Defending Ron (was:Ron's talents)

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No: HPFGUIDX 96984

Hello!! 

This is my first post (Ive been a lurker for a long time), and English is 
not my first language, so bear with me. 

I just had to answer this one, because it strikes me how people are not 
well, defending Ron. 

First of all, I have to admit that Ron is one of my favourite characters, 
and I like him better than Harry. And the reason I like him so much is 
because he is very real  and I suspect thats why so many people wonder 
what his talents are. But this is ironical, because I bet we are all more 
likely to be like Ron than to be like Hermione or Harry. Lets face it, who 
is able to remember so much information and put them all together as quickly 
as Hermione does? How many people would survive what Harry has to go 
through? But how many of us havent got jealous of a friend of ours who got 
more attention (even for a second), or at least knew someone who did? 

Ron is very special and has many talents. People have already mentioned how 
much he cares for his friends, how good at chess he is, and his skills in 
Divination  even though he has no idea of them. But theyve also mentioned 
how he doesnt work very hard, and how he failed as prefect  there are many 
posts about these topics, and theyre very interesting to take a look, if 
you havent. But summing it up: it seems he works as hard as Harry, his 
grades are probably similar and nothing shows he has failed as a prefect. In 
fact, he manages to go through his fifth year studying for his OWLs, 
training for Quidditch and doing all the prefects duties without a 
breakdown. 

It is usually mentioned how Ron is the heart and Hermione is the brain of 
the Trio, and how important his friendship is to Harry. Harry would be lost 
without Ron  he is the only one who seems to understand when its better to 
leave Harry alone, and supports his friends decisions, even when it would 
be better to question them  but thats already Hermiones job. 

I disagree with celletiger when she says well-grounded impulses tempered by 
loyalty is a trait all the three have. Harry definitely hasnt  he thinks 
with his guts, and sometimes his guts are very, very wrong. Hermione thinks 
with her brain  even when her heart and her guts would be better advisors. 
Ron has a very special combination of guts and brains, even though he 
stubbornly refuses to listen to his brain in order to help Harry  but, hey, 
he is a boy, so being stubborn and acting by instinct it perfectly 
understandable. And his willingness to help Harry even when he is scared to 
death shows not only loyalty, but also incredible braveness  alright, all 
Gryffindors are brave, so big deal. But I certainly respect him for that  I 
wouldnt follow a lot of spiders not even if my life depended on it. 

This post is getting very long and I fear Im not managing to defend my 
point of view properly, but what Im trying to say is that I dont think the 
point right now is trying to find Rons talents. If youre looking for the 
kind of talent that Harry has in DADA, or Hermiones intelligence, we wont 
find in Ron, at least not now. But we will find the fact that he is a very 
normal boy and he has survived many dangerous circumstances  it shows he 
isnt completely ordinary, and I think its Rowlings fault that we havent 
seen the best of Ron yet. She presented us to an exceptional chess player, 
but hasnt shown him using his strategic thinking; she hints about his seer 
talents, but hasnt written him realizing about them (question: will he 
ever?) 

Maybe Im being too dramatic, but to say that Ron doesnt have a future is 
to say that normal people dont stand a chance. He may not be the cleverest 
boy in the world, but Harry also needs Hermiones notes when it comes to 
History of Magic, and nobody questions Harrys cleverness. He is not 
destined to fight Lord Thingy, but he still does. Isnt that special? 

I think Ron has a great future  fighting alongside with Harry and surviving 
to grow into an extraordinaire man. And if we find it so hard to see his 
talents, its because we are too used to them that we cant see how special 
it can be. 

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