The Romance (was HBP: the Good, the Not So Good, and the Ridiculous (Spoile

[va32h]

--- In HPFGU-Movie at yahoogroups.com, "Richard Shepard" <shepardrj at ...> wrote:

 
> I think that Ron considers Hermione too good for him and has always expected Hermione and Harry to end up together because they are both so awesome.  He is just the average bloke that is lucky enough to be their friend and gets to help them out in whatever small ways he can while they save the world.  

va32h:

Oh no, I disagree very much here!  The movie version of Ron certainly comes off that way, but that's because Steve Kloves keeps giving his lines to Hermione and the director's seem hell-bent on making Ron a buffoon. 

But Ron from the books - at least from the early books - is a crucial part of the Trio.  He won the chess game, which is no "small way" of helping, and he's the one who sacrificed himself so that Harry could continue. 

In Chamber of Secrets, it's Ron who comes up with the idea to rescue Harry from the Dursleys, stands up for Muggleborns, tries to curse Malfoy to defend Hermione's honor (and only fails because of his malfunctioning wand, not because he's incompetent), faces up to his great fear of spiders.  In PoA, Ron's the only one who notices Hermione's crazy schedule and figures out how impossible it must be, and he's the one who stands up for Harry in the Shrieking Shack, even though he's injured. 

Ron is the only member of the trio with any true knowledge of the magical world too - which is frequently quite important. 

Ron was a terrific character until Steve Kloves came along, and unfortunately, Rowling seemed to have forgotten what "her" Ron was like and went with the Kloves version (ptui!)

But then Harry was a better character too, in those early books. By DH, Harry and Ron have both become useless lumps that Super!Hermione! has to drag around with her. 

va32h