Of the Golden trio in the Harry Potter series, the least one to stand out is Ron Weasley. When asked which character is the favorite from fans, the answer is almost certainly Harry, followed closely by Hermione. Ron is almost always in third place – which is a pretty solid position considering there are dozens and dozens of characters in the series – mostly because of how the films portrayed him.

In the books, Ron had more to offer than in the films where he was usually the comic relief. A majority of his strong points were distributed to Hermione to make her look even more brilliant than she already was. Still, Ron has to be more relatable than Harry and Hermione because he doesn’t have anything extraordinary about him. If you think who you feel seems more like you, Ron will definitely seem like the best option, whether you want to it to it or not.

Ron’s flaws were more evident than Hermione and Harry because he was the most outwardly emotional of the three, plus he could be a complete meanie at times. His immaturity is one of his defining qualities and there were a lot of moments in the Harry Potter series where this went too far. If you want a fresh reminder of all the things Ron had going for him which weren’t right, then take a look through the following points.

Here are 25 Things Wrong With Ron Weasley We All Choose To Ignore.

He's extremely jealous

Growing up, teenage boys aren’t sure how to grasp their emotions and just aren’t mature enough to understand how things work. In the same manner, Ron would become jealous about things he had no control over.

For one, he was jealous of Harry’s supposed glory in Goblet of Fire. In another instance, he became jealous of Victor Krum, despite having idolized Krum previously. His jealousy always manifested in the worst ways and ended with him distancing himself from others without reason.

He's insecure his mother doesn't love him

Before Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, we thought Ron’s jealousy toward Harry was purely because of the latter’s achievements. But the Horcrux showed us Ron’s worst fears and one of the main ones was where his own mother preferred Harry as a son over him.

At no point did Mrs. Weasley ever show she did do just that, but Ron’s insecurity over this was such that he pinned it on his mother’s original desire to have a daughter when Ron was born.

He's insecure about being poor

None of the Weasley’s – maybe the exception of Percy – ever showed any problem with being a poor family, other than Ron. He had always been given hand-me-downs and never had anything new for himself.

This made Ron hate the fact he couldn’t afford nice things for himself, and was compounded by Harry having more gold than he needed. In one of the novels, Ron outright stated he hated being poor when he saw how pathetic his pet owl looked.

He wanted Hermione to cook because she's female

This was rather childish of Ron in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows where he assumed Hermione was in charge of all food-related stuff just because she was female. Ron was used to his mother feeding him when he was home and simply connected that with Hermione being the female presence when the trio was on the run.

Hermione did the best she could do, but all Ron did was complain about how much he hated her cooking, although this was made worse due to the locket around his neck.

He forgot his own wedding

Although Harry Potter and the Cursed Child is a very poor piece of writing, it got a few personality elements of Ron right. One of these was when he apparently got so intoxicated at his own wedding that he ended up knocking himself out.

Not only did this ruin his wedding night, but it also had such lasting effects that Ron couldn’t even what happened that day over a decade later. This was pretty insensitive of Ron considering it was Hermione’s big day too.

How he got his driver's license

In a throwaway line at the end of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Ron revealed he had gotten his driver’s license when everyone met at King’s Cross Station to see their children away.

He also revealed he used the Confundus Charm to trick his driving instructor so that he did end up getting his license. Although this was supposed to be played for laughs, using magic on a Muggle is, in fact, an illegal act. Considering his wife is supposed to be a lawyer, this wasn’t such a cool thing to do.

He was supposed to be scared of saying Voldemort's name

Ron was the only one of his friends who didn’t utter Voldemort’s name right up till the end. He was always scared of doing so and made no excuses to make this known. However, in what is clearly a mistake by JK Rowling, Ron did use Voldemort’s name in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.

In that particular scene, Ron made a joke at Voldemort’s expense by saying “I forgot we'll be hunting down Voldemort in a mobile library”. Considering he was always terrified of Voldemort’s name, there’s no way he could mention it so casually.

He underestimates his own abilities

If we list down Ron’s achievements, you might think it’s someone who was the star pupil of Hogwarts. He got a prize for Special Services to the School, had his name on Chocolate Frog Cards, took down Voldemort, was Goalkeeper in the Quidditch team, successfully infiltrated the Ministry, successfully infiltrated Gringotts, and a whole lot more we’re sure we’ve missed.

And yet, Ron would always underestimate himself to the point he looked like a bit of a prat. His darkest fear was of everyone taking him as a joke.

Ditching Harry in Goblet of Fire

In Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Harry counted on Ron to believe him when his name came up wrongly out of the Goblet. Unfortunately for poor Harry, his best friend was the first one to disbelieve him and thought Harry had fooled everyone by placing his name in.

Not only did he disregard Harry’s reasoning, but he would also estrange himself from Harry for weeks and it would take the dangerous dragon fight to convince Harry never entered his name in.

The way he treated Hermione for kissing Krum

Ron was rather insufferable in Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince due to the manner with which he treated Hermione. He blamed her for some reason for locking lips with Victor Krum – an event that had happened two years prior.

Continuing with that harsh treatment, he would cut off their friendship and behave as if he was better than her. Ron would also publicly make fun of her and blame her for not believing he could win a Quidditch match on his own.