"Dam' Good Auror"

[Penny & Bryce]

No: HPFGUIDX 27179

Hi everyone --

L. Inman wrote:

> 
> I recently converted my friend to HP (after allowing myself to be
> converted to "The West Wing"), and one of the comments she made to me
> after finishing GoF was that Harry, Ron, and Hermione together "make
> a damn good Auror.  When they're apart, not so much" -- at least, not
> yet.
> 
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  While they are training Harry for the third task, Ron
> comments that this training will do them all good "for when we're all
> Aurors."  What Ron doesn't realize is that together, they already
> *are* an Auror, and they've accomplished feats that rival Mad-Eye
> Moody's at his height.

As someone who steadfastly refuses to join C.R.A.B., it shouldn't 
surprise anyone too much that I don't agree.  First, I'd like to refer 
back to Catherine's excellent message entitled "Why Ron isn't a Seer" 
(#21458), which could also be titled "Why Ron Won't be an Auror" IMO. I 
think Ron is the "weakest link," and despite Ron's obvious angling, 
Crouch-as-Moody apparently agrees.  As Catherine says in the above 
message, it always strikes me that Ron is just grasping at straws, and 
when he's right, it's through sheer luck.

Yes, yes ... I know Ron contributes some skills & strengths to the Trio. 
  But, on the whole, his contributions don't really stack up in my mind 
.. not as far as sleuthing & solving the puzzles anyway.  For example, 
if you re-read the CoS scene after they've extracted the paper from 
Hermione's petrified grasp, it's really Harry IMO who puts the pieces of 
the puzzle together.  He's reading & thinking out loud & all we hear 
from Ron is "And Mrs. Norris?"  and "But how's a giant snake been 
getting around this place?" (Harry had to specifically point out 
Hermione's comment about pipes!).

The Trio together are formidable .... but I'm not so sure that H&H 
couldn't do it together as a team.  They are an *excellent* team in 
fact.  <eg>

Penny