example of that.  But I think the care 
> and feeding of Harry is another.)
> 
> And actually, I think I've figured out why this particular bickering 
> couple just doesn't work for me: They have so very little in 
> common.  Which actually goes against, I think, the bickering couple 
> template.
> 

Pippin:
Um, they've been working hand in glove for six years straight (with a
time out in PoA) and you think they've got nothing in common? Nothing
except their devotion to Project Harry, their courage and determination,
and their sense of justice. Hanging out with Harry stopped being all
fun and games quite a while ago, but they've never faltered. 

 Their quarrel over the House Elves is about strategy and tactics, not 
purpose -- they both want to see the Elves treated fairly. Ron can't 
see the point of freeing them if they don't want it and it's going to 
make them miserable, and so far Hermione has only tried, with an 
obstinancy that would put Fudge to shame, to deny that the problem 
exists. 

It isn't that Hermione lacks empathy, it's that she doesn't understand
that not everyone finds logic as relevant or as persuasive as she does.

It's true Hermione  sneers at Ron's lack of intelligence,
but as he sneers at her for being a swot, I'd say they're even.
Neither of them seems to be horribly sensitive about it.

Pippin