[HPforGrownups] Ron and the Trouble with Veela

[Laura Ingalls Huntley]

No: HPFGUIDX 50337

Lori:
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> Interestingly enough, the one time Harry was most guilty of
> succumbing to a veela's "charms," was at the World Cup. At that time,
> both Ron and Harry seem quite willing to take the plunge for the
> Bulgarian mascots. The only male nearby who is notably unaffected was >
Mr. Weasley.
>
> Is there some character trait that makes some more resilient to the
> veela than others?

Well there's always the fact that Harry is an extraordinary resilient in
their brand of magic (mind control).  And Ron....isn't.  Whether Ron is
sub-par or normal is another debate entirely, of course.

Don't like that explaination?  What about Mr. Weasley, you say?  Well, it
could just be that Mr. Weasley has encountered them before and knows what to
expect and has trained himself to "deal with it", so to speak, OR:

Being in love/like/obsessed with another female else gives you a measure of
protection.  Mr. Weasley obviously has Molly...and Harry has been noticing
Cho quite a bit at this point...Notice that when he's at school and Cho is
actually around in person, Harry is pretty much unaffected by Fleur.  And I
suppose Cedric was also able to fend off her charms because he, too, was in
love with Cho.

Although, it's pretty obvious that Ron likes Hermione, but that doesn't
really stop him much (although making a fool of himself by asking Fleur out
did seem to put a crimp in his crush).

Laura