“Ron’s anxieties and senses of inadequacy… are the inspiration for some of Rowling’s best writing across the series. Not all of these fears stem from being the rather more ordinary best friend to someone who is Chosen. Ron is ashamed of his family’s financial limitations, which leave him with broken wands, hand-me-down pets, and ragged dress robes, all of which stand up poorly to Harry’s magical tools, his beloved Hedwig, and his sleek party outfit. The moment in Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire when Ron discovers that the gold he used to pay Harry back for the Omniculars Harry purchased for him as a treat at the Quidditch World Cup vanished, and that Harry didn’t notice because he has so much money, is one of the sharpest depictions of the awkwardness of financial inequality in a friendship that I can remember. Their gap in Quidditch skills is another area of friction. And the scene in Deathly Hallows in which Ron, having made tremendous efforts to return to the friends he abandoned, confronts his terror that Harry is more desirable than Ron in every area, whether as a son to Mrs. Weasley or a potential lover to Hermione, is a beautiful illustration of how difficult it is to love someone who constantly eclipses you.”
“She never loved Ron as much as she loved Harry and Hermione.”
Dearest J.K Rowling,
ALL OF THIS!
The quote from the original post is just so good and accurate and utterly heartbreaking. But it’s such an important point to make. Ron is one of the best written, multifaceted, and complex characters in the entire story and his arc is just so damn good. For any person who can read the books and still find a way to completely disregard him, or worse, misunderstand, underestimate, and abuse him? It will continue to boggle my mind for the rest of my life.
I’m gonna have to disagree here. He looked best in DH. Ron gets better looking with each movie.
The reason I think OOTP sticks out for people is that it’s the movie Ron went from “Aww he’s adorable” to “kjbkjxzb lhla HE’S SO HOT!”
The moment he showed up on screen in that T-shirt… with those shoulders… yeah…
Good rebuttal. I stand corrected.
Daaaaaayyyyyyuuuuuummmm, Rupert….
I’ll never understand Honest Trailers.
They’ll be rude about Rupert Grint for doing reaction faces and making jokes, but they’ll compliment Dan Fogler for doing the exact same thing in FBAWTFT.
Seriously, do Screen Junkies just hate Rupert Grint for some reason?
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