Bob Schroeck Wrote:Some of that makes sense. Ron is a teenage boy, in a family of boys. Eating quickly and as much as he can get reflects mealtimes at the Weasley household, where he and his brothers would probably jockey for extra food whenever they could (not that Molly didn't feed them enough, but teenagers are well known for being bottomless pits, and the Weasley boys seem to be a competitive bunch). Plus, the surplus of food at Hogwart's as compared to the relative scarcity at the Weasley home (a single-income family with lots of kids, even one supported by a government salary and Bill and Charlie's (and Percy's some of the time) contributions, would have to do without some of the time), and I can see Ron - and his brothers, for that matter - go a bit overboard at least at the beginning of their attendance. Most likely, by the time of OotP, he'd have gotten over that, except for some of his favorites (Based on my own dorm life experiences, though I had nothing near a family the size of the Weasley clan).Ebony Wrote:The other end of that cliche is Ron Weasley, Moron.Right. Another thing you won't see in DW8 is Ron Weasley, human garbage disposal system, who talks when his mouth is stuffed full of anything edible within arm's reach.
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