Ron

[author_by_night]

Why is it that people seem to reallly like Hermione and Harry, but hate Ron? I personally think Hermione and Harry can be as tactless as he can be  - and in the case of Hermione, a little more dangerous. I don't think Ron would send a middle aged woman into the path of centaurs, and not even express fear afterwards. (I know Ron snorted about her fear aftwrwards, but he wasn' there to see the Centaurs meant buisiness. Hermione nad Harry were).

I'm not saying Ron has no flaws - he does. But you can't tell me you can accept everyone else but think he's a loser.

Comments

[darsina.livejournal.com]

Oh, I like Ron. He's just a typical teenager who deserves to get some attention.

[author-by-night.livejournal.com]

Exactly. And no worse than his friends.

[mysticblueside.livejournal.com]

Yes, I've noticed from my 87 research that a lot of H/HR hate Ron. How can they want those towo to be together if they can't even accept their best friend? It's boggling.

[author-by-night.livejournal.com]

Don't ask me. But luckily. not all H/Hr shippers think that way... a lot don't.

[zmedlebum.livejournal.com]

i.e. me!! I love Ron to bits. I even joke around as to say that I want H/Hr together because I want Ron to myself.

[donnaimmaculata.livejournal.com]

Ron's been always my favourite among the trio. He's such a boy, it's marvelous. I never liked Hermione - for various reasons, mainly because she gets on my nerves - and I began to like Harry only after OotP. I really hope that Ron will be allowed to make some intelligent contributions in the next books. In the first books, he was important to the plot, but it seems sometimes as though Rowling no longer knew what to do with him and just keeps him around as the comic relief *sighs* It's not fair, Ron could do much better.

[author-by-night.livejournal.com]

but it seems sometimes as though Rowling no longer knew what to do with him and just keeps him around as the comic relief

I don't know... she's done serious things with him as well. I think his more "comic relief" moments are only truly comical at his expense. He *did* become Prefect, and although Harry would've, I think DUmbledore chose Ron instead for more reason than an alternative to Harry.

[tiny-wings.livejournal.com]

Well, even if Dumbledore said he didn't make Harry a Prefect because he had enough to deal with already, it doesn't mean that Ron is that much worse off... There are other boys in Gryffindor that Dumbledore could have picked, yet he did choose Ron.

[jan-aq.livejournal.com]

I like Ron. :) Freckles...

[scionofgrace.livejournal.com]

I like Ron quite a bit. I like how different he is from Hermione and Harry--unlike them, Ron is the typical teenage boy, and provides some serious grounding to Hermione's intelligence and Harry's bravery. And I don't think we've seen the best of what Ron can do, yet.

[mysticblueside.livejournal.com]

:) Agreed. And I absolutely love your icon...;)

[tunxeh.livejournal.com]

Ron's my least favorite of the trio to read about, since he's so ordinary in many ways compared to Harry and Hermione. But I think the same qualities would make him the best of the three to have as a friend in real life.

[talimeeka.livejournal.com]

I love Ron but I think he mostly gets his bad rep from the influence of him not being the brightest or bravest bulb in the films. That my personal opinion because as more films come out it seems like there are more Ron bashers.

[author-by-night.livejournal.com]

Well, he is a little dim at times in the books... he was a bit arrogant in GoF, and had a few male "blonde moments" in OoTP. And honestly, favoring Harry over Hermione as badly as he did in PoA... unacceptable. But as I said before, the others can be clueless and arrogant themselves.

[imadra-blue.livejournal.com]

I happen to like Ron quite a bit. I like him better than Hermione, and I like Hermione. I don't get the Ron hate. At all.

[the-bookdork.livejournal.com]

I know some H/Hr shippers who just adore Ron, so I don't feel too bad there. However, when any part of a ship hates another character for ridiculous reasons, then I just avoid them. They're not really worth my time.

If I had to choose out of the trio who I'd most like to have as a best friend in real life, it'd be Ron. But I love Harry and Hermione because they have their own faults and strengths. I'm more of a Trio-friendship person than anything else, although I do support R/Hr.

[onewickedgirl.livejournal.com]

I, personally love ron....

[kasuchi]

Ron = hott (yes, he deserves 2 ts. Hush.) Why?

(1) Redheads are sexy.

(2) He's normal, a refreshing change from Savior!Harry and TotalNerd!Hermione. (And I'm being half-sarcastic with their epithets.)

(3) His mistakes make him endearing.

(4) All he needs is a little more confidence.

(5) Dumbledore's obviously spotted something in him; there were 4 other boys for him to pick aside from Harry; surely Ron was chosen on purpose, and he simply reveal to Harry the Big Plan, although you'd think that could cause problems as OotP just proved in a big way.

(6) You don't see it much, but Ron's loyal to a fault, sweet as can be, and totally trustworthy. Aren't too many people like that in the world. In fact, there are so few that people refuse to acknowledge such people can exist.

(7) Redheads are sexy. <3