[HPforGrownups] Mr. Weasley, I take my hat off to you.

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> Nate, a frequent lurker and not so frequent poster
> 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.

Shelley:

Don't you think Ron might be a mirror here for James?

If you look at Ron and Hermione, they were fighting a lot. Then, in the 7th 
year, Ron changes. Instead of Hermione chiding him for having the emotional 
range of a teaspoon, we see him actually trying sypathy and compassion. He 
does grow up a lot.

We see James and Lilly not hitting it off either in the earlier memory when 
Snape was hung upside down, and yet Harry wonders what transformation took 
place that lead his parents to end up married. He couldn't fathom that 
change, yet he gets to witness it with Ron. I hope he feels better about his 
parents, knowing that if Ron changed that much for a girl, his dad probably 
did the same to win Lilly's heart.