[HPforGrownups] Re: Ron's contribution (was SHIP: JKR & Ron/Hermione, H/H converging)

[Torsten]

No: HPFGUIDX 50013

Pippin:
>Another talent Ron doesn't get credit for is leadership. It may be 
>a result of movie contamination that people forget Wizard Chess 
>is more than a game of strategy. It's a game of negotiation, like 
>D&D, contract bridge or Diplomacy...you have to persuade your 
>pieces to co-operate with each other and you. Ron, Harry has 
>noted, is good at that. 

That's a rather weak point, I think. Ron's pieces trust him because they've known him 
for a long time and he's a good player. Neither counts for Harry when he's playing with 
Seamus' or his own pieces. Also, the pieces might argue, but they still obey in the end 
no matter how much they trust you or not.

Most of all, these are enchanted chess pieces, nothing more. Their "personalities" are 
far from being as complex as a human, so being a good wizard chess player says 
nothing about your leadership when it comes to humans. Not that leadership in battle 
and leadership in society are that similar anyway.

Torsten