I'm certainly developing a taste for Crookshanks' POV fic that I didn't know I had, haha, and this is so lovely.

Thank you! And I feel the same – stereolightning did it first, and I instantly loved her cat POV. So much fun to try to think like a cat.

Yup, Crookshanks had every reason to find Ron beyond useless, given the circumstances of that first year they knew each other, but I like to think Ron proved himself over time – mostly through proving that he, like Crookshanks, is utterly devoted to Hermione. :-)