Reading by JK Rowling at Radio City - Spoilers Within...

pippin_999 foxmoth at qnet.com
Fri Aug 4 01:31:21 UTC 2006


No: HPFGUIDX 156464

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, BrwNeil at ... wrote:

> Number two, just show me some positive interaction between Ron and  Hermione. 
>  I accept that JKR is going to bring them together.  Would  someone just 
> explain why they want to be together?  The have nothing other  than Harry in 
> common. They disagree on everything.  They treat each  other awful and Ron 
> especially has, in the course of the six books, done some  truly hurtful things. 

Pippin:
What makes you think they don't *like* being disagreeable? It seems to me
Harry gets the kid glove treatment, not just in OOP but all the time. 'Normal'
Ron and Hermione are a bit rough on people. Just ask Luna.

IMO, they're more themselves when they're arguing with each other and 
don't need to be so careful. Of course they sometimes hurt one another's 
feelings more than they intended to, but that's what happens in a real 
relationship. 

The  alternative is to hold back for fear of saying something hurtful, which
often leads to not communicating at all. How many times has Harry
decided not to tell Ron or Hermione what's on his mind? They've gotten very
good at guessing, but that's an awful lot of work.

Harry's usually too intimidated to joust with Hermione's superior intellect
 -- when he thinks he's headed for an argument with her he either clams 
up or shouts her into submission. Ron does her the courtesy of taking her 
on point for point. I'm sure she appreciates that. I would. 


Pippin







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