Ron not a hero yet? Was: Re: Second Reading /Re: Murder = splitting the sou

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Richard Jones:
> On the positive side, I was surprised how mature Harry seemed.  I 
had 
> expected him to be an emotional wreck after the death of Sirius and 
> the revelations of OOTP.  Apparently he is very resilient.  As for 
> Ron — well, Ron is still Ron.  If Ron is going to become a hero
in 
> Book 7, he is going to have to change dramatically all of a 
sudden.  

Alla:

OK, I am very honestly curious about this point. Why do you think Ron 
has to change if he is about to be come a hero?

Actually, let me disclaim couple of things first, because I would 
prefer not to get objections,which are not exactly relevant to my 
mindset.

For those who don't know, I don't care much about shipping. I mean I 
DO care about kids ( or teens now) characters very much, but I first 
and foremost care about friendship bond between the Trio and I want 
to see them alive and happy at the end

I guess I just don't think  that seventeen year olds are obligated to 
find their soulmates while they are still in school.

Having said all that, I DID think that JKR was being incredibly clear 
that Ron and Hermione will get together, that is it. I did not think 
it was just as clear in regards to Harry/Ginny though.

I don't know if I like R/H pairing all that much, but I know I would 
like H/H even less.



Right, now back to Ron. Don't you think that Ron is already a hero 
with all his flaws?

At the age of eleven he did not hesitate to put himself in the line 
of fire in the chess game. 

At the age of twelve he knows really well  why "mudblood" is a very 
offensive word to say. ( Something which Dumbledore has to explain to 
Draco at the age of sixteen, but I digress)

At the age of thirteen he is willing to be killed by Sirius while 
protecting Harry.

I don't know, I  think that on the major issues this boy figured out 
eally well where his priorities lie.

I don't think he needs any convincing to come to "the right side".



Richard Jones:
> I bet when the series is over that fans will become divided into 
two 
> camps — those who prefer books 1 to 4 and those who prefer
books 5 
to 
> 7.


Alla:

I don't know. So far I loved 1-4, enjoyed OOP significantly less and 
found HBP to be very exciting.

JMO,

Alla


Floor:

> I thought you only split your soul through killing if you INTEND to 
> do so. But I must admit I can't find any proof for this in the 
book... So, just my theory.


Alla:

I think that splitting your soul when you create Horcrux is a 
metaphor for "any murder hurts your Soul", no?