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[Kiely78]

No: HPFGUIDX 172528

Sandra:
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.

Krista:
First post here, delurking to say I feel the same way about R&H. I
was secrently hopeing that "something" else was going on while they
were missing. (Wink Wink) I was very dissapointed in R&H's kiss, I
wanted more and the funny thing is I was not a shipper until they
didn't pour thier hearts out to each other. Oh well,
On topic, I though he just got Open Me right. Harry has said that
often in Parseltongue, Ron might have remembered from Chamber of
Secrects too.
Krista