Skills and Personality

Ron's older brothers have each excelled in various ways; Ron sometimes feels lost in the shadow of their accomplishments and has a great desire to be noticed in his own right. For example, while viewing the Mirror of Erised, Ron sees himself as Head Boy and captain of the Quidditch team:

I'm the sixth in our family to go to Hogwarts. You could say I've got a lot to live up to. Bill and Charlie have already left -- Bill was Head Boy and Charlie was captain of Quidditch. Now Percy's a prefect. Fred and George mess around a lot, but they still get really good marks and everyone thinks they're really funny. Everyone expects me to do as well as the others, but if I do, it's no big deal, because they did it first. You never get anything new, either, with five brothers. I've got Bill's old robes, Charlie's old wand, and Percy's old rat.

Ron has a sardonic, wisecracking sense of humour, and often has difficulty taking anything seriously. Generally good-natured, Ron can sometimes be emotional and impulsive. His immaturity (particularly evident in his attitudes to girls and women in general-- witness his attitude to Cho and Harry's relationship), and his lack of subtlety, forms a contrast with Hermione, who describes him as being "an insensative wart". She is his binary opposite in this and other ways, with Harry in between. He is terrified of spiders. This fear is noted in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. At school, Ron's magical abilities are average, not excelling or failing in any specific subject, although with Harry's help he seems to have a good grasp of defensive magic. He obtains 7 O.W.L.s and, because he takes the same subjects as Harry, he obtained Exceeds Expections (the second highest mark) for Defence Against the Dark Arts, Potions, Transfiguration and Herbology. As he grows older, Ron is made a prefect (earning him the scorn of his troublemaker twin brothers), and is also chosen as the Keeper for Gryffindor. Though it has been suggested that in his sixth year this was mostly due to cheating on Hermione's part and favouritism, Ron's main rival, Cormac McLaggen, would not have outperformed Ron (making him the better keeper) without interference, but would merely have tied with him; the implication therefore is that they were equal in ability. However, Hermione notes that McLaggen's temper and ego would have made him a less than desirable team member: a belief verified during McLaggen's brief replacement of Ron (which incidentally leaves Harry in the Hospital Wing). Ron has the potential to be an excellent Keeper, but can be strongly affected by nerves and occasionally lacks confidence in front of a crowd. He is an excellent Wizard's Chess player, and has some knowledge of Wizarding law, thanks to his father's position.

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