Ron and Harry Are Inconsiderate Idiots

[Amy Z <lupinesque@yahoo.com>]

No: HPFGUIDX 50179

Calliope wrote:

> I can't find a time when Ron is actually nice to Neville.  Ever.  I 
wish I
> could.  If someone does, please share it.

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GF12:

"I'll just have to--ooops . . . "

Neville's foot had sunk right thorugh a step halfway up the 
staircase.  There were many of these trick stairs at Hogwarts; it was 
secong nature to most of the older students to jump this particular 
step, but Neville's memory was notoriously poor.  Harry and Ron 
seized him under the armpits and pulled him out, while a suit of 
armour at th etop of the stairs creaked and clanked, laughing 
wheezily.

"Shut it, you," said Ron, banging down its visor as they passed.
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It's one of my favorite Ron moments.  Being kind, but in a 
characteristically brusque and indirect way.

Incidentally, it also shows JKR's plotting genius at work.  "The Egg 
and the Eye" would have seem contrived if she hadn't cleverly 
reminded us about the trick stair several chapters earlier, and shown 
us that when you step onto it, you're good and stuck until someone 
helps you out.  *shakes head in admiration*

Amy Z
who loves Ron and Harry both to death even if they *are* Ever So 
Fourteen