OOP: Ron

[jenny_ravenclaw]

No: HPFGUIDX 55255

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "psychic_serpent" 
<psychic_serpent at y...> wrote:

>I wonder whether JKR would throw us for a loop and have Ron be so 
good as a Keeper that he would suddenly be the one getting all of the 
attention>

and  
 
> This sort of thing could really alienate Harry and Hermione from him  
for a while, largely because Ron often does come off as a sore 
winner.> 

I tried to reply to this last night but was booted from AOL and lost 
my post.  Let me try again.  I can see a scenario where it is Harry 
and Hermione who are alienated from Ron, but I really feel that is 
Harry alone who will be alienated.  One scene from GoF that stands out 
in my mind is when Harry quietly backed away while Hermione and Ron 
were arguing and ended up in the Owlery, watching it get dark, 
probably for several hours.  I see more of this in OoP.  At the end of 
GoF, Harry has witnessed a classmate's murder, experienced torture, 
and was forced to play a part in bringing back Voldemort's body.  
Voldemort isn't interested in Hermione or Ron; it is Harry he wants.  
I can imagine Harry distancing himself from his friends for fear of 
what might happen to them, and if he will be having nightly 
nightmares, as was suggested in the new blurb, he may not want to 
share that.  We already know Harry is not quite the kind of person who 
runs and tells his intimate secrets even to his closest friends, let 
alone others who can help.

Ron developing an ego and a half would be an interesting twist, 
though.  I wonder how Harry really would take it if he wasn't the one 
everyone sought out.  Would he really like it?  Or would he get really 
irritated at Ron for letting fame get to his head in the way it never 
did with Harry?

--jenny from ravenclaw ********************