I deliberately left it open-ended, with only a few hints of what's going on under the surface. I was interested in what people would see in it, sort of in the same way that I wouldn't tell people if I was male or female, just because I wondered what they thought and why.
My own perspective (which is no less valid than anyone else's) is that Ron is not in love with Harry, but it is pulled along by the force of Harry's personality and... I hate the word destiny, so let's say circumstances. And his caring for him, understanding Harry and what he needs. He doesn't quite understand why Harry acts the way he does, but he does know what it is he needs. But it's almost non-consensual. He's leery of whenever they cross that line even as his body reacts (both fear, trepidation and natural desire).
Harry for his part does not know what the future holds. He now knows that he's going to have to face Voldemort, and doesn't know how that's going to come out. So he's brooding a little on the past (his parents, Sirius, all that Voldemort has done to him), the future (how can he face this?) -- then pulls himself out of it to swing to the opposite extreme, to live for the moment. Things that he would hold back from well, he's like -- fuck it, I'm going for it now. Who cares what anyone thinks?
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Date: 2003-09-16 10:50 pm (UTC)My own perspective (which is no less valid than anyone else's) is that Ron is not in love with Harry, but it is pulled along by the force of Harry's personality and... I hate the word destiny, so let's say circumstances. And his caring for him, understanding Harry and what he needs. He doesn't quite understand why Harry acts the way he does, but he does know what it is he needs. But it's almost non-consensual. He's leery of whenever they cross that line even as his body reacts (both fear, trepidation and natural desire).
Harry for his part does not know what the future holds. He now knows that he's going to have to face Voldemort, and doesn't know how that's going to come out. So he's brooding a little on the past (his parents, Sirius, all that Voldemort has done to him), the future (how can he face this?) -- then pulls himself out of it to swing to the opposite extreme, to live for the moment. Things that he would hold back from well, he's like -- fuck it, I'm going for it now. Who cares what anyone thinks?
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