The worst of times...

[finwitch]

No: HPFGUIDX 32910

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "Ms. Found in A Bottle" <bethz1 at r...> 
wrote:
> Aja wrote:
> 
> > For whatever reason, I feel like leveling that subjectivity in a
> > completely different direction, out of fairness to our enigmatic
> > professor--so here comes a completely idle question to turn the 
tables a
> > bit:
> >
> > What's the worst thing *Harry's* ever done?
> 
> 
> I had to really think of this, but I feel the worst is the way that 
Harry if
> often kinda rubbing in Ron's face the fact that he's rich and Ron's 
not
> (esp. in GoF). 

Does he? Harry would give Ron half of his vault but knows all too 
well that Ron wouldn't accept it. As I see it, Harry [i]wants[/i] to 
share his galleons. He's just happy to be able to share.

 But then at the end of GoF when he gives F&G the TriWizard
> Tournament winnings...I would have thought he might consider giving 
it to
> his best friend.  

Giving 1000 Galleons to F&G instead of Ron with a notion: Buy Ron new 
dressrobes and say it's from you.

That's one of the best things he did, IMO.

F&G are happiest to get their WWW-joke shop. This was their desire, 
their dream and goal of life. F&G tried to refuse at first (as Ron 
would have, as ANY Weasley would have) but did have the grace to 
thank Harry as well as to accept it. That hex-thing was an excuse - 
but the matter of Ron was the real reason...

Ron's dream is not really 'getting rich' - it's 'getting something 
new from family' (remember how happy he was when he got his new wand? 
Happier than about Pigwidgeon, was he not?) - and Harry managed to 
organise that, too!

If Harry had given his prize-money to Ron - just trying to give it 
would have been offence - like saying: "Here, you have these, so you 
know I did not put my name into the damn goblet! I don't want the 
bloody money. You keep it - I'm sick of hearing you complaining about 
being poor all the time".

Worst he did... Cheating Neville, who was offering to keep him 
company while sneaking out to Hogsmeade! And, while in, hitting Draco 
under invisibility cloak - that whole episode was just cheap!