From being one of the most popular and admired people at the school, Harry was suddenly the most hated. Everywhere Harry went, people pointed and didn’t trouble to lower their voices as they insulted him.
“The silver doe was nothing, nothing compared with Ron’s reappearance, he could not believe it. Shuddering with cold, he caught up the pile of clothes still lying at the water’s edge and began to pull them on. As he dragged sweater after sweater over his head, Harry stared at Ron, half expecting him to have disappeared every time he lost sight of him, and yet he had to be real: he had just dived into the pool, he had saved Harry’s life.”
when thesecond years were told to pick new subjects, never forget that harry potter picked the same new subjects as ron, “feeling that if he was lousy at them, at least he’d have someone friendly to help him.” this is so important to me because he could’ve easily thought, “i’ll just pick the same subjects as hermione. she’s super smart and she’ll help me,” but he picked his subjects while thinking about ron. ron weasley is so important to harry potter and I’ll fight anyone who says otherwise.
Yes! Exactly! Harry doesn’t want Hermione’s help – because he knows what Hermione’s help is like!
Hermione’s way to help? Nag, nag, tell you to actually read the book and too bad if you don’t understand the book’s instructions, nag, boss you around, look at you with that look that makes you feel stupid, nag nag nag.
Ron’s way to help? Groan and bitch about the teacher, bounce ideas off each other, suggest stupid answers and spend two minutes giggling over how the teacher would react, pat on the back once you’re finished, list all the reasons why the teacher sucks, start next assignment.
Both methods have their flaws – Hermione’s doesn’t actually teach anything, Ron’s takes a lot more time – but it’s certain than Ron’s method is far more tolerable than Hermione’s.
I’m pretty sure the movies are the reason that people don’t ship Ron and Hermione as much as they did when the books first came out.
The movie made Harry and Hermione look like they were better friends, and belittled Harry and Ron’s friendship. I know I may be exaggerating a little, but the movie really did injustice to their friendship. The book showed how strong the bond between Harry and Ron was. You really understand that Harry would be nothing with Ron’s friendship. Ron has literally supported him since the beginning.
He was Harry’s first real friend, always willing to help him understand the Wizarding World. From the beginning, he has always had Harry’s back. When they had the first Wizarding Duel against Malfoy, Ron quickly became Harry’s second, even before Harry knew what he was doing. When Harry was nervous that he wouldn’t be able to beat Malfoy, Ron gave him hope saying that he should throw his wand away and punch him. Ron supported Harry when Harry became seeker. He had a bad feeling about the Mirror of Erised from the beginning, and telling Harry not to go back, even though it even showed him having everything he wants. He was willing to sacrifice himself in the game of chess to make sure the other two went on.
In Chamber of Secrets, even though he hates spiders, he went with Harry to save Aragog. In Prisoner of Azkaban, when he thinks Sirius is going to kill Harry, he immediately tells Sirius that he has to go through him before he can get to Harry. I’m not going to lie, in GoF he was really petty not trusting Harry. I mean, yeah he feels hurt that his best friend didn’t tell him, but he knew better than to think that Harry actually put his name in, like seriously. I was pretty mad that Ron doubted Harry, because we all know if Harry really did put his name in, Ron would have been the first to know, before anyone else. However, thankfully Ron still supported Harry, and didn’t try to spite him by supporting Cedric instead.
In OotP, both Ron and Hermione, took most of Harry’s anger and bad mood. They could have left him alone, but they supported him. They both made sure to show Harry we was not alone. In HBP, Ron supported Harry’s doing well in class, even though he thought the book was sketchy too. He wanted Harry to do well.
The movie doesn’t do justice at all to their friendship. If I were just to watch the movies, I wouldn’t have really seen Ron and Harry’s friendship as significant at all. I would have assumed that Harry and Hermione were going to end up together. That bothers me, because while I am a Romione shipper, but I don’t neccesarily have anything against Harry/Hermione, but I could never see them together romantically.
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