[ SECRET POST #4344 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #4344 ⌋

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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

Ron was classic grass is always greener syndrome. He also had a massive inferiority complex and was pretty much the unfavorite until Percy took over that role in book 5. I don’t blame him for being messed up and envying Harry even if Harry had the shittier end of the stick because from Ron’s perspective it wasn’t that bad. (Although he’s also discounting the abuse Harry suffered from the Dursleys)

[philstar22]

Unfavorite? I don't see that at all. It seems to me like all the Weasley kids were treated pretty equally until Percy became an ass.

I totally get that Ron thought Harry's life was better than it was. I just personally found some of Ron's traits a little irritating and thought he should have grown out of them a little sooner. Doesn't make him terrible. I like Ron. He just isn't a favorite.

[(Anonymous)]

NAYRT

"Unfavorite" isn't the right word, but all of his siblings were cooler, more impressive, funnier, smarter, or the only girl in the family. "Overlooked" is maybe better than "unfavorite".

[(Anonymous)]

He pretty much was though. Look at how forgotten he is in the dynamics of his family:
Bill - the perfect first born, Charlie - the athlete, Percy - the academic, Fred and George - the trouble making clowns, and Ginny - the only girl and therefore special. Ron has literally nothing going for him. Anything he accomplished his older brothers had already done or were better than him. The only thing he had going for him was being *painfully* average and aware of it. No wonder he had an inferiority complex. I don’t doubt Molly and Arthur loved all their kids but they weren’t the greatest parents. Or at least dropped the ball big time when it came to Ron.

[(Anonymous)]

Yeah, I always felt quite bad for Ron, because I can only imagine how plain and dull and unspecial I'd feel in his place. One of his closest friends was bordering on genius, and the other was rich, famous, and a literal savior figure. Plus, he was one of seven siblings, and while his parents were loving people, to the rest of the world he was basically the least notable Weasley sibling. Plus, a "C" student, kind of awkward-looking, and poor.

Harry's life was definitely worse, but Harry as a person was intensely, unmissably special - as special as Ron was plain. And I think age 11 - 17 is a time when a lot of people are really struggling with the whole "Who am I and what am I good for?" thing.

So I think it makes sense that Ron envied Harry desperately for his specialness while kind of overlooking or underestimating all the shit Harry was dealing with. I mean, I wanted to be Buffy Summers when I was fifteen, or at least be just like Buffy, and if that meant being The Chosen One, I thought Yes, absolutely, I'll take it - as long as I get to be special and know who I am and feel worthwhile, I'll take it. That kind of thinking is just a teen thing, for a lot of us, I think.

[(Anonymous)]

Yeah. Ultimately, if the idea of being a Harry Potter or Buffy Summers wasn't appealing, there wouldn't be so many books about it.

[philstar22]

Well, sure. Being the chosen one is appealing. But you don't tell your best friend whose parents are dead and who has had a crappy life that they have it easy. You don't take your jealousy out on your friend when you know they would give anything to be normal. That takes it beyond just wishing you could be in that role. That's just being a jerk.