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Ronald Weasley | Harry Potter | Reserved
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Character: Ronald Bilius Weasley
Fandom: Harry Potter<br /
Ronald Weasley | Harry Potter | Reserved
History:
On March 1st, 1980, Ron was born as the sixth child to Arthur and Molly (née Prewett) Weasley. The Weasley's were a Pure-Blood magical family (who appeared to have some random muggle cousin as an accountant) and weren't very well off. Arthur worked at the Ministry of Magic in the department for Misuse of Muggle Artifacts. This job is considered mediocre at best by the outside world, and is given the least of the Ministry's worries as proven by it's little space and two-man team.
The Wizarding World was current at war when Ronald was born. A man who went by "Lord Voldemort" had taken to power and was trying to get as many followers as possible, not to mention kill any non-magical folk or people he deemed "unworthy" of carrying magical blood. It was dangerous times than with no one being able to trust their neighbors, and even more dangerous if you were a family such as the Weasley's. For, while pure-blood, they were considered "blood traitors" for their pro-muggle (non-magical) leanings. However, Voldemort fell a year later on Halloween when he killed off a toddler's parents and attempted to kill him. Something that night prevented Voldemort from killing him, and because of that the boy became famous throughout the Wizarding World for finishing Voldemort--- a name Ron grew up to know well: Harry Potter.
A little over a year after Ron's birth and mere weeks before Voldemort's downfall, the Weasley family gained a seventh child: a girl by the name of Ginerva (Ginny). Six children was already hard enough to feed and cloth, and with Ginny the only female times in the Weasley household got tighter than it even was before. Ron grew up with everything he owned being second-hand owned from either his brothers or shops in Diagon Alley, and it's quite more likely that he was the third or even fourth to receive them.
Growing up in the Wizarding World introduced Ron to most of his Hogwarts years concepts at a young age. He and his brothers constantly played Quidditch, the wizarding sport, in an Orchard by the house and he became... decent enough. He even took a liking to his favorite team, the Chudley Cannons, who are known by the Wizarding World as a bit of a joke with their outstanding losses. Ron also became an avid and masterful chess player when he was little, which carried out into his later years.
His most significant moments before going to school contain his two older twin brothers: Fred and George. At age three, Fred turned Ron's teddy bear into a large spider when he accidentally broke his broomstick. This incident comes to make Ron absolutely mortified of spiders. When Ron was five, Fred and George tried getting Ron to create an Unbreakable Vow with them (it's never revealed what about). Ron would have gone through with the Unbreakable Vow if Arthur had not shown up and went-- as Ron often uses/puts it-- mental. This is significant because if this vow was broken, the person would die.
In the summer after his eleventh birthday Ron received his acceptance letter to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. By this time, his two oldest brothers, Bill and Charlie, had graduated Hogwards and started their own careers in working at Gringotts--the Wizarding bank-- and with dragons (respectively). His third older brother, Percy, was starting his fifth year as a Prefect while the twins started their third. While Ron was excited in his own right, he also knew he had a lot to live up to thanks to his older brothers-- and felt he never would. Already there had been three school Prefects in his family, but Bill had also been Head Boy and Charlie Quidditch Captain.
Ronald Weasley | Harry Potter | Reserved
Despite his worries, on September 1st, 1991 Ron boarded the train to Hogwarts and there he met and befriended Harry Potter. He also met, of course, Hermione Granger but would not count her any sort of friend until Halloween where he, Harry, and her battle a giant troll. The train ride wouldn't be complete if the two boys didn't meet nemesis Draco Malfoy and his two cronies Crabbe and Goyle. That evening Ron was sorted without a doubt into the house of Godric Gryffindor.
While all his things were second-hand, even his wand being Charlie's old one, that day was in some ways prophetic over what was to come. After Halloween the trio become inseparable and start their trouble-making days, and by the end of their first year are known throughout the school---Ron, most amusingly, for his chess playing abilities. The trio find knacks of trouble: from fighting Basilisks and a young Tom Riddle their second year, uncovering the true betrayal of Harry's parents their third, the return of Voldemort in fourth year, going against the Ministry their fifth, being combatants in the Second Wizarding War and eventually bring down Lord Voldemort.
Ronald Weasley | Harry Potter | Reserved
Personality:
Ron, through the entire series, stays mostly the same and his most exponential growth comes during the last "year". One of the biggest and most notable traits of Ron is his self-esteem. He's never had anything that was his first, or if he does it breaks easily (or is just Chudley Cannon stuff). Being "second-hand" is something he grumbles about and is embarrassed about from the beginning. Strangely enough, even though he hates this he won't take anything from others if he feels it makes him a charity case.
His low view of himself doesn't come just from being poor, it's also from consistently being in the shadow of someone else. With six older brothers there's not much you can do to prove yourself, especially when they set the bar high or do something interesting. He doesn't feel there's much of anything he can do to get noticed, and this is only furthered when he becomes best friends with "The Boy Who Lived".
This low self-esteem also brings about Ron's jealousy. Constantly being overshadowed by his best friend and brothers makes Ron irritable. A lot of the times he withholds it, especially around Harry since he knows the guy can't help the fame he has, but overtime the jealousy boils over. When it comes to that point, it takes very little to make Ron angry. It can be as simple as a word before he explodes and that's it. His ability to hide his jealousy plays hand-in-hand with his way to mask his emotions. Ron holds in a lot of his deeper emotions: anger, jealous, despair and the like. In the end when they all reach that same "boiling point" he explodes and the sight is not so pretty. Ron becomes a deal more argumentative and tempered at these points, as shown in Deathly Hallows (although to fiercer extremes), and when it's bad enough resolves him to--momentarily-- abandoning a friendship.
Ron isn't incredibly smart, nor does he even care to pick up his school books or do his homework. In most ways, he relies on mere instinct. He has a consistency of not thinking things through and taking things as they "come" for example, often leading to irrational responses. A great example of this is during the Devil Snare incident where Hermione tells him to calm down, but his instinct only tells him to struggle against the vines strangling him. Ron gets better at this over the years, but when it comes to instinctive situations where you have to react instantaneously Ron doesn't fair well.
Although he's easily jealous, Ron is fiercely loyal and protective. He doesn't always make it noticeable, but then again he hardly ever lets most of his emotions out. His moments of loyalty, and even anger, are most signified by the fact his ears turn a deep crimson red when he tries to hold it in. For Ron, in some ways, he can say whatever he likes about his friends and family but if someone says something wrong about them it's more than enough reason for him to attack. Take Malfoy calling Hermione a "mudblood" for example. Ron's loyalty is one that, while he may get angry and stop talking--even leave--, it never fails. He has a way of showing up when a person truly needs them or, as in most cases, he sees his wrongs and wants to return. It's important to note, however, that in his moments of "disloyalty" it's not even because he hates the person-- simply that he feels overshadowed or ignored. It's important to note his loyalty even has him go as far as to face his deepest fears when it's needed.
Ronald Weasley | Harry Potter | Reserved
Ron's a wisecracker, there's no two ways about it. Growing up around Fred and George has had quite the impact on him. His sense of humor can often get the people around him laughing, but on the same note it's also often insensitive. Ron doesn't really notice his jokes are insensitive, however, and often shrugs it off until he actually makes someone cry. This is mostly because he really is emotionally immature, but on the same idea it's likely because he keeps so much emotion in that he thinks other people should be just as capable. However, as unintentional it may be, his jokes really are hurtful and at other peoples expenses.
Ronald Weasley | Harry Potter | Reserved
Additional Links:
HP Wikia (http://harrypotter.wikia.com/wiki/Ronald_Weasley)
Wiki (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_Weasley)
Ron on Lexicon (http://www.hp-lexicon.org/wizards/ron.html)
First Person (entry type):
Right. Next time I trust Fred and George's spells-- Wait, there won't be a next time. I mean honestly, I don't know why I believed that would turn Scabbers yellow to begin with. Nothing ever has, and he really is just a dumb, old rat. Still, can't say it wouldn't have been pretty cool if it actually had worked.
Oy! Hey, any of you lot know a way to turn a rat yellow? You know... besides that muggle "die" stuff, that is. Don't think I can convince Mum to send me that up here. Last time the twins tried for something they got a Howler back. Then again, suppose that was just 'cause they were trying to trick her into getting some sort of muggle drink---
Wonder if I can convince them to take a ride on one of their broomsticks 'though. The school ones aren't that great and at least they're able to bring broomsticks.
Third Person:
Ron groaned as he entered the garden. His blue eyes flickered over the bushes where the cackling of lawn gnomes emitted, he even glimpsed the sight of one sticking it's head out to give him a rude hand gesture. "Don't know why Mum can't just make Ginny do this, not like she's doing anything important," he grumbled to himself. Said sister was currently in the house in her room doing Merlin knew what, but the ten-year-old was sure it was more fun that de-gnoming the garden alone (it was always more fun when Fred and George were around to do it, but since they were at school it was just him).
There was another sound of disgruntlement before he weaseled around the bush until he pulled out one of the gnomes. It squirmed viciously in his hand, shouting out profanity in an attempt to get the boy to drop him. Ron, knowing better,didn't as he held it in the careful manner to not get bit. The gnome squirmed some more and Ron continued, spinning the gnome until it was dizzy and throwing it as far as he could. A grin spread across his lips as it flew past the stump the boys used to see who could get further. "Bet Fred would love to see this," he said in a slightly more cheerful tone. Beating his brother's record certainly merited a better mood!
After a moments triumph, Ron returned to degnoming the garden and was surprised to find it went by much quicker than he thought it would when he started. He checked through the bushes before becoming satisfied that there were no more gnomes in the grown. Suddenly, a thought occurred and he grinned. "Just wait. In a few short months, I'll be at Hogwarts and Ginny will have to do this! Ha!" It felt satisfying knowing that he wouldn't have to degnome the garden once a month-or-so while at school. Pleasing, in fact. The grin didn't leave his face as he went into the house for breakfast. Hogwarts was going to be great.
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