Mr. Weasley, I take my hat off to you.

[npod4291]

No: HPFGUIDX 174104

Among all the complaints about what should have been, I would like 
to take a moment to give our friend Ron Weasley a pat on the back.  
He has really out done himself in this, the last and IMO best, novel 
of the epic tale of Harry Potter.

Starting with the more obvious, congrats Ron, on bringing both 
lightheartedness (?) and (even more and better) humour to the trio 
that would have been (and was for a little) lost without you.  Among 
my favorite lines: (and I don't have the book with me, so I'm sorry 
for quotes that aren't perfect)

"...I forgot we were going to be hunting Voldemort in a mobile 
library."
"I don't know mate, I think they may have noticed that we have 
broken in."
"Its not all about wandwork." 

As I said I don't have the book with me. If I did, I feel like this 
could go on for quite a while.  Please feel free to add some of your 
favorite "Ron" lines.

More importantly, I would like to congratulate you, Mr. Weasley, for 
FINALLY maturing and growing up.  Of the other male characters, 
(mainly Harry, Neville, and Draco to an extent), you were last, but 
not the least, to make the transition from being a boy to a man.  I 
specifically say males because as a gender, we admittedly are longer 
on the uptake as far as maturity is concerned.  This transition, I 
think we can all agree, begins with the verbalization of his 
thoughts and fears before he made the trio a duo and ends with 
overcoming those fears and insecurities in destroying the locket.

The timing of this growing-up is can be compared to that of Harry.  
I think that Harry really grew up between the fifth and sixth book, 
emphasized by him when he tells DD about he ultimately recovered 
from Sirius's death.

Anyway, please post your thoughts and impressions of Ron, who came 
out better in DH than in all of the previous books combined.

Nate, a frequent lurker and not so frequent poster