Ron and Hermione in Deathly Hallows

[Debbie Owen]

No: HPFGUIDX 173083


> Sandra wrote:
> 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?
> (snip)

Sandra,

I don't think I can say anything to change your feeling of
disappointment, but I just have to remind you of my one favorite
tender moment between Ron and Hermione:  when she invited him to
Slughorn's Christmas party in HBP.  At that moment, they become
awkward, Harry tries to busy himself elsewhere, and they
are "unnaturally polite" to each other for a few days after that
(until the next fight and the Lavender interlude).  Harry reflects on
what would happen if they become a couple, etc.  That counts as
a "warm moment" in my book, even if it didn't last.

I do agree that I wished their ultimate reconciliation had come
earlier (or at least been more overt) than in the midst of the final
battle.  We didn't get a chance to enjoy them as a couple, relishing
the security of their relationship.  That was what I enjoyed so much
about Harry's time with Ginny, whether people like the way it was
written or not, it was nice that he had a period at school when he
felt just like any other teenage boy in love.

Debbie
(long-time lurker)