Oh, Harry...

[murasaki1200]

It's been a few days since I finished my marathon HP reading. I listened to Stephen Fry's version of Goblet of Fire, Order of The Phoenix and Half Blood Prince and Jim Dale's version of Deathly Hallows. Jim Dale has this old lady way of saying 'Sorry' which Harry, Hermione and Ron keep saying throughout DH, and 'Oh, Harry...', which Hermione says

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[amluv]

jumps in *waves hello*...in ronnie the bear's defense, ron is extremely insecure. he comes from a huge family where he doesn't particularly stand out and his best friend is like the jesus christ of the wizarding world. i think that's a lot to swallow, but he does and he does it in stride and janine said, he's the everyman, he does what needs doing. that's his function in the group. you point out that he never talks sense into harry, i think that's because he understands harry's need to be confident in making his decisions and he backs him up, that's what a best friends does. i love ron because i totally get him.

i think hermione is attracted to him because of the fact that of everyone around her, he seems to be the only one who can stand toe-to-toe with her and i think he that, she sees in him all the things everyone else can't, including him. say what you want about how much of a dick ron can be, but you can't deny that he is a fiercely loyal friend and when the chips are down he proves to be quite courageous as well.

[murasaki1200]

Hey there! I was hoping someone would help me understand Ron better. I do suspect he came off better in the early books where he probably helps Harry figure out the wizarding world since of the three he's the only one who was raised in it.

ron is extremely insecure. he comes from a huge family where he doesn't particularly stand out and his best friend is like the jesus christ of the wizarding world. i think that's a lot to swallow, but he does and he does it in stride and janine said, he's the everyman, he does what needs doing.I can see that. I think I was traumatized by Order of the Phoenix and how high maintenance Ron is about being on the quidditch team. That's one thing about audiobooks, you can't skip and being read out loud makes everything stay with you more. Those bits about Ron were very painful

[amluv]

what can i say...ron's the "xander" of the trio ;)

i think he suffers a bit in the last book because he's MIA for a good chunk of the time. and he redeems himself in a huge way...i love that she did that w/ him...

the thing that really makes the series cool is that the everyone is flawed. i love hermione but my girl suffers from an overwhelming self-righteousness in a huge way. but she too is very insecure and maybe that's the reason why she gets ron. i totally wanted to bash harry's head in in book 5, but after reading the next 2 books, i understand why it was necessary to portray him in that light because by the end, he truly emerges as a real man and you appreciate his journey all the more when you realize that level of growth and i think that rings true for ron too. okay, i'll stop now :)

i just get really excited when it comes to the awesomeness of the potter.

[murasaki1200]

Yes, I can see that Ron was meant to be the Xander of HP but I don't think it totally worked in the more recent books. Being insecure is not in and of itself a character flaw until Ron starts making it other people's problem. I don't actively dislike Ron, he just seems like he was a little neglected as a character in the last few books and that hurt the trio. I wish that Ron worked better if only to make things more interesting for the other two. Harry did show amazing loyalty for his friends in DH, sharing all the information he was privy to and making them into equal partners. I really enjoyed that aspect of the book

[amluv]

cool...i'm always in the market for something new...:)

so thanks for the rec.!