Ron and Hermione in Deathly Hallows

[Sandra Collins]

No: HPFGUIDX 172786

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "bowie_alicat" 
<bowie_alicat at ...> wrote:
>
> the relationship  between Ron and Hermione was established 
early on, it was about the  only 'given' in the whole series.
> Harry and Ginny where also a given from the start.
> 
> alison
>

Hello Alison! You're right, they were all "a given" right at the start 
or at least very early on (I always wanted Hermione to be with 
Harry, and still did right till the end!) but my point is that there's no 
tenderness shown between any of them. I can't think of any 
warm moments between R and H, no stumbled honest 
expressions of their feelings, no first time they held hands (or 
were seen to hold hands) and generally it's just one bickering 
session agter another through all seven books. Would it have 
hurt JKR to give us something special to feel nice with once in a 
while? Just a line here or there, a moment shared between any 
of the couples, a confession to a friend, or just something that 
didn't involve flying into a bad mood? Considering the length of 
the last three books, there was ample time and opportunity  to 
create a few pointers that would have shown how things were 
developing. I felt nothing even though the characters were 
individually likeable.
I would have thought that Ron, who was never the most poetic or 
literate  of characters, to have confided with Harry or at least 
sought his opinion as a friend regarding Hermione and how he 
was feeling, wouldn't you? They were best friends who had faced 
some pretty difficult times together and didn't have too many 
other people to turn to.
I wouldn't expect the same of Hermione which is why I only 
mention Ron, because we never actually hear about  her friends 
beyond Ron and Harry. And if she was short of other friends for 
all 7 years, shame on JKR of course, but also wouldn't it stand to 
reason that Hermione would have opened her heart to Harry at 
some stage? He became a brother to her, and would have been 
treated like one.
I remember when I was at school and how I felt every time 
certain friends began sharing looks, or when their friendships 
became 'touchy' as well as 'talky' , or being together when 
they needn't, and all the other hundreds of ways which don't 
need listing, but all that was missing from TDH just like it was 
from all the other books. So I feel unmoved and genuinely let 
down. That's why I feel JKR isn't a romantic writer at all. She tells 
a story, dresses the facts up (overlooks many) and invents 
solutions as and when needed, but skates well clear of the joy of 
blossoming romances.

Sandra, still feeling disappointed.