What do you think about Ron Weasley?

[Lena]

I couldn't agree more with you. Ron is, without a doubt, one of the most realistic characters from these books. He is not perfect, and that is what makes him so lovable, because neither of us are. You can easily see yourself in him. He is so very human and that is something I really like seeing in books. Ron is just an amazing character.

[Brooke]

I felt that Ron was a character who was only interesting because of his relationship to Harry and Hermione. This definitely makes him more relatable to the reader, but this also made him a lot less interesting in my opinion.
However, I think that Ron as a character was completely necessary for the group of friends to work. He's kind of like the last corner piece of the puzzle. There's nothing too special about it, but without that piece the puzzle isn't complete.

[Tana Lovegood of Dumbledore's Army✞~]

He's incredibly realistic. Sure, he has flaws but that makes him so beautifully human. There might be some times he let Harry down but in the end he's quite loyal, like in the Prisoner of Azkaban, I remember him saying something along the lines of " You'll have to kill all three of us!"

[Aaron]

Never really liked the character to be honest. It seemed though he was not only deliberately the third wheel but JKR couldn't do anything else with him.
His flaws, among other things were jealousy, laziness and immaturity. Without H/H the character would be useless. You could never make an interesting Ron story, yet you could with almost any other from the Potterverse. Where H/H had bravery and brains, Ron had... a whiny attitude.
I'm glad he wasn't killed but wouldn't have batted an eyelid if he was

[Nadia]

He's realistic, and I always liked the way Rowling portrayed his flaws and virtues, but he's still an uninteresting character to me. I think he is only important due to his relationship with Harry and Hermione, and in some way his entire family meant more than him in the saga.-

[Christie]

Ron was always my favorite character, and I think that's because he was the most relatable to me as a kid from a low income family. A lot of his struggles and insecurities really spoke to me, and a lot of the time I really understood his inner feelings more that I could Harry or Hermione, who often seemed to be mad about things that didn't make much sense to me.

It was always interesting to me that people think he is a worse wizard than Harry. I think they are both not very good wizards at all... Harry is just a bit more precocious about it.

[Rummy]

In the initial books, Ron was a very lovable character. Sometimes I felt that Ron's character was better built than Harry's. But as the books went on, Ron's character seemed to recede into the background. He no longer took command of the scene, maybe because of the rapid growth in the portrayal of Harry's thoughts, actions and feelings. In the last book, Ron hardly seems like the lively,and energetic friend he was to Harry in the first books. Maybe that makes him realistic as well,showing that people can never avoid change.He naturally shows more affinity towards Hermione than to Harry in many scenes, and that's probably why I can't feel the same about him.

[Anna]

Ron Weasley has always been an interesting character to me. He is very flawed. But the most important part about Ron? He owns that he is flawed. He owns up to his mistakes. He resolves to become better. He is Human.

Some may call him a third wheel, a person who “deters the socialization of a couple” and is only invited “out of pity or a sense of duty.” But I think what those people forget is that Ron is the first friend Harry ever had. Harry knew no one from the Wizarding World, except Hagrid. He was truly alone. But Ron was there for him. Ron also introduced Harry to the first family, or I should say the first real family, Harry had ever known. And this was shortly after Ron had rescued Harry from the Dursley's who had him locked up with bars on his windows. He and Harry also defeated a mountain troll together in defense of another student, Hermione, when they were only first years. “There are some things you can't share without ending up liking each other, and knocking out a twelve-foot mountain troll is one of them.” And of his friends, Ron was extremely protective, at some points willing to curse the offender. When Malfoy called Hermione a derogatory name, Ron tried to curse him (“Eat Slugs!”). Unfortunately, due to his malfunctioning wand, the spell backfired. But the point of the matter is, Ron was willing to curse Malfoy for an insult to his friend.

Keep in mind that Ron grew up in the Wizarding World. Harry and Hermione both grew up in the Muggle World. He was indispensable to them, particularly when they started searching for Horcruxes.

Ron is brave and loyal. He also has brains. Remember the Wizard's Chess game at the end of the first book? Who got them through that? Ron. Ron was familiar with and good at Wizard's Chess. Harry and Hermione would have been lost without him. Notice that he risked his life in order to win the game so Harry could get through to defeat Snape (although it of course ended up being Voldemort). Note also that he was injured as a result. Ron was also injured later, in Prisoner of Azkaban, when he was dragged into the Shrieking Shack through the base of the Whomping Willow by Sirius in dog form. This broke his leg. Yet when it seemed that Harry was in danger, he was once again ready to die.

Having brains doesn't always mean having book smarts. Remember what Hermione said? There are more important things, like friendship and bravery. Bravery doesn't always mean swinging a sword and vanquishing a great evil (although, funnily enough, Ron did; see book 7 when he used the Sword of Gryffindor to destroy a locket that held a piece of Voldemort's soul. Not to mention, he had also saved Harry's life moments before doing so.)

Besides all of this, he sometimes provided the comic relief needed to brighten an otherwise dark situation. Multiple times in the series it was Ron who picked up the mood. And comic relief is the least of his roles.

[Lewis]

I didn't really like Ron - okay he was sometimes funny but he wasn't my favourite character i like Luna and Xenophilius Lovegood

[[deleted user]]

I love Ron. He's one of my favorite characters.

[bookgirl]

He is funny and super nice! One of my favorite characters!

[[deleted user]]

It's strange, but I feel like Ron was at his best in The Deathly Hallows. Certainly, he had his moments on occasion, yet he seemed to become increasingly better as a character after the fourth book.

Also, many tend to commend him mostly for his sense of loyalty... however, that's not an attribute I find particularly noticeable in him. Yes, he was loyal, but he had other noteworthy qualities also.

[****Kelly*****]

Ron was the most realistic character of the 3. Harry was all noble and hermione was a walking dictionary.
Ron questioned everything in the last book which was something harry didnt do. at all.
Ron brought comic relief to the whole thing.
he was the best character, and JK was going to murder him.

[Joanna]

Some of you have said that Ron was only important because of the other 2. I agree and also don't. I think that's what is interesting to me about Ron, it's as if he was only friends with Harry by chance. But he also saved Harry. Malfoy at first was perfectly polite to Harry - if he hadn't insulted Ron, who's to say we wouldn't have a book with a Slytherin Harry?
But Harry chose Ron - and Ron continued to save him over and over again.

[[deleted user]]

Oh, Ron saved the world. I really enjoyed the moment when he destroyed the locket horcrux.

[[deleted user]]

He's my best friend.

[Pallavi]

In my opinion Ron is the integral part of the story and I liked his character . He is real, immature( He is a teen age boy after all) and funny and brave . He is a comic relief also as Harry and Hermoine are mature beyond their age.

[Anna]

I love Ron! To me he is the most realistic character in the books and he adds comic relief. I personally don't understand why anyone couldn't like Ron!

[Anna]

Anna wrote: "Joanna wrote: "Some of you have said that Ron was only important because of the other 2. I agree and also don't. I think that's what is interesting to me about Ron, it's as if he was only friends w..."

This is so true! Ron literally saved Harry!

[****Kelly*****]

Anna wrote: "Anna wrote: "Joanna wrote: "Some of you have said that Ron was only important because of the other 2. I agree and also don't. I think that's what is interesting to me about Ron, it's as if he was o..."

Finally some one said it!!

[Demelza]

I absolutely love Ron very much and he's very realistic but then again I love every single characters in the whole series and they are all realistic in their own ways and always willing to improve to become better. Although I did not like Umbitch but that was why she was my favorite villain and same goes to Voldemort and Bellatrix. We just love to hate them because they do an amazing job being evil. And there is Binns who was by far the worst character and I would have wanted him out of the series but for Trelawyney I really liked her but I wouldn't take her classes unless I was learning from Firenze.