The tragedy of Ron Weasley

[jdr0918]

No: HPFGUIDX 91360

<<<In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Christopher Nuttall" wrote:
In GOF, she dates Krum - who sees Harry as a potential rival - and in 
the COS movie, hugs Harry and refuses to hug Ron. Ron must be very 
jealous of them, even though Harry and Hermione are not lovers, Ron 
may well suspect them to be.  Ron's comments at the end of OOP about 
Ginny dating someone better, said with a sharp glance at Harry, could 
be interpreted as an attempt to set his rival up with someone else.
Harry has the girls (in Ron's eyes) - Ron is too shy to ask a girl 
out...
Harry has no family to look down on him - Ron's family are a weight 
around his neck...
Look at this and ask yourself; would you not be bitter too?>>>

The Sergeant Majorette says
Hermione goes out with Krum because he asked her first. The fact that 
she doesn't hug Ron like she hugs Harry in the movie CoS is meant to 
indicate the beginnings of unresolved sexual tension (JKR has said as 
much in interviews). Harry is just as awkward and clueless around 
girls as Ron is, except that even he knows that Hermione and Ron are 
sort of meant for each other. Ron wants his best friend to date his 
sister because that solidifies both bonds.

I was afraid from Ron's comments in GoF that he could be tempted by 
riches, but then in OoP he has the example of Percy, and he is 
properly horrified.

Ron is a pretty good prefect, actually. As we know, only Molly can 
sort of control the twins. Hermione only stops them by threatening to 
write to their mother; no real guy would rat out his brothers to 
their mother.

Ron's not bitter. He's a teenager. Give him a break...

--JDR