Even as friends, their temperament matches more than Hermione-Ron ever does. It could grow from there. If you choose to. Friendship - especially, an equally matched friendship- is a good base for Romance.
Yes, of course he does. It's not like he could've done anything else but let Hermione go. Hermione would've loved (and probably been in relationship with) Severus whether Ron was okay with it or not. There's nothing else any other human could do when you love someone but who love someone else. Nothing that's not violent or against someone's will. And doing that would've endangered his friendship with Hermione. He chose the friendship with her, and that's grown up of him. I admit. But by then they were already on the verge of war and he couldn't have kept them apart because of his own selfish desires. Ron is never that evil. Not in canon.
What I'm talking about is him moving on.
In all there years, does he truly let Hermione go and move on? Does he allow himself to be out there and allow himself to fall for someone else - perhaps not in love but attraction? It's been years post-War in his timeline and I understand that they weren't exactly at the luxury of spending time being comfortable in dating and all, but does he allow himself that? Or does he keep holding onto his childhood love for Hermione?
I love this Ron. And as such, I want him to discover his own happiness. But I'm afraid he doesn't give himself the chance to. :-(
If this story ends with Hermione/Ron, I don't think they'd either take it long into their relationship in a Post-War world (you can admire someone for their bravery and sacrifice and heroism but there has to be tangible similarities, enough, to keep you interested beyond superficial hero-worship, which is what Severus-Hermione have).
Sometimes, even in this story, I see Ron getting tired of Hermione's nagging despite him admiring her cleverness. In a world where Hermione is equally aged as Ron (perhaps she'd be on a different plane of her own then), I don't see them as something beyond being friends.
Having said that, I love your story! :D I love how you've woven so much - details and plotlines and strategies using chess metaphors and characterizations and several other nuances - into it. Please update soon.
Nope. Ron is pretty asexual in this book, though not by choice or inclination.
Both in the post-War world and in this new/old one, there are situational issues that keep him from forming romantic attachments.
In the old world, there was literally no one to form them with.
Hermione?
No.
She's barely there half the time, and still in love with Severus. A world where Ron would try that on would be a lot darker than I'm willing to spend literary time in.
In the new world, his age mismatch makes things nearly impossible. He'd have a chance with Fleur, who's of age and bright and playful enough to keep up with someone a few years her senior. Likewise, his body isn't so much her junior that her choice would be frowned on.
But there are still multiple issues. Ron is too moral to begin a relationship with anyone under false pretenses. If he felt himself falling in love, he would HAVE to take Fleur aside and tell her everything and make her promise an Unbreakable Vow or similar to never tell anyone else. About the War, about everything. Fleur would know something was up if Ron just opted to never tell her, but that's immaterial as Ron always would.
How do you begin a relationship like that knowing what you'll be asking of someone else?
We know Fleur would do it. When she fell for Bill, it was irrevocable. She'd make a good partner for Ron. But the point is that asking her to do all of that is probably beyond what Ron would find acceptable.
For that matter, how could Ron marry his brother's future wife?
I do hope that Ron gets some happiness, but I can't see him moving on romantically just now. We'll get there together, but one of this story's most deeply-woven themes is about moving on from past hurts. I hope you'll be satisfied with where we land.
I'm not specifically talking about here and now, or with Fleur (I was merely pointing out that he has more cheMistry with her than he ever had with Hermione). I am talking about someone who'd be his equal. In a timeline that's not dystopian or in a world where he's stuck in his younger body and too emotionally exhausted to be anything but.
I'm saying that he has to ready himself for that possibility in a timeline he'd eventually end up in. For that, he has to *emotionally* let Hermione go. He's accepted SSHG relationship, but he's not moved on or has let go of her, properly.
That's the *moving on* I was talking about. Because if he doesn't do it now, I don't see a Future in any timeline where he'd be able to give himself completely to someone else. Love someone to that intensity that they deserve.
Of course! You're a wonderful writer! Would love to read the ending you've in mind. Whatever path it takes, I'm in no doubt that you'd do justice to it.
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