Ron WAS: Re: DH reread CH 4-5

[Zara]

No: HPFGUIDX 186300

> sartoris22:
> I suppose that is Ron's saving grace--he immediately tries to come back; still, I am troubled that he leaves in the first place because of the dangerous situation they are in. And keep in mind, he tries to get Hermione to come with him, so his inital impulse is to abandon Harry, something I don't believe Ron would do even under the influence of the horcrux.

Zara:
Personally, I can see storming out in an argument after being told to leave, twice, in no uncertain terms, as a perfectly normal reaction that says little about a character beyond, they don't always think when they are in a temper. And accusing others in the room of choosing sides as one does so, as well. It's not like he walked out in the middle of any sort of action - they were discussing plans in their tent, hidden away in some remote area and under any number of protective spells. 

> sartotis22:
As I said before, I can't help thinking that it is a ploy to get Harry and Hermione alone to satisfy the Harry/Hermione shippers. 

Zara:
I find this theory only slightly less bizarre than the proposal that Rowling cooked up Snape/Lily after writing HBP, in order to satisfy us crazed Snape/Lily shippers, which I have seen proposed elsewhere. First, how exactly does this subplot satisfy a Harry/Hermione shipper? I'm not one, but I would be very surprised if they would find it satisfying. Because there isn't any romance that develops, and then we get to see a warped and ugly depiction of the ship in question courtesy of Voldemort, and then Ron destroys it, and then Harry explains how Hermione is like a sister to him and he's never been interested in her in that way. I fail to see where the satisfaction is supposed to come from. 

I also don't find that Rowling takes any particular consideration of any groupings within the wider HP fan community, except for the fans that share her own views (people who think Sirius is sexy, or whose favorite character is Harry, or who ship R/He and H/G, to name a few examples). And I don't think that's any sort of deliberate favoritism, just that the lady is hardly likely to make statements those groups would find insulting or annoying or dismissive, because she is hardly likely to be insulting, annoying, or dismissive about her own views. So I really don't think that she would add any major plot or character development to placate some group of fans.