A little about me:

My name... varies from day to day

My age is somewhere between 1 and 4.6 billion years

I'm just a simple man trying to make my way in the Universe

I'm somewhat of a Brony but not to the extent of some people

I like Transformers, Naruto Shippuden, Bleach, Harry Potter 1-5, Inheritance Cycle, most Disney films, The Elder Scrolls

I'm obsessed with DRAGONS!!!

I like unorthodox pairings in fics and dislike a majority of the common ones

OC List

My Little Pony

Dark Saber

Dark Saber was created by Discord by combining his, Celestia's and Luna's DNA, intending to create a perfect spy and servant for him, unfortunately for him, he was sealed by the Elements of Harmony and Dark Saber was enslaved by the father of Princess Celestia and Princess Luna, forced to be their bodyguard. Later on Dark Saber swore total allegiance to the Princesses due to their bond becoming stronger and thus became the unofficial bodyguard for the Princesses until Princess Luna transformed into Nightmare Moon and cursed him with immortality that was tied to her and Celestia's life force. Celestia, overcome with grief and rage from banishing Nightmare Moon blamed and banished him from Canterlot where he wandered Equestria alone until Ponyville was built where he eventually settled and became the unofficial guardian of the place, changing his name to Winter Shield and making his coat white with illusion magic so Celestia couldn't trace him.

Dark Saber is a black Alicorn with a blood red eyes, mane and tail, his Cutie Mark is a black shield with a dark purple outline and silver sun similar to Celestia's within it accompanied by a blood red sword next to it. As Winter Shield, he has a white coat with a ice blue mane and tail but kept his eye colour, his Cutie Mark is a silver shield with a dark blue full moon in it; when he is Winter Shield, he uses a black cloak to conceal his wings and tells other ponies that it's a tradition in his family to always wear a cloak when not in bed.

He is a quiet pony and rarely seeks conversation with those he doesn't know but is generally respectful and polite if a bit old fashioned when he speaks. He is also slow to trust others and has only ever trusted 2 people completely in the past but his trust in both has been shaken considerably.

If he counts you as a friend or loved one, he will do nearly anything for you; he also has a mischievous side thanks to Discord's DNA.
His personality varies depending on his opinion of you: if you are a friend he will still be a bit quiet but will also joke around with you rather than the serious and stoic personality he usually puts up around strangers; if he hates or dislikes you, you'll know about it.
He has a strong sense of justice and abides by a strict code of honour but also has a kind heart and will not hesitate to do anything within his power to help people; he prefers being around animals to ponies but is not as socially awkward as Fluttershy. He dislikes arrogance and will often indirectly prank arrogant people (or directly with Prince Blueblood) to humble them a bit.

Being an Alicorn, Dark Saber can wield magic and fly; thanks to Discord's DNA, he can wield Discord's own branch of chaos magic meaning he can nullify Discord's abilities to a degree but Discord is significantly more powerful in chaos magic usage so Dark Saber often is only able to limit damage caused by Discord. Due to having Celestia's and Luna's DNA, he can manipulate solar and lunar rays but does not do this often as it serves no purpose and would alert Celestia to his location; also he is immortal and cannot die while Celestia and Luna still live due to Nightmare Moon cursing him by tying his life force to the 2 Alicorns.
Dark Saber is a master of illusion magic, able to use it on himself around Celestia and Twilight without detection, he often uses it to deceive his enemies, hide his presence and prank arrogant people. He is also extremely competent in elemental manipulation, telekinesis and defensive spells; overall he is well acquainted with all branches of magic.

He likes to offer his advice to his friends when they have an issue, often making up riddles to go with it. He also has a fondness for explosions and so can often be found making magical fireworks. He is extremely loyal and protective of his friends and loved ones, always trying to hear both sides of the argument when one occurs; because of this he will not abandon any one of his friends intentionally under any circumstance and will even die for them if need be.

The Elder Scrolls

Gral Rahgol Krosis

Gral is the Dragonborn; born near Skyrim to a family of dragon worshippers, their patron dragon: Kahlolaan named him: Ruin Rage Sorrow, a name he embodies since the day he was discovered to be Dragonborn and exiled from his family.
He didn't have a very stable relationship with his family, they thought he was weak and he thought they were spineless cowards, it carried on like this until he decided to leave at the age of 16. After leaving his family he studied at the College of Winterhold, learning the basics of all schools of magic before leaving again to travel; shortly after, he went to the Greybeards to learn how to use The Voice and eventually forged a father-son bond with Paarthurnax. When he turned 25, he left High Hrothgar for Cyrodiil where he was ambushed by the Imperial Legion on the border which began the events of The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim.

Gral is a six foot tall, red haired Nord with pale skin and cold blue eyes; He prefers to use enchanted heavy armor alongside Destruction and Conjuration spells in battle often mixing them with his skills in hand-to-hand combat and swordplay, however he will use Illusion, Restoration and Alteration spells if the situation calls for it.
Gral has a high amount of respect for dragons due to his upbringing and hates his ability as Dragonborn to absorb the souls of the dragons he kills, as such, he rarely kills dragons, preferring to drive them off or make them submit to the strength of his Thu'um. He is also competent in Smithing, due to having to make and maintain his own equipment after leaving his family and the College, he can make all armors up to Ebony and Glass armor but is unable to make Orcish and Elven armor due to never having studied under an Elven or Orcish blacksmith.

Gral holds himself to a high standard and expects others to do the same, therefore he can often be seen as cold, ruthless and uncaring as he believes that people should solve their own problems, and thus will not often help them unless he sees it as worth his time or he feels obliged to for some reason e.g. feeling indebted to them. He also despises racism and arrogance which often brings him into conflict with the Stormcloaks and the Thalmor, but he isn't fond of weakness either which gives him a negative view of the Imperial Legion, as he believes that they are going too far to appease the Aldmeri Dominion. Despite Gral's apparent apathy, he also has a strict code of honor which doesn't allow him to harm an innocent or a defenseless person. He is also calculating, a fact which often brings him into conflict with Ulfric Stomcloak as he regards Ulfric's views and policies as illogical (especially those on the war).

DragonFable

Slick

Slick is the Hero of Lore. Originally working as a mercenary to clear out minor threats to towns and villages, Slick's past is a mystery to all (except me, that is) up until the day he decided to take a day off which caused him to meet Lady Celestia, Twilly and Drakath, all of whom were after an artifact known as the Black Dragon Box. This Box contained the egg of a dragon so powerful, it was prophesied to either save all of Lore or destroy it (they weren't to sure on which dragon was which). After a few issues including Drakath, a big bird, some doors and a wizard, Slick finally reclaimed and hatched the egg, naming the dragon inside Inferna, who would eventually become his best and closest friend in the whole of Lore.

At the point where Slick's tale truly starts, he had done some remarkable things: he'd tracked and cleared the name of a rogue DragonLord named Vilmor, he'd assisted a SoulWeaver in destroying a corrupt Elemental Spirit and he'd been involved in a war which saw the Elemental Orbs he'd recovered stolen, combined and nearly used to cover all of Lore in Darkness. Soon after he'd been projected into another war to protect Lore and a new species called the Atrea from an evil tyrant known as Wargoth, he succeeded but was frozen in ice by someone he called an ally.

Slick is a tall male with blood red hair, extremely pale skin and cold blue eyes; he is extremely loyal to those he calls friend and would sacrifice nearly everything for them, a fact his enemies such as Sepulchure, Xan and Super Ultra Mega Darkness Dracolich have used against him. Normally, Slick is a semi-cheerful individual who always has a comment for everything (even if it isn't the right place or time for it) and enjoys nothing more than sparring with his friends like Tomix, Aegis or Artix, or spending time with Inferna. Slick is closest to Inferna and will do anything to protect her but if she is hurt, he'll fly into a rage which terrifies even the likes of Wargoth and Sepulchure. He also has a high level of respect for dragons and dislikes fighting them, a fact which has brought him into arguments with Galanoth and that Aisha and Akriloth have tried to use against him before, but his respect for them is overridden by his desire to protect innocents and his loyalty to his friends.

Slick is a humble individual who respects and appreciates the abilities of those around him, regardless of how small or insignificant they may be, and despises arrogance of any kind. It is rare that Slick openly disrespects someone but he will do so and lose all respect for someone's skills if they do something he absolutely cannot stand such as needlessly killing innocents or belittling those they perceive as beneath them (Drakath is a prime example of this). He also abides by a strict code of honor which doesn't allow him to harm innocents without a VERY good cause and he vowed to protect Inferna, no matter what the cost.

By the time of Book 3, Slick is a master of all the Classes he can learn, from Paladin and Death Knight to Ninja and Pirate to Entropy and Pyromancer (he has even learned how to use the powers of a DoomKnight from Spirits of Darkness and Sepulchure himself, though he rarely uses these powers in battle), though there are some that he cannot learn due to his fighting style such as DragonMage or Cryptic; this allows him to alter his fighting style if necessary regardless of his current Class due to some of the skills required to use the Class bleeding over e.g. Speed for a RiftWalker, Accuracy for a Ranger, etc.
Despite this bleed over of skills, Slick cannot change to most Classes at will without a medium such as the Armor Closet due to the magic of the Class binding it to Slick's power and body (with notable exceptions being the Kathool Adept and the Entropy, because they bound themselves to Slick's power, body and mentality (and soul in the case of the DoomKnight)), though Inferna can force Slick into the DragonLord armor through the power of the Dragon Amulet.

Despite Slick's power, he is not invincible. He has been defeated by his opponents before (notable examples being Sepulchure, Wargoth and Xan), it is also possible for powerful beings to control him, though the only two to have succeeded are Kathool Achoo and Inferna (and technically Wargoth but that was inside Wargoth's own mind, so he could control everything in there); his loyalty has also been used against him e.g. Drakonnan used Slick's hesitance to fight him to ravage Lore with the power of the Fire Orb, enslave Fire and Plasma dragons as well as a number of other heroes (including Artix); and he can be somewhat careless with his trust e.g. he trusted in Jaania which resulted in him getting frozen.

RWBY

Red Rose

Red Rose is the twin brother of Summer Rose and the maternal uncle of Ruby Rose. Orphaned at a young age, the twin siblings had nothing to rely on but each other, this led to them being closer than most siblings which showed in their fighting styles as they could fight perfectly in sync when the situation called for it. At the age of seventeen, Summer and Red began attending Beacon Academy to become fully licensed Hunters; their original intention was to end up on a team together however, Beacon's initiation test derailed this plan with Summer ending up in Team STRQ and Red ending up in Team RIFT alongside Ignis Stark, Blue Frost and Phoenix Talon, with Red as the leader.
Despite this minor hiccup, the two still remained quite close comrades and their teams often worked quite closely together throughout their time at Beacon and after graduation, gaining a reputation for being two of the finest teams Beacon had ever produced. The two teams stopped working as closely together when Raven (after giving birth to Yang) decided to cut all ties with Teams STRQ and RIFT which led to the eventual breakup of both teams, with Summer and Taiyang pursuing a relationship, Qrow working for Ozpin, Ignis and Frost pursuing freelancer careers in the militaries of the Four Kingdoms, Phoenix focusing on improving his weapons and Grimm clearance, and Red taking up a teaching job in Beacon.

A number of years afterwards, just before Ruby's fifth birthday, Summer and Red took a reconnaissance mission together. It was supposed to be a simple, low risk mission to ease Summer back into the lifestyle of a Huntress but during the mission, Summer and Red were separated and Summer disappeared, without a trace. This event led to Red (after informing Taiyang and Qrow of Summer's disappearance) spending an entire decade searching Remnant for Summer in an effort to bring her back, both because he'd promised that he'd have Summer back in time for Ruby's birthday and that he wasn't willing to allow Summer's family to be torn apart so soon.

Red is roughly 6'10" in height with pale skin, red air that darkens to black at the tips and red eyes with a scar resembling a tear mark running from the top of his right eye down to his lower jaw. He wears a black pullover, long-sleeved shirt and trouser combination as well as shiny black shoes, the tongues of which are covered by his trouser legs. Over all this he wears a maroon breastplate and spiked shoulder guards on each shoulder, on each arm he has four straps: two on the upper arm and two on the lower, he also has a pair of black lined, maroon gauntlets. On the lower half of his body he wears a set of maroon armoured legs that only reach to his knees, these are accompanied by three spikes that curve backwards; he also wears a pair of black shin guards with blood red spikes that also curve backwards. (A/N: Google DragonFable Riftwalker as I've based Red's clothing on the Riftwalker Class from DragoFable)
Red's outfit is completed by his cloak, it is black with blood red lining and is a full-length cloak, meaning it can completely cover Red from head to toe, however he prefers to wear it with one side of his body uncovered to allow him to draw his sword from its scabbard on his back easier.

Red is an experienced Huntsman as well as a swordsman and Aura user. His years of fighting Grimm and other unpleasant parties such as the White Fang have led to him becoming quite experienced in combat and this shows in his unorthodox fighting style which he can change at a moments notice to better suit his situation, and his situational awareness which allows him to take on multiple opponents, even when surrounded by always being aware of their movements.
He can also use Aura to augment his abilities by enhancing his speed, strength, stamina and durability to almost superhuman levels, allowing him to keep up with others with performance enhancing powers such as Ruby's Speed Semblance and the Schnee's Glyphs.
Red's primary - and favoured - method of combat is with his sword, Gambling Rose. Gambling Rose is a High Frequency Sword with a rotating barrel embedded just above the hilt, this barrel has six different colours on it: white, black, red, green, blue and yellow, each of which change how Red's Aura interacts with his sword, consequently changing the abilities he can use through the sword; the barrel is controlled by a trigger under the handle, allowing Red to change the colour at will as well as a randomising button on the top of the handle which spins the barrel and randomly picks a colour, this randomiser is what gives the sword it's name as the outcome is left up to chance, much like gambling.

In terms of personality, Red can be a contradiction at times. When in public and around those he cares about, he will act like a happy and joking chatterbox with a tendency to deliberately annoy certain individuals with his comments, e.g. Glynda Goodwitch; when alone or around those he dislikes or outright hates, he can be rude, cold, calculating and even a little broody if he's reminded of Summer going missing. He can also be somewhat psychotic when it comes to defending his family, with a strange fixation on cutting off the limbs of those who threaten it.

Mass Effect

Ludwig Shepard/L

Ludwig is the older brother of Elise Shepard. He started life as the son of Adolf and Hannah Shepard and the elder brother by five years to Elise Shepard, he was named Ludwig Van Shepard after Ludwig van Beethoven as his parents loved Beethoven's music and admired the man himself. Ludwig lived happily with his family until Elise turned seven, when Adolf turned from a loving father into an abusive monster and Hannah did nothing to stop him, this led to him resenting both his parents and eventually disowning them shortly after he turned fifteen.

On his fifteenth birthday, Batarian slavers attacked his colony while he and Elise had gone out hunting, Elise wanted to return to their home to ensure their parents were okay but Ludwig shot her in the leg and hid her in a cave with a radio that he'd stolen from Hannah, which drew Alliance soldiers to her position. Ludwig meanwhile, returned to their colony and attempted to signal the Systems Alliance and the Citadel Council for help but was carried off by the Batarians before they could arrive. That day broke up the Shepard family with Hannah Shepard returning to active duty, Adolf Shepard being killed when he tried to fight the Batarians, Elise Shepard being shipped off to an orphanage on Earth and Ludwig being sold into slavery.

Fortunately for Ludwig, he was bought by an old Turian officer, who freed and adopted him, this led to him being taught to fight hand to hand like a Turian along with weapons, tech and vehicle training. Shortly after, he showed signs of Biotic ability so his guardian had him implanted with an amplifier before sending him to an Asari for training in his abilities. His training took about a decade before he was allowed to return to his guardian but on the way, the ship was attacked by pirates and he ended up on Tuchanka (somehow). There he was taken in by one of the lesser know clans and trained with the intent of turning him into their secret weapon to be used against the other clans but he escaped and stole a Blood Pack ship and escaped, where he found out that his guardian had died a couple of months before he managed to escape, thus he decided to work as a mercenary from then on, he was about twenty eight at this point.

For the next six years, he's worked on building his reputation as a bounty hunter named L, he usually takes most contracts and if he doesn't he'll let his employer know his reasoning why, he's also known as "a merc with a conscious" as he will refuse certain jobs like kidnapping, intimidation and similar on principle, thus the only jobs he usually takes are assassination, tracking and investigation; as a result of this, he's often used by the Council to aid C-Sec investigations and tracking down rouge Specters. His most recent job involved investigating Saren Arterius and then tracking down any leads on his location.

Ludwig could be described as ruthless and "only caring about getting paid" but that isn't strictly true, he doesn't like unnecessary killing violence or extreme courses of action but acknowledges that sometimes they are necessary. He hates his former parents and his blood link to them, often saying that "the other races of the galaxy were more of kin to him than they were" but he loves Elise dearly and would do anything to see her safe, which is why he kept an eye on her life whenever he could and protected/helped her when he deemed it necessary such as when she was attacked by Thresher Maws on Akuze. Ludwig is also extremely sarcastic, often deflecting conversation with it and he doesn't treat anyone differently from how he'd treat anyone else unless they give him reason to, so he often ends up aggravating people like Aria T'Loak and Donnel Udina.
Aria T'Loak once compared him to Ludwig II of Bavaria because of his eccentricity, calling him "either mad or just stupid to work with morals in a business that has no place for them". Ludwig (or as he was known at the time, L) just laughed at her and told her that she needed a hobby.
In terms of personality, Ludwig leans more to the Renegade side of the spectrum, due to his harsh life and current job, but he still can show mercy and sometimes even be caring and empathetic but those occurrences are rare, usually he's rather grumpy but will make humorous comments from time to time or when around people he respects/likes.

Elise Shepard

Elise was named after Ludwig van Beethoven's Für Elise, she is five years younger than Ludwig Van Shepard and was thirty years old when she was considered as a candidate to join the Specters.

More to be added later

My honest opinion on some characters from my favourite media (WARNING: I may go on a slight rant for some of them)

Naruto Uzumaki - Naruto is probably one of my favourite characters, not just in the Naruto series but out of all the characters I like, and why wouldn't he be? He's an all around nice guy but not unrealistically so; He's experienced the dark side of humanity first hand and obviously has some resentment for the way he was treated but he doesn't let that control him. He also has power and a good reason to use it.
However, pre-Shippuden Naruto gets on my nerves because he acts like a total idiot that doesn't hone the skills he obviously has, for example: he manages to paint the Hokage monument, in broad daylight, wearing an orange and blue jumpsuit and doesn't get caught until after he does it, and then he manages to escape his pursuers who likely had some experience in tracking; That shows a significant ability in stealth which he never hones, with just a little training in that ability, he could've become devastating with it on missions and on the battlefield. He also shows (in the beginning of the series anyway) that he has no idea what it means to be a shinobi or what its way of life is like e.g. he had no idea what KIA meant even though he lived in a military village and was quite close to the leader of said village AND was studying to become part of the active military force, this means that he either didn't take becoming a shinobi seriously, his education was sabotaged, his education was insufficient for this way of life (unlikely because both Sasuke and Sakura knew military terms at least and had some (if marginal) knowledge of what shinobi life was like) or a combination of the three; another problem is that he seems to fail to understand just how powerful an opponent can be, regardless of age as shown by the Bell Test, the Wave Mission when he meets Haku, the Chunin Exams where he provokes the entire room before the first stage and multiple other times where he underestimates his opponents, he never seems to learn at this stage.
Another thing that annoys me is his failure to develop his use of ninjutsu, he quite clearly shows aptitude in the use of the Transformation, Shadow Clone and Rasengan jutsus, but he rarely uses them practically for example: he could use the Sexy Jutsu or Transformation in combination with the Shadow Clone jutsu as a distraction while he prepares a trap or another plan, but he rarely does this even though he knows of its effectiveness in battle as shown by the battle with Zabuza on the way to Wave; He also rarely uses the Shadow Clone jutsu tactically, instead trying to overwhelm his foe with numbers of easily destroyed clones and just wasting his Chakra, whereas he could create just one or two and use them in a similar manner to the way he used them against Neji in the Chunin Exams.
And finally we have the Rasengan, his use of this throughout the entire series (Shippuden included) really annoys me because he shows that he DOESN'T need a clone to use it when he first uses it in battle, in fact, the only reason he used a clone in the first place was that Kabuto disabled the use of one of his arms, so he improvised and used a clone... and has done so ever since, so my question is: Why didn't he continue with his progress in mastering the Rasengan and learn to use it one handed as Minato, Kakashi and Jiraiya did? in fact he's the only user of it that I know of that cannot use a one handed Rasengan! If he'd learned to use the Rasengan one handed, he wouldn't need to use clones for the Wind Style: Rasengan because he forms it with one hand and adds the element with the other, hence conserving Chakra for use in more destructive jutsu like the Wind Style: Rasenshuriken.

Now onto his attitude: while I admire his "never give up" mentality, his loyalty and honesty, some of his personality really grates on me, the example that comes to mind is when he meets Kurama in person for the first time (that he can remember) and demands Chakra from him as "rent", it just really (and I apologize for my language here) pisses me off, Kurama is living in a cage located in a fucking SEWER!! Why would he WANT to pay rent for that?! add to the fact that Naruto is only in this predicament as a result of his own inability to properly control his Chakra and this has nothing to do with Kurama and it just really grinds my gears to the point that if I were Kurama, I'd have just told him to go fuck himself and die in the hole that Jiraiya threw him down, it's not like Kurama wouldn't reform eventually or at least be kept safe from the Akatsuki (for the most part) in the Shinigami's stomach (again, apologies for my foul language there).
Another part of Naruto's personality that annoys me is when his confidence starts to enter the realm of arrogance as shown when he starts making claims about his supposed strength. though this is just a minor part that can be dismissed as a rookie error, so I'm not too fussed about it at the end of the day.

Thankfully Naruto's attitude improves as the series goes on to the point where, yes he can still be an idiot but in more of an... endearing(?) way, he also becomes legitimately stronger but less boastful (though I must admit that I honestly hate his obsession with Sasuke for the majority of Shippuden, but then again, I don't really like Sasuke that much either).

Harry Potter - Harry is another one of my favourite characters as again he is written as an everyday teenager and not an arrogant arsehole like a majority of people with his fame from a young age would be, however I question his attitude a lot as well because he seems like a really nice guy to practically everyone who is civil back to him; in real life, I don't think he's be quite so pleasant to the muggleborn students or so... well... supportive (maybe?) of muggles after his treatment at the hands of the Dursleys, I honestly think he'd be more resentful of muggles due to his treatment at the hand of the one he'd have the most contact with (for his teenage years at least). I also think he's too idealistic because (in Half Blood Prince and Deathly Hallows at least) he's constantly going on about the fact that they're at war with Voldemort (The Dork Lord/Lord Mouldyshorts) yet he refuses to do what is necessary to ensure the safety of him and his allies, as shown by his refusal to kill even though his enemies will happily kill, torture and destroy everything in their path to get to him. It's also shown by when he argues about Stan Shunpike's imprisonment with the Minister (who I forget the name of, I know it's Rufus something) because Stan is apparently innocent but he is still a potential information leak on both sides to it is a logical course of action to imprison him, seeing as it is a time of war and all. Other than that, I liked his character for the most part but wondered why he didn't expand his knowledge outside of his classroom and Dumbledore lessons, I mean, if one of your teachers is rubbish (Snape) why not ask another student/wizard who is good in the subject for tutoring or tips, or study it outside of lessons in the library, Knowledge is Power after all.

Ronald Weasley - Now, I know what a lot of you are thinking: "Great, another hateful rant about Ron. He's becoming so much of a love-to-hate character that it's not funny any more" but just hear me out on this one.
Honestly, I don't mind Ron; yes, he has some serious character flaws such as his jealousy and stubbornness but he's really not all that bad. Most people use what he saw in the Mirror of Erised as a reason to hate on him but let's not forget: HE WAS ELEVEN!!! Most eleven year olds would have something equally selfish as what Ron saw, especially if they had Ron's upbringing in a poor family where he lived in the shadow of his older brothers. Another main point people use is Ron's jealousy of Harry in Goblet of Fire which led to Ron and Harry not speaking for nearly a whole term and to that, I say: YES!! He was jealous, his friend was in a competition which (they were told) would give the winner "Eternal Glory" and a lot of money and his friend already had fame and money; he was also angry that Harry had apparently entered and not told him (and was continuing to lie about it). Ron's reaction was the same as the one you or I would've had, he felt betrayal and envy and he needed time to process this and to come to his own conclusions, so he reacted mostly on his anger, which resulted in causing a rift between him and Harry; despite this, he still owned up to his mistakes and apologized which is more than can be said for some characters which fans adore (even Harry is guilty of this).
The other main point of their arguments is Ron abandoning Harry in Deathly Hallows, and to that, I say: Ron's lines about his parents possibly ending up the same way as Harry's sums it up, Ron's worried about his family, injured and recovering as well as stressed from the "wild goose chase" they appear to be on and Harry's attitude wasn't helping things, it was just causing the situation to escalate. So, of course Ron left.

Do I think these character flaws are acceptable? No, I do not. Ron's character flaws are pretty big ones but they're what make him a GOOD character. A good character is a character who's NOT perfect, they have flaws and weaknesses but they get over those weaknesses as the story unfolds. In fact, I'd say that a character with no flaws would be a BAD character, purely because there'd be limited room to develop the character and thus they'd end up one dimensional and boring, and a character that can't get over their flaws at all or until it is too late is usually the character that's either a villain or just an arsehole.