[HPforGrownups] Defending Ron (was: Do we really get our closer?)

[Sharon Hayes]

No: HPFGUIDX 177109

Carol:

<BIG SNIP>Carol, realizing that she hasn't done
Ron justice in this post and
hoping that others will step up to defend him

Sharon:
I agree with you Carol. Out of all the characters,
Ron grew the most. Hi would have given his life in
PS to help Harry get the stone, not to mention
disguising himself as Goyle (or was it Crabbe?) in
COS and risking discovery in the Slytherin common
room. As well as all those other siutations
mentioned by Carol where Ron stepped up to the
plate, he was a truly loyal friend to both Harry
and Hermione. He obviously adored Hermione from
the end of PS and was always looking out for her,
even if his dialogue didn't show it. Except for
the argument in GOF 9and the bit in DH where he
left momentarily -- and I say momentarily becuase
he would have come back immediately if he could
have), he stood by Harry in every adventure
throughout the books.

I believe Ron had almost as many demons as Harry.
As we saw in the Locket scene in DH, he was always
second best to Harry, he feared his mother wanted
a girl instead of him and that in the end she
preferred Harry and that Hermione did too (which I
suspect is why he found it hard to make his move
on her). He does some stupid things throughout the
series such as falling for Lavender, but he is,
after all, a teenager, with hormones, moods and
all that goes with that.Considering his borhters
and Ginny were always teasing him and laughing at
him, he grew up to be a pretty brave  young man.

Understanding all these things, one thing I do
fail to understand is what took Hermione so long
to kiss him? Poor guys really must have thought
she didn't like him, especially after all the
hints he kept giving her.  I would have thought
Hermione was reflective enough to umderstand what
was going on in Ron's head - -she certainly was
smart enough to unravel Cho's feelings for Harry
in OOP. It seems incinsistent to me that she
wouldn't be able to do the same for Ron.  No
wonder he was insecure!

Ginny, on the other hand, I feel to be the most
shallow character, though not entirely without
substance. Although she joins the DA and fights at
the MOM, she tends to come across as a bit of a
cheerleader who's only interested in boys etc. She
is the baby of the family and only girl, so
everyone dotes on her. She grew up with a lot of
confidence and a strong personality, unlike Ron,
who had to put up with a LOT from his family
throughout his young life.

Sharon, who absolutely loved the epilogue, in
spite of the fact that it left out all the detail,
becuase it fulfilled everything that had been
developed throughout the series.


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