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Ronald Weasley | Harry Potter | Reserved

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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.