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[Sandra Collins]

No: HPFGUIDX 172260

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Right Honorable" 
<mundungus42 at ...> wrote:
>
> I'm curious if anyone was as surprised/dismayed at Ron's 
ability to fake Parseltongue
> 
> Libby
>

Hello Libby! That jumped out at me when I read it, and I found the 
whole section a surprisingly abrupt episode. I mean, Ron 
'copied' Harry? Parseltongue is a strange collection of 
throat-gargly sounds which mean nothing to most wizards, so 
how on earth could he have managed all the right hacking 
noises after hearing Harry just once? He could have said 
something rude or meaningless, or ended up making himself 
cough a lot! And he and Hermione just disappeared for a few 
pages in all the tension and prelude to chaos, and then 
reappeared with a basilisk fang or two. At the very least, that was 
worth a half chapter or even a whole one, so that  Ron and 
Hermione's relationship could have been shown to develop 
more. I didn't feel there was the slightest girlfriend/boyfriend 
thing going on, and the moment when they do kiss seemed to 
be thrown in as a convenient place for them to do the obligatory.  
That made me feel quite empty about their situation, and it 
seemed rushed. Considering there were seven books, that 
could have been done far sweeter.

Sandra. x to all.