Ron (was Re: Prefects who gain power)

[finwitch]

No: HPFGUIDX 55954



> --jenny from ravenclaw,  
> You know, that makes me think about Ron and how he and Percy really 
> are similar in certain ways.  It makes sense that Percy wants to 
show 
> people how great a Weasley he can be.  We've seen that he gets 
> embarrassed of his family just like Ron (remember when Fred and 
George 
> marched him over to eat Christmas dinner with the rest of them?).  
Ron 
> is very quick to get upset over what his family *doesn't* have and 
> it's possible Percy feels the same way and is an overachiever to 
make 
> up for it.
> 

I don't think Ron's all _that_ upset about his poverty. Oh, he keeps 
_saying_ that he hates to be poor, complains about all the things he 
has, particularly of the things he _loves_ the most - like Scrabbers, 
or Hermione, or Harry, or his brothers...

About Ron saying all these things he likes the least outloud... 

He's being openly emotional - people are _rarely_ satisfied with 
their current situation. He's the friend who can and does give 
negative feedback, but always about things that friend could change. 
also, constructive critisism. No doubt he's heard a dozen times 
over "What, you don't like X? Why didn't you say something? I could 
have..." from his family members - so he begun to *say* long time 
ago - just so that someone doesn't mistakenly think that he _likes_ 
being poor (even though he won't take charity)...

Ron _does_ take other people's feelings into account; that Quidditch 
game _did_ cheer Harry up (unlike what Hermione thought it would do); 
he does shut up about his enthusiasm about the unforgivables on 
spiders out of respect to Harry's emotions; offers to make tea for 
Hagrid ("that's what Mom does when someone's upset")...

-- Finwitch