Ron's big moment? (WAS: Why Ron Loves Hermione)

[msbeadsley]

No: HPFGUIDX 81375

> Ravenclaw Bookworm:
> What I was pointing out is that few things in JKR's writing are 
> what they *seem* to be.  In this case, Ron *seems* to be 
> recovering - but is he really?  Just how deep will this scarring 
> go?  And was he treated for whatever happened to him when he got so 
> silly?  

I kept worrying about Ron and lasting effects from the battle at the 
MoM; but in Ch. 37 of the U.S. hb ed. of OoP, on p. 822, Dumbledore 
arrives from the MoM: "Well, Harry," said Dumbledore, finally turning 
away from the baby bird [Fawkes], "you will be pleased to hear that 
none of your fellow students are going to suffer lasting damage from 
the night's events." In spite of what I know: that Dumbledore may 
have been just trying to salvage something positive from the wreckage 
for Harry and he may not have told the entire truth, I cling to this 
whenever dread overwhelms my imagination (What will the goofifying 
spell or the attack of the flying brain(1) mean for Ron later?).

Nothing, however, says that there will be no lasting *effect*--is an 
episodically smarter Ron going to show up for last two books? Will 
he "know things?" (Right, that could mean he became a seer.) Or one 
with lapses like the one Dumbledore had start of term in GoF, when he 
started to tell an inappropriate joke right in the middle of 
explaining the upcoming TWT? (Oh, but wait--was that a lapse, or 
something we just don't undertand yet...<g>)

Another thing: was Dumbledore paying extra attention to Fawkes in 
order to give himself a few moments to prepare ("finally turning 
away") for the coming interview with Harry? It's also possible to 
comfort oneself with a creature companion with whom one has a 
profound bond. Too, he may have been reassuring and examining Fawkes 
as well as thanking him for the assist.

Sandy thinking (1)now *there's* a B movie title