About Ron ( was OotP Harry not a prefect & his Inner Voice)

[paul_terzis]

No: HPFGUIDX 115156


>  totorivers wrote:
> 
> > I'll beg to differ there. I think that if Ron hadn't been made
> > prefect, he may have been harder on Harry and so on: Ron's prefect
> > badge first, and then being on the quidditch team, have helped him
> > accept himself and learn not to "steal" Harry's way of doing things.
> > It helped him mature (not that I like what he is maturing into that
> > much).
> 
> Susanne wrote:
> I'd be interested in hearing a bit more about this.
> 
> How do you think Ron would have been "harder on Harry" and
> how does Ron "steal Harry's way of doing things"in general?
> 
> And what is he maturing into, that you don't like?
> 

   I think I understand what Totorivers means with the phrase "harder
on Harry". Imagine the scenario where Harry and Hermione were
prefects. Normally Ron would feel jealousy as any other person in his
position but with one great difference. Ron has proved in GOF that
jealousy "OVERWHELMS" him and when happens that he acts in a rather
"UNFRIENDLY" way towards the person he is jealous of. Can you imagine
what would happen in OOTP with the combination of a jealous-driven Ron
and a short-tempered Harry. Probably World War III. This part of Ron's
personality although understandable from a certain point of view is
also very dangerous.   The obsessive although "UNDERCURRENT" pursuit
of wealth and fame combine with the envy is a flaw which "MAY" be used
by a master of the dark arts like LV in order to turn that person in
the dark side.  Don't get me wrong, I don't condemn Ron. Ron has good
qualities and he is a "GOOD" friend of HP. But that does not mean we
will turn a blind eye to his flaws.

Best Regards from  sun-bathed Greece,
Paul