In defense of Ron

[drmm at fuuko.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 4868

--- In HPforGrownups at egroups.com, faerysneezes at y... wrote:

<<If not speaking to eachother is equivalent to being obnoxious then 
Harry has had his moments too. How about that whole fiasco with 
Crookshanks. Although the fight was primarily between Ron and Hermione 
Harry totally sided with Ron. I didn't see Harry trying to get the two 
of them to reconcile (like Hermione does in GoF by trying to get the  
two of them to talk to eachother). Hermione was so distraught that she  
was in tears at Hagrid's house about it. And i'm sure Hermione could  
have used both their support at that time too. The poor girl didn't 
have many people to default to (at least in GoF Harry had hermione  
there for him) And Hagrid had to tell Ron and Harry that she was  
feeling this way. I don't think that their childhoods (ie. Ron's being 
better than Harry's) should really matter at this point. People get  
obnoxious regardless of whether they're the king of the world or  
merely underappreciated.

Don't go and hold out a grudge against Ron because he isn't perfect>>

This is sorta-halfway my point.  In my opinion, people seem to think 
Harry's the perfect child; everything he does is right and none of his 
actions are a mistake. . .  I don't think he is and that's also part of 
the reason why I get irritated with him.  So, when they insult Ron for 
not being perfect, I'm inexplicably annoyed.  Then I tend to write long 
posts about why Harry's not perfect and why Ron acts the way he does. . 
. <g>

And I *do* think Ron's underappreciated.

DrMM