C.R.A.B.

[cynthiaanncoe at home.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 25865

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., hfakhro at n... wrote:
> 
> Cindy wrote:

So Ron seems very nice, courageous and funny, and I'd like to believe 
> he's a talented wizard.  But for now, I have my doubts about 
whether 
> Ron has earned a break.  
> 
Hella wrote:
> 
>Why do you say that Ron hasn't earned a break unless he achieves 
some 
> incredibly talented action in the manner of Harry (most famous and 
> talented peer of Ron's) and Hermione (cleverest witch of her year.) 
I 
> think the standards many people set Ron to are completely unfair 
and 
> unrealistic. 

I hadn't intended to stub anyone's toes with my remarks about Ron.  
But there is one thing that bears mentioning -- the other main 
characters seem to have a specialty, a talent in a particular area.  
Hermione is good at lots of things (charms, transfiguration in 
particular).  Harry is good at flying and DADA.  Even Neville is good 
at herbology.  Sirius and McGonnagall are good at transfiguration.  
Lupin is adept at DADA.  As for other minor characters (Seamus, Dean, 
Pavarti), we really don't know, perhaps because they are too 
unimportant to concern us.  But JKR seems to have decided that Ron is 
the one major character who doesn't have a magical gift or talent.  
(Ron's diligent slicing of roots doesn't seem to be on the same 
level, IMHO.)

Does this make Ron a worthless heap?  Of course not.  In fact, it 
makes his character kind of interesting and different, and the books 
wouldn't be the same without Ron.  Maybe that's enough to earn 
a "break."  But I think JKR is saving this "special talent" element 
of Ron's character to get maximum effect out of it later.  I have 
high expectations for Ron.  But I don't think JKR has taken him there 
yet.

Cindy (who has two sickles reserved for C.R.A.B membership, just in 
case)