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.
Before HBP, whenever this discussion came up, I'd always wonder why, if Hermione had feelings for Ron and knew that he had feelings for her, why didn't she make a move, and I always got answers like "she's an old-fashioned girl" and "it's the guy job to make the moves".
As for Hermione not returning Ron's crush, I felt, from GoF on, that she did, if only because she usually got her knickers in a knot whenever another girl paid attention to him or vice versa. (e.g. his interest in Fleur Delacoeur, Fleur kissing him on the cheek after the Second Task, Padma Patil going out of her way to greet him after the Second Task, Luna Lovegood wishing him luck before a Quidditch match, etc.) I figured it had to be jealousy because the alternative, that her opinion of Ron is so low that the idea of him getting any kind of female attention literally drives her to anger, is just too nasty. IMO, she would have to really hate him, platonically or otherwise, to feel that way. Especially since they are supposed to be friends. The idea that after HBP she would turn out to have been pining for Harry or Draco or someone else the entire time would render her character unforgivable and unredeemable to me.
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Date: 2007-06-05 03:57 pm (UTC)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.
Before HBP, whenever this discussion came up, I'd always wonder why, if Hermione had feelings for Ron and knew that he had feelings for her, why didn't she make a move, and I always got answers like "she's an old-fashioned girl" and "it's the guy job to make the moves".
As for Hermione not returning Ron's crush, I felt, from GoF on, that she did, if only because she usually got her knickers in a knot whenever another girl paid attention to him or vice versa. (e.g. his interest in Fleur Delacoeur, Fleur kissing him on the cheek after the Second Task, Padma Patil going out of her way to greet him after the Second Task, Luna Lovegood wishing him luck before a Quidditch match, etc.) I figured it had to be jealousy because the alternative, that her opinion of Ron is so low that the idea of him getting any kind of female attention literally drives her to anger, is just too nasty. IMO, she would have to really hate him, platonically or otherwise, to feel that way. Especially since they are supposed to be friends. The idea that after HBP she would turn out to have been pining for Harry or Draco or someone else the entire time would render her character unforgivable and unredeemable to me.