[HPforGrownups] Re: OOP: Ron

[Calliope]

No: HPFGUIDX 55099

Gail wrote:

> Why in the world is this information (of Ron being the new Keeper for the 
> Gryffindor Quidditch team) one of the items listed under the heading;  "Add 
> this to a host of other worries for Harry..." ?   Why would Ron being the 
> new Keeper be a worry for Harry?
> 
> Well...we all know that sometimes horrible accidents happen on the Quidditch 
> pitch.
> 
> Oh *no*!  Don't kill him, Jo!  Don't kill Ron!

me:

I don't think she's going to kill off Ron - yet - but if she does I don't think
it will be a Quidditch accident.  If Ron dies it will be in some very dramatic
sacrificing-for-Harry way.  

I think that Ron on the team might be a "worry" is that Harry is made captain of
the team, tryouts for the Keeper spot are very close, and it's Harry's call to
pick Ron.  Maybe this either makes other Gryffindors mad because they think he
just picked Ron because they're friends.  Or, Ron is not that good and
Gryffindor loses games and everyone blames Harry for picking him.  Or, maybe Ron
and Harry disagree over strategies, or Ron is *very* good and spends so much
time on Quidditch he neglects his schoolwork (not likely with Hermione around). 
Or maybe him being on the team means they spend *so* much time together they
smother each other.  I don't know, but there's a ton of possibilities besides
Ron dying!

--Calliope

(who is guilty of making Ron have a near-fatal Quidditch accident in her little
fanfic, feels horrible about it, and hopes JKR will be nice to Ron...)

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