The interesting thing about Ron and Hermione’s slow burn is that, in the books, their relationship was developing long before either of them was mature enough to understand what was happening. And the Yule Ball in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire is probably one of the clearest examples of this.
Hermione wasn’t upset simply because Ron hadn’t asked her to the ball. She was hurt because he had spent so much time overlooking her while assuming she would always be there. Ron only seemed to recognise his feelings when he saw her receiving attention from another boy. His jealousy over Viktor Krum exposed something he hadn’t been willing to acknowledge: he didn’t like the idea of Hermione being romantically interested in somebody else.
What’s particularly interesting is that Hermione practically spells out what she wanted from him. In Chapter 23, The Yule Ball, she tells him:
“Next time there’s a ball, ask me before someone else does, and not as a last resort!”
And Rowling makes the moment even better through Harry’s perspective. When Ron fails to understand what Hermione is telling him, Harry realises that Hermione has understood the situation much better than Ron has.
That’s what makes their relationship such an interesting slow burn. Hermione was emotionally ahead of Ron, while Ron was still struggling to understand feelings he couldn’t properly express. Throughout the books, there are several moments where his jealousy, protectiveness and discomfort around Hermione’s other romantic interests reveal more than his actual words.
But Ron also had moments of genuine immaturity, and his treatment of Hermione wasn’t always fair. Being jealous didn’t automatically mean he knew how to love her properly.
By the time we reach Deathly Hallows, the feelings that had been building for years finally become impossible to ignore.
The irony is that Ron spent so much time worrying about Hermione choosing somebody else that he almost lost the opportunity to choose her himself.
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