[HPforGrownups] Re: Ron and Hermione in Deathly Hallows

[Susanne]

No: HPFGUIDX 172757



Hi,

Wednesday, July 25, 2007, 7:01:06 AM, Sandra wrote:

> That's my whinge about R 
> and H, there's just no affection there, and nothing is ever shown.

Frankly, this claim astonishes me.

It shows how differently we all read the same
text.

To me, the Ron and Hermione romance was *the* most
developed romance in the 7 books, starting very
subtly in book one, with many little moments that
could have been just friendship in the next couple
of books, and becoming more clear in GoF.

In HBP I almost had the impression that JK Rowling
thought she had been too subtle before and went
all out to really make clear that Ron and Hermione
liked each other as more than frieds.

In DH I though the interaction between Ron and
Hermione was lovely, with many tender moments.

Ron learned a few things about how to please girls
from a book! :D
But you could tell that he had matured a great
deal, even though he was still the old Ron,
volatile, but with his heart in the right place,
wanting to come back the minute he ran off,
offering himself to spare Hermione, taking over
when Harry was drawing back etc.

I was very, very happy with the way Ron and
Hermione were portrayed in DH.
No, they weren't perfect, but neither was anybody
else.


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 Susanne                           mailto:siskiou at peak.org