I love the realism of this story, especially having a decade of being anorexic behind me. Some of Ron's struggles sound very familiar and it's informative - though chilling - to see the situation from Harry's perspective, how complicit, scared and helpless he feels.
It's really disheartening to see Ron, who's always presented as a voracious eater, to try to punish himself and at the same time hold on to what little control he feels he can have through food, but when anorexia follows such as traumatic event as Ron had to experience it's mostly about regaining control anyway.
It's very obvious that they love each other and nothing says that more obviously that the fact that Ron trusted Harry with his worst memory. However, I can't really blame Harry for not wanting the responsibility of taking care of Ron - in his head he probably blew it already by allowing things to go this far and he most likely doesn't trust himself - but I can see how this can be seen by a sort of betrayal by Ron, who's desperate not to be abandoned in something he probably sees as a "nuthouse" - because places like this still bear the stigma.
If Ron is truly on the road to healing, he'll probably eventually recognise what difficult position he put Harry in and Harry might see that Ron needs him, not to care for him, but to show him that even a broken man can and deserves to be loved. Little me chooses to believe they'll make it. :) What a lovely story!
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Date: 2017-06-08 05:08 pm (UTC)It's really disheartening to see Ron, who's always presented as a voracious eater, to try to punish himself and at the same time hold on to what little control he feels he can have through food, but when anorexia follows such as traumatic event as Ron had to experience it's mostly about regaining control anyway.
It's very obvious that they love each other and nothing says that more obviously that the fact that Ron trusted Harry with his worst memory. However, I can't really blame Harry for not wanting the responsibility of taking care of Ron - in his head he probably blew it already by allowing things to go this far and he most likely doesn't trust himself - but I can see how this can be seen by a sort of betrayal by Ron, who's desperate not to be abandoned in something he probably sees as a "nuthouse" - because places like this still bear the stigma.
If Ron is truly on the road to healing, he'll probably eventually recognise what difficult position he put Harry in and Harry might see that Ron needs him, not to care for him, but to show him that even a broken man can and deserves to be loved. Little me chooses to believe they'll make it. :) What a lovely story!