I thought Ron-Lav was great in that they were pretty representative of certain couples I remember from HS, noisily making out wherever. But I agree with you; I don’t really see why Ron couldn’t have seen Lavender as a nice and fun girl that was a good experience but not ultimately The Girl. And that’s not necessarily mutually exclusive with using Ron/Lav to provide humor.
JKR’s comments about that relationship seemed unfortunate as well, as if the only thing to come out of it was Ron becoming worthy of Hermione. There’s no indication that Hermione didn’t have a nice relationship with Krum. Harry didn’t with Cho, understandable given Cedric’s death.
all she saw was Hermione not returning Ron's crush.
Even the R/Hr shippers that thought Ron should have just asked her were way off, IMO. All he ever had to go by was the Yule Brawl and, later, the Party Invite; both could’ve been interpreted in non-romantic ways. I’m pretty curious to see the R/Hr dynamic in DH, actually.
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Date: 2007-06-03 03:15 am (UTC)JKR’s comments about that relationship seemed unfortunate as well, as if the only thing to come out of it was Ron becoming worthy of Hermione. There’s no indication that Hermione didn’t have a nice relationship with Krum. Harry didn’t with Cho, understandable given Cedric’s death.
all she saw was Hermione not returning Ron's crush.
Even the R/Hr shippers that thought Ron should have just asked her were way off, IMO. All he ever had to go by was the Yule Brawl and, later, the Party Invite; both could’ve been interpreted in non-romantic ways. I’m pretty curious to see the R/Hr dynamic in DH, actually.