Probably Ron would have cursed his fate and given up. A battle between the two of them for Hermione would have been humiliating. Even if Hermione herself said she preferred Ron I suspect Harry's interest would have destroyed the relationship because of Ron's insecurity (which we all know he doesn't get over even after a storyline about him getting over it).
Of course, I found Ron/Lavender a pretty good couple--actually, it illustrates my point too. Ron has no particular interest in Lavender before HBP, nor does she for him. But I had no problem believing she'd developed an interest and that he was thrilled with the idea once the possibility was suggested. A painfully ordinary teenaged couple with no better or worse chance of winding up married as anybody else. It's doomed from the start, of course, because Ron already likes Hermione but also because Lavender's interest is immediately kind of marked out as untrue because there's a sense she only likes him now because of the stories about the MoM. (Which is totally different than Ginny crushing on Harry before she's even met him because he's the boy who lived.)
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Date: 2008-10-04 02:22 pm (UTC)Of course, I found Ron/Lavender a pretty good couple--actually, it illustrates my point too. Ron has no particular interest in Lavender before HBP, nor does she for him. But I had no problem believing she'd developed an interest and that he was thrilled with the idea once the possibility was suggested. A painfully ordinary teenaged couple with no better or worse chance of winding up married as anybody else. It's doomed from the start, of course, because Ron already likes Hermione but also because Lavender's interest is immediately kind of marked out as untrue because there's a sense she only likes him now because of the stories about the MoM. (Which is totally different than Ginny crushing on Harry before she's even met him because he's the boy who lived.)