Ron and Hermione in Deathly Hallows

[Sandra Collins]

No: HPFGUIDX 172946

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Keith" <redninja at ...> 
wrote:
> > > alison:
> > > 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.
> > >
> 
> > sandra:
> > You're right, they were all "a given" right at the start or at least 
very early on ... 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.
 ... I felt nothing even though the characters were individually 
likeable That's why I feel JKR isn't a romantic writer at all.
> 
> Lurker here.
> 
> I can give two good reasons you didn't see the relationship 
develop anything like you wished:
> #1: People are different. Some couples have a lot in common, 
some are an "opposites attract" type. R and H are both very 
closed-book,  and VERY stubborn.
> 
> #2: JK Rowling is trying to get you (the reader) to be frustrated 
by R and H's lack of action. It is a ham-fisted audience 
manipulator, as much as the cliff hanger in the last 2 minutes of 
every episode of 24.
> 
> -Keith
>


Hello lurking Keith!
I see your point about JKR holding it all back, 
but of all the friends I've ever known, there is a noticeably 
different way in which two people look at each other when the 
heart strings start playing, and the way they speak about (and to) 
each other as well. If Ron was insecure, which I've seen in those 
I care about, and I might have been like it myself, but there 
comes a point where nature takes over - what better way to let 
the world know there's a degree of attraction by holding hands? 
Or how about conversations between Ron and Harry where Ron 
would unintentionally mention her name too often, or say that the 
two of them had been to places without Harry? None of that 
happened, so  even though I see your point, I put it down to the 
fact that JKR  would run a thousand miles away from wtiting 
anything romantic or subtle, but is more than happy to hand out 
vile torture scenes, deaths, fights and arguments. I read far too 
many shouting matches, too much bickering, too much 
impatience, and no normal, pleasant, heartfelt stages of a 
relationship. I think that's probably down to JKR's understanding 
of such things, maybe? 
But whether it is or it isn't, the whole R&H, H&G dynamics left me 
colder than my fridge (which needs fixing and defrosting).
Sandra.