Ron and Hermione in Deathly Hallows

[Gina M. Gerwell]

No: HPFGUIDX 172572

> kslmoran:
> I have to say that the fate of Ron and Hermione was in the forefront
> of my wanting to read this book.  I've enjoyed their fighting and the very long road they have taken to get together. I agree with Bookworm that their romance was believable. Harry and Ginny a bit, but it was sidestepped so often I don't think it ever had a chance to really sink in to our minds that they had real feelings for each other. And the Harry/Ginny thing seemed to happen quite fast with not a ton of build up. Harry was gaga over Cho for a few books and then all of a sudden he has feelings for Ginny. But they never really dwelled on it with the exception of a few stray thoughts of Harry's in the final book. 
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percchick:

OKAY...I agree that Ron and Hermione are believable. I definitely can feel a certain....destiny that they might have. 

I liked the pairing before it was a "pairing". I thought they were "kismet"- I mean, if they were so determined to agree to disagree so often, they had to be fated to be more than friends, right?

And Harry's blunt explanation of "we're just friends, mate" to Ron-poor guy, Ron-he was worried something more was going on between Harry and Hermione (He must have been reading some of the fan-fic...lol). 

I think, in the long run, Hermione and Ron are justly matched.
The one thing that did disappoint me, however- If JK (in her infinite wisdom) wanted Harry and Ginny together, why didn't  she  "allude" to this  somewhere other than  Ginny's kiss early in DH?

I would have personally liked to see Harry "whisking Ginny in his arms" or something throughout the duration of the book, other than Ginny's stolen b-day kiss. 
 
percchick