This moment

[Shirley]

No: HPFGUIDX 175482

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "mrs_sonofgib" <tinainfay at ...> 
wrote:
>
> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Caryl Brown" <carylcb@> 
wrote:
> >
> > I love this thread, too.
> > 
> > One of my favorite moments is Harry's reaction after Ron's 
insecurities 
> > about Hermione are revealed as he's preparing to destroy the 
locket:
> > --------
> > "After you left," he said in a low voice, grateful for the fact 
that
> Ron's 
> > face was hidden, "she cried for a week. Probably longer, only she
> didn't 
> > want me to see. There were loads of nights when we never even 
spoke
> to each 
> > other. With you gone..."
> > 
> > He could not finish; it was only now that Ron was here again 
that Harry 
> > fully realized how much his absence had cost them.
> > 
> > "She's like my sister," he went on. "I love her like a sister 
and I
> reckon 
> > she feels the same way about me. It's always been like that. I
> thought you 
> > knew."
> > (HPDH US pg. 378)
> > ---------
> > 
> > I think this shows the depth of their friendship -- Ron 
continuing
> to be 
> > Harry's best friend in spite of the jealousy and insecurity he's
> harbored 
> > for years, and Harry realizing for the first time what Ron means 
to him.
> > 
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> One of my favorite moments happened during this same scene.  I 
loved
> Ron's feeling of regret or embarrassment when he notes that DD most
> have known that he would leave thus given him the Deluminator.  I
> loved Harry that his reply was (semi-quote) 'DD knew you'd always 
want
> to come back.'  I thought that was so gracious of him yet true.  
> 
> On a lighter note, I really appreciated when the six other Potters
> were changing that Harry was wishing they would show more modesty. 
> JKR is really inside that boy's head!  I'm sure that's what I 
would be
> thinking too.
> 
> I really liked Aberforth when he was asking Harry if the task DD 
had
> left him to do was nice and safe?  Soemething appropriate for a 17 
yo
> wizard?  He knew DD.  He didn't quite have a handle on Harry's
> determination though.
> 
> It was gut-wrenching to read Ron's reaction to Hermione's being
> tortured.  Gah!  It was so painful.  It really brought me right 
into
> the cellar.  The feeling of helplessness and not being able to do a
> thing to stop it.  
> 
> One more Ron moment:  when he admits to staying with Bill and Fleur
> instead of at the Burrow.  He was so ashamed and I loved him for 
it!
> 
> ~mrs_sonofgib, lover of all things Ron, apparently.
>

now Shirley:

I'm right there with you, and it sort of snuck up on me, too.  Ron 
was awesome in DH.  I mean, I think I've always had a soft spot for 
him and his great lines/observations/goofiness, but he just rocked 
once he came back into the fold.

I really liked how some things came full-circle, too.  Ron and 
Hermione's exchanges of "Always the surprise" in the beginning of 
the book (his safe return from the 7 Potters; her looking so good at 
the wedding) was clever, but my favorite was Hermione yelling at Ron 
about "Are you a wizard or not?!" when he's wishing for Crookshanks 
to get them under the Whomping Willow.  Echoing his line to Hermione 
from the end of the first book...  I just loved it.

Shirley, belatedly joining the Ron fanclub, too