Defending Ron ? Ultimate Betrayal vs Jealousy

[annemehr]

No: HPFGUIDX 77793

> annemehr wrote:
> 
> > No, NOT the truth, not in this case, anyway.  Harry could no more 
> > help blowing up Aunt Marge, as hard as he tried, than Ron could 
ever 
> > help his ears turning red when he's upset.


Susanne replied: 
> I (and Ron, I think) was referring to the punishment for
> said happenings :)
> 
> If it had been another character using underage magic in
> this manner, they would most likely not have gotten away
> without any repercussions.

Annemehr again:
Well, we have two questions here.  The first is, did Harry commit a 
punishable offense?  The second is, would the MoM know or care that 
the magic was *uncontrolled*?

In justice, uncontrolled magic should never be punished.  The MoM 
should take pains to find out whether it was uncontrolled, as this is 
something that is bound to happen to underage wizards at least 
occaisionally.  Of course, we know the MoM's record in meting out 
justice these days.

Harry, of course, told Ron that he didn't mean to blow up Aunt 
Marge.  Even though he didn't get too many words in edgewise at the 
time, and even though he didn't go into what led up to Aunt Marge 
being inflated, he said enough that Ron should understand that Harry 
didn't do anything wrong.  Ron should know that Harry doesn't deserve 
punishment.

But I do take your point.  Ron may just be referring to the fact that 
the MoM would ordinarily have (unjustly) punished a student who had 
the misfortune to do uncontrolled magic, but as it was Harry 
they "let him off".

Still, I wouldn't refer to that as Harry "getting away with stuff" as 
it seems to imply guilt on Harry's part.  Is that just a quirk of my 
own?

Annemehr
who notes that "being Harry" causes a lot more trouble than it gets 
him out of!  :-/