Mr. Weasley, I take my hat off to you.

[colebiancardi]

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> Shelley:
> 
> Don't you think Ron might be a mirror here for James?
> 
> If you look at Ron and Hermione, they were fighting a lot. Then, in
the 7th 
> year, Ron changes. Instead of Hermione chiding him for having the
emotional 
> range of a teaspoon, we see him actually trying sypathy and
compassion. He 
> does grow up a lot.
> 
> We see James and Lilly not hitting it off either in the earlier
memory when 
> Snape was hung upside down, and yet Harry wonders what
transformation took 
> place that lead his parents to end up married. 

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colebiancardi:

hmmmm.  interesting comparison.  But I would never call Ron a bullying
toe-rag or berk.  Ever.  I think Ron just had issues with Hermione
because he didn't know how to express his feelings for her.  Much like
a lot of teenage boys.  But we never see him hexing people for the fun
of it or ganging up on someone he doesn't care for.  Lily's issues
with James was that he and his gang were picking on others and that
James was arrogant.   Ron never has this problem, what-so-ever.

Hermione always seemed to like Ron, once they got over the initial
bump in the road in the first book.  And vice-versa.  Yes, I saw that
SHIP sailing in :)  They behaved like two normal children who were on
the verge of romantic attraction;  You know, like when the boy who
tormented you in grade school by pulling on your pigtails *actually*
was trying to express that he liked you - a lot.

I do not view Ron as James and Hermione as Lily.  Ron & Hermione were
always friends - even when they disagreed.   Sure, they may have fell
out of favor with one another, but that was resolved quite quickly and
all was forgiven(GoF and HBP).  And that was se`xual tension and
jealousy between the two that caused that falling out.

As far as we know, Lily loathed James until his  7th year - his
transformation was much greater, as he had to overcome his bullying
berky ways.  In fact, Lily and Snape were more of a Hermione & Ron in
the early years - they both liked each other and were *best friends*.
 However, Snape couldn't or wouldn't change his evil ways, so he lost
Lily.  Which then opened the door for James to make his move and he
decided Lily *was* worth changing his ways for.

colebiancardi
(out of the trio, Ron is my favorite.  Always has been.  It also has
helped that the-medium-that-must-not-be-named!Ron is my favorite as
well and a better actor than the other two - IMHO)