*laughs* Ron really is a nasty little bitch in this scene, isn't he?
I think that like many boys (and men too) he only becomes interested in Hermione once he found out she had a date. I'm not sure why, but to a lot of guys it seems that females who are attractive to other guys are therefore attractive to them. If I can go all anthropological for a second, I'd guess this is to do with competition amongst males; she has now moved into the "prize" category. It seems like he only notices her at this minute, and yet in that same minute finds out she may not be attainable.
Subsequently, he is obsessed with who is taking her, and he even notices her teeth, LOL. When he finds out it is Viktor Krum! who is interested in her, she has suddenly gone from buddy status to being an unobtainable female; out of his league even. Poor Ron has to wrap his head around all these revelations over the course of a few days. I think how she looks at the ball is just the icing on the cake for him, but wouldn't have made much of a difference to him, except she may attract even more competitors looking like that.
He doesn't realize his comments are uncomplimentary to Hermione, and he doesn't mean them to be. He is trying to sink the competition (badly) with a display of chest-beating. Well... maybe more of a finger-snapping, LOL.
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Date: 2005-10-22 12:32 am (UTC)I think that like many boys (and men too) he only becomes interested in Hermione once he found out she had a date. I'm not sure why, but to a lot of guys it seems that females who are attractive to other guys are therefore attractive to them. If I can go all anthropological for a second, I'd guess this is to do with competition amongst males; she has now moved into the "prize" category. It seems like he only notices her at this minute, and yet in that same minute finds out she may not be attainable.
Subsequently, he is obsessed with who is taking her, and he even notices her teeth, LOL. When he finds out it is Viktor Krum! who is interested in her, she has suddenly gone from buddy status to being an unobtainable female; out of his league even. Poor Ron has to wrap his head around all these revelations over the course of a few days. I think how she looks at the ball is just the icing on the cake for him, but wouldn't have made much of a difference to him, except she may attract even more competitors looking like that.
He doesn't realize his comments are uncomplimentary to Hermione, and he doesn't mean them to be. He is trying to sink the competition (badly) with a display of chest-beating. Well... maybe more of a finger-snapping, LOL.