/Well, Ron and Harry did talk about Quidditch teams on the Hogwarts Express, so that is still one thing that they have in common./
I have to disagree here. Talking usually involves two (or more) parties verbally exchanging ideas/opinions/etc. The way Jo describes it, it looks like Ron was talking at Harry, while our hero was either just nodding or sat there and looked pretty. It's even more visible when a few chapters later Wood explains how Quidditch works and at no point Harry goes "I know! And catching that golden ball earns 150 points, doesn't it?" I mean I can sit with my friend and listen to him getting nerdy over Nietzsche, but I wouldn't say that we have that in common :)
/And when Ron and Harry have their falling-out in GOF, Harry thinks that there's a "lot less laughter" without Ron around./
And I'm not surprised that there was "lot less laughter" during that time, since annual Ostracising Potter Campaign started around that time. Slytherins producing the badges, Ravenclaws and Hufflepuffs hiding useful books and giving evil eye our protag, heck even Griffindors pressured Harry by nagging him about the way he was entered into the Tournament.
/One excuse in CoS is that Ron and his family are too proud to take Harry's money (but not the Weasley twins in GoF). /
That excuse is BS since Molly send him care package. The least he could do is send Molly thank you card. And giving gift isn't the same as giving money to someone poor. Just buying Ron a package of chocolate frogs would make Harry look like a good friend.
I have to disagree here. Talking usually involves two (or more) parties verbally exchanging ideas/opinions/etc. The way Jo describes it, it looks like Ron was talking at Harry, while our hero was either just nodding or sat there and looked pretty. It's even more visible when a few chapters later Wood explains how Quidditch works and at no point Harry goes "I know! And catching that golden ball earns 150 points, doesn't it?"
I mean I can sit with my friend and listen to him getting nerdy over Nietzsche, but I wouldn't say that we have that in common :)
/And when Ron and Harry have their falling-out in GOF, Harry thinks that there's a "lot less laughter" without Ron around./
And I'm not surprised that there was "lot less laughter" during that time, since annual Ostracising Potter Campaign started around that time. Slytherins producing the badges, Ravenclaws and Hufflepuffs hiding useful books and giving evil eye our protag, heck even Griffindors pressured Harry by nagging him about the way he was entered into the Tournament.
/One excuse in CoS is that Ron and his family are too proud to take Harry's money (but not the Weasley twins in GoF). /
That excuse is BS since Molly send him care package. The least he could do is send Molly thank you card.
And giving gift isn't the same as giving money to someone poor. Just buying Ron a package of chocolate frogs would make Harry look like a good friend.
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