I can see Ron being a little weirded out by Harry being gay, but... not asshole homophobe like you see in H/D fic. There is a big difference. It might take Ron a bit to accept it, but he'd accept it
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I think that Ron would not so much be upset by the news that Harry is gay but confused for a brief amount of time. Harry is 'the hero' whether or not he wants to be and has established himself in a rather masculine role via his extraordinary athletic ability, the numerous confrontations with Voldemort/various evils, et cetera. In addition to this, he has expressed interest only in girls (Cho) and if he would let it slip one day to Ron and Hermione that he also or only fancied boys, it would rightfully initially baffle Ron.
I don't see him as getting upset because why would he not be accepting of Harry no matter what he did? Harry and Ron have been best friends since they were eleven. With Hermione, they have faced many dangers and risked their lives for and with one another. His family has accepted Harry as one of their own and it's so deeply ingrained in canon that the two of them are extremely close that I do not believe Ron would ever be upset with Harry over a matter such as this. Yes, they have had their disagreements
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As someone who was a diehard-they-are-my-OTP-H/D shipper until about three weeks ago,(waves little R/H flag) I can totally understand where you're coming from on a lot of these. H/D stories (when they're not epic length) tend to cut out 2/3 of the Trio, and just leave Harry alone, setting him up so he's open to talking with Draco. I don't think fanfic writers intentionally leave Ron and Hermione out, it's just that, unless you're writing a huge long story with excessive plot development, you need a quick reason for Harry to be with Draco instead of his two best friends.
Before OotP, I believe that Jealous!Ron was maybe a legitimate characterization. At least until the end of GoF, anyways. However, like everyone said, Ron in OotP seems to have matured a lot. He puts up with Harry's outbursts, even trusts him after Harry tells him that he was the snake who bit Arthur. With every book we get, Ron's character becomes more highly developed. OotP was great for Ron, I loved the sweet, somewhat embarrassed-ness of him hiding his
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Sidenote: Did anyone else find the part where Ron finds out about "I must not tell lies" incredibley....hot/shippy? Anyone?
OH yeah. :D
I have to agree with you about the GoF/OOTP divide, too. I think if you stand back and look at the first four books, you can see a progression with Ron in his jealousy, his family issues, the way he treats his friends, and it's a progression to something worse, not better. And I agree with Callie, the end of GoF worked as a catalyst for Ron (much as it did for Percy, actually, but in the opposite direction), and I think it showed him what's really important. But before OOTP, I think you had to project that from the text - the signs and the impetus were there, but we didn't *know*, not for sure, that Ron would develop in that way.
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I don't see him as getting upset because why would he not be accepting of Harry no matter what he did? Harry and Ron have been best friends since they were eleven. With Hermione, they have faced many dangers and risked their lives for and with one another. His family has accepted Harry as one of their own and it's so deeply ingrained in canon that the two of them are extremely close that I do not believe Ron would ever be upset with Harry over a matter such as this. Yes, they have had their disagreements ( ... )
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Before OotP, I believe that Jealous!Ron was maybe a legitimate characterization. At least until the end of GoF, anyways. However, like everyone said, Ron in OotP seems to have matured a lot. He puts up with Harry's outbursts, even trusts him after Harry tells him that he was the snake who bit Arthur. With every book we get, Ron's character becomes more highly developed. OotP was great for Ron, I loved the sweet, somewhat embarrassed-ness of him hiding his ( ... )
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OH yeah. :D
I have to agree with you about the GoF/OOTP divide, too. I think if you stand back and look at the first four books, you can see a progression with Ron in his jealousy, his family issues, the way he treats his friends, and it's a progression to something worse, not better. And I agree with Callie, the end of GoF worked as a catalyst for Ron (much as it did for Percy, actually, but in the opposite direction), and I think it showed him what's really important. But before OOTP, I think you had to project that from the text - the signs and the impetus were there, but we didn't *know*, not for sure, that Ron would develop in that way.
and, um, hello all. *waves*
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