Red hair, blue eyes, and pure blood: Why Ron Weasley has been doomed all along

[otterlywords]

Here's an essay I wrote for a Runes_elite contest and won 2nd place with. I think I buried the lede on it upon reflection.

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By looking at the characteristics that are shared by Ron Weasley and the unicorn, it is easy, but sad, to see that Ron will be one of the innocents sacrificed in “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows”. Taking examples from

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[illuminant_love]

awesome!

[kerosinkanister]

I like this and I mostly agree with what your take on Ron's characteristics, but the conclusion seems to rely on connections that are tenuous. Of course I just don't want Won-Won to die!

[sea0tter12]

lol, yeah, a lot of it was tenuous, but it was a contest and i had to pick either ron or neville. and the stuff about the unicorn depiction originally having red hair and blue eyes was actually pretty interesting, i thought.

[drusillas_rain]

I really hope you're wrong :(

(good essay though!)

[redheadedali]

Hmmm, interesting...