The Woes of Ron Weasley (long tirade...sorry!)

[allthingshp]

No: HPFGUIDX 132294

This is in part a response to a number of "ship" posts that I have 
been reading through today but not in itself about relationships 
that might develop in the books.  I have gotten a sense that many of 
you out there are harboring secret and not so secret resentment 
towards Ron and wanted to give a quick defense of my favorite 
Weasley.  There seems to be the development of a "Ron as boy, Harry 
as man" theme developing through many of the posts and I can't 
disagree with this take any more than I do.  Why are so many quick 
to assume that Ron is so immature?  Because he doesn't doesn't want 
to talk about Cho Chang's feelings?  Because he doesn't want to 
spend quality chess time studying goblin rebellions?  Who would!?!  
He is, I'll give you, immature over his feelings for Hermione but he 
is a teenage boy afterall.  We should cut him some slack.  I 
personally think he should get some credit for his feelings at 
least.  Despite what the movies and our immaginations will have us 
believe, Hermione is not your average teenage boy's dream girl.  The 
fact that Ron can develop real feelings for this plain Jane because 
of her personality (while Harry is too busy being tangled up in the 
mess that is Cho Chang's pretty face) should say something to his 
maturity level.  And finally what has Ron Weasley ever done but be a 
loyal loving friend to Harry (who yells at him all throughout OoTP 
without reason) and get detention and cough up slugs for Hermione 
(who takes every opportunity to critize him)?  We should all be so 
lucky to have Ron as our best friend or our potential boyfriend.  

Horray for Ron!
-allthinghp