Despite all the love for the Harry Potter film series, fans have mercilessly criticized the franchise for it's plot inconsistencies, but this time the criticism has also reached the books by J.K. Rowling. Fans of the story are still trying to understand whether Ron's seemingly illogical action can be considered a plot hole not only in the last film of the Harry Potter series but also in Rowling's final novel.
In The Deathly Hallows, Ron imitates Parseltongue — and he does it suspiciously well
During the Battle of Hogwarts in the second part of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Harry, Ron, and Hermione venture into the Chamber of Secrets, access to which, as fans of the franchise know from previous films, can only be opened with a special password in Parseltongue. In the end, it is not Harry who solves the problem but Ron, who explains it by saying that Harry often talks in his sleep and even occasionally speaks in Parseltongue.
A plot hole or a rare victory for Ron — fans have yet to understand what this was all about
This scene became somewhat rehabilitative for Ron, who had previously been unlikely to be seen as a brave hero — moreover, his 'knowledge' of Parseltongue not only allowed the trio to destroy another Horcrux but also somewhat motivated Hermione to kiss Ron for the first time. Despite the advantages of such an outcome, fans were clearly puzzled by this plot twist — many pointed out that the character had often struggled with remembering basic spells from the school curriculum, yet here he flawlessly repeats what Harry supposedly mumbled in his sleep (and perhaps several years before that).
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In any case, in some situations, even J.K. Rowling is unlikely to have adhered strictly to the simple rules of the magical world — the story focuses more on the actions developed by the characters, and in Ron’s case with Parseltongue, what mattered was access to the Chamber of Secrets rather than who ultimately opened it.
