In this episode of #WizardTeam, Bayana, Robyn, and Delia discuss chapter 15 of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, “The Goblin’s Revenge.”
Listen along and don’t forget to let us know the Real MVP and benched for the chapter!
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RJ Miller
Ron would absolutely destroy Harry in a fight. He has at six inches and 50 pounds on Harry. Also Ron is completely right, his family is in the fight, Hermione’s and Harry’s aren’t, no matter the reason. And what’s this crap about Ron only being around when times are good? Nothing in canon backs that up. Ron fights Deatheaters in both HBP and OofP. Ron let’s Harry practice spells on him on GoF. He stands up to both Snape and Sirius in Pos. He goes to see the Aracumantulas and is the first to go down the slide into the Cos. He follows Harry down the trap door in SS. You can dislike Ron but do it without lying about his character.
ARYA HIVE
"no matter the reason" is a strange point to make in defense of Ron.bVoldemort literally killed Harry’s whole family and the Weasley’s are his secondary family. If anyone knows what Ron is going through it’s Harry. And yet, Ron throws Harry’s dead parents back in Harry’s face.
The rest of your argument misunderstands the point of "Ron is only around when things are good". Fighting fascists and being brave doesn’t make you a good friend. Especially when you look at how he treats Hermione.
Amani -
1) Harry’s family isn’t "in the fight" because his parents were already murdered by Voldemort for defying him in the order. That’s not a "no matter the reason", it IS the reason. Harry is forced to live the life Ron can only worry about. And the Weasleys are Harry’s family down to Molly knitting him a sweater and giving him her dead brother’s watch as inheritance. Harry has already suffered losses in this war, and that’s before we count Sirius or Albus who quite literally died in FRONT of Harry trying to protect him. Harry knows what it feels like in ways Ron can’t fathom, but he throws it in his face.
2) I think you misunderstood the nuance of the argument about Ron’s conditional friendship. It’s not that he doesn’t show up at extreme moments where his scales of "right and wrong" are clear. The points that were made center on the in-between moments where his microaggressions add up. When the fate of the world is not at stake he’s all too often (particularly post PoA) comfortable centering himself and his feelings in his relationship with his friends. In the big moments he ultimately takes the right stand, but it’s the everyday points can’t be ignored. And his treatment of Hermione is unequivocally abysmal for two people, let alone supposed friends or even lovers.