Kissing someone who isn't a girl is an abstract concept, and the idea is still confusing and scary to Nick. But Charlie isn't a concept, or a "gender," he's Charlie. A person Nick loves, and trusts, and feels safe with.

Ron had taken out a lumpy package and unwrapped it. There were four sandwiches inside. He pulled one of them apart and said, "She always forgets I don't like corned beef." "Swap you for one of these," said Harry, holding up a pasty. "Go on -" "You don't want this, it's all dry," said Ron. "She hasn't got much time," he added quickly, "you know, with five of us."

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, J.K.Rowling

Or : everything you need to know about Ron Weasley in one paragraph.

Ron's honest, honourable and blunt

Ron just refused Harry's offer of swapping one of his sandwiches for a sweet, tasty pasty because he wasn't going to pull a labelling con on him. His sandwich is dry, you see. So he openly discourages Harry from taking the sandwich, even though he may lose the opportunity to get good food as a result

2. Ron's protective of his loved ones and he's a sweetheart...

But then, Ron realised that what he said could be disparaging toward his mum (by painting her as a bad cook), and he can't bear the idea that his new friend might think badly of her because of him, so he comes up with an explanation justifying the state of his sandwich to Harry in order to defend his mum from eventual criticism.

3. ...despite his insecurities

And his defense relied on the fact that he has four other siblings she needs to take care of, which means that he's going to end up overlooked and get not so great things. Just a second earlier, Ron had told Harry that his mum "always forg[ot]" that he didn't like corned beef, but he didn't get self-conscious about it because he thought that it wasn't out of the ordinary. He thought that it was normal for him not to get the attention he craves but that he thinks he's unworthy of.

In other words: Ron quickly came up with a defense for his mum so that Harry wouldn't think badly of her after he told Harry that his sandwich didn't look good, and his justification was that he was just another Weasley who of course would end up overlooked because his mum was busy - but this was normal, right, even though Ron felt deeply hurt about it. ...And all because he didn't want his new friend to eat a dry sandwich.

In other words: I'm crying he's such a pure soul.

because theo framed the story in a way that was both shocking, but also somewhat believable. he told scott a story where stiles did something terrible, but his actions could still be understood.

he did not walk up to scott and declare that stiles had murdered somebody in cold blood.

instead, he showed an extreme reluctance to tell scott the ‘truth’, he made it clear that there was something he had to get off his chest but he didn’t say what it was. so of course when scott encouraged him to open up, it framed this conversation as something that was scott’s choice, and not theo’s.

he gave reasons for stiles’s actions that were realistic, he made it sound like he was almost defending stiles (like he cared for stiles and did not want it to be true) but then confessed that even he knew it wasn’t self-defense.

“maybe it was because he-he threatened to kill his dad, or maybe stiles thought he had to keep going to defend himself”

of course, scott did not immediately believe him, and insisted that it wasn’t possible. it was not until later, when stiles seemingly confirmed this tale, that scott believed it.

but theo picked the perfect time, when scott was already overwhelmed and not thinking clearly.

Then the confrontation happens in 5x09, and if I remember right, Stiles uses similar language, again emphasizing that he did what he had to do. But Scott now has Theo’s version of events in mind, which might further emphasize the parallels to him with what Kira nearly did, and that Stiles was equally out of control.

for @teenwolf-meta​ week, day two: season arcs

Scott is stabbed through the chest by a Chimera seeking his power. A little ways away, the pack mate who’d tried to help him lies incapacitated on the ground. Theo snarls in anticipation.

And then, because this is Creatures of the Night (5x01) and not Status Asthmaticus (5x10), Stiles, Malia, and Liam all rush onto the scene to help.

The second they arrive, Scott rises to his feet and defeats Belasko seemingly single-handed. Just as he once broke the Berserker mask, Scott does the impossible again by throwing the claws off, and then shows pity by setting Belasko free. For all the others know, they weren’t really needed. All that’s left to do is for Stiles to add, “If I were you, I’d run” (5x01).

This scene draws on the previous season, and sets up the rest of 5a. Stiles, Liam, Malia, and Scott all follow a similar trajectory: a false belief in s4 has led to feelings of self-reproach in in s5, which are ultimately connected to the characters’ pedestaling of Scott.

Incomplete list of things Boromir did in the book that he didn’t do in the film:

At the Council of Elrond he defended the Rohirrim and admitted that if Aragorn could help then he’d be welcome in Gondor.

Lopped a warg’s head clean off in one swing.

Saved Frodo from dying of hypothermia on Caradhas.

Carved a path for the whole fellowship through impossibly deep snow to get them off the mountain.

Stunned the Balrog and the army of orcs with his horn when the rest of the fellowship was paralysed with fear so they could run.

Came to Gandalf’s aide alongside Aragorn when he fought the Balrog.

Took way more than three arrows and yanked one out to keep fighting before dying.

Incomplete list of things Boromir did in the film that he didn’t do in the book:

Cut himself on some antique sword.

Verbally agreed to come with the fellowship.

Fondled the ring on Caradhras so weirdly that it scared Frodo and made Aragorn nearly kill him.

Got nearly knocked out in Moria and had to have Aragorn save him. 

Nearly ran off a ledge in Moria and had to have Legolas save him.

Talked about his feelings to a man who obviously only felt reluctantly obligated to listen.

Mentioned Aragorn’s kingship at any time after the council of elrond.

Shouted at anyone at any point.

did they not see scott spend the entirety of season 3b prioritising stiles’ safety?

did they forget how miserable scott was when stiles was in the hospital? when he was so caught up in worry about stiles that he didn’t register kira calling to him?

or how he saw something was up with stiles and helped calm him down from a panic attack?

or when he rushed into the room the second stiles woke up to catch him before he fell, and then suggested he sit down and take it easy? how he took away his pain without even meaning to?

or, how about, when he offered to give up his chance to get to know kira and have fun at the party, in order to help stiles figure out something that was bothering him?

did they overlook all the times scott asked stiles whether he was okay?

how he noticed when stiles was feeling off? not just in 5x05, but in 2x08, 3x17, etc.

or how scott refused to accept stiles’ claim that he was “okay”, and gently held his hand and took away his pain?

did they miss the fact that the first thing scott asked about, after being tortured and almost killed by void stiles, was whether stiles was okay?

or that scott trusted stiles so much that he allowed himself to be slashed up by the oni, just because stiles said so?

we see this in season four, when he hurts liam during lacrosse tryouts. “if i hadn’t been so worried about being captain he wouldn’t be hurt either”. while it’s good that scott is able to own up to his mistakes and recognise when he’s at fault, it’s also important for him to give himself a bit more slack. stiles has to remind him that it’s okay for him to want something for himself once in a while, and even then scott still looks guilty.

season five does an amazing job at exploring this further. he wants to help the chimeras, to protect them, but he doesn’t know how to. and they keep dying.

“i should’ve done better. i should’ve known that this was going to happen. i should’ve been able to stop it.” (5x04) “this is all my fault. we’re never going to find them. it’s my fault.” (5x08) “something’s changed. and I think it’s because of me. and I don’t know how to fix it.” (5x08) “i know something’s coming. and all i can think about is how good am i going to be if i can’t even breathe?” (5x09)

hear me out

will byers, the 13 year old kid who was possessed, knew the monster. he knew what it wanted and what would happen.

when he told them to close the gate, he knew what would happen.

he was fully aware that he would die.

but he cared so much about his family, his friends, that he was ready to sacrifice himself for them.

he didn’t know that they would try to expel the monster, he probably thought there was no way.

and when he was in the upside down, he didn’t just run and hide. he survived, and he willingly went into his house while a monster was chasing him in order to warn his mother to run.

and after all his fucking trauma we never hear or see him complaining. sure he chaffed at the smothering, but he didn’t get abusive or push other people away.

ginny doesn’t insert herself in that conversation because she goddamn feels like it, it’s very specifically the fact that harry is taking advice written in a book of unknown origin by someone he doesn’t know, can’t see, and has no reason to trust, and the similarity that bears to riddle’s diary, that makes her speak up.

ginny is understandably suspicious of the half-blood prince’s book, she’s not merely curious about his identity

 “famous harry potter,” said malfoy. “can’t even go into a bookshop without making the front page.” “leave him alone, he didn’t want all that!” (cos, pg 61)

his eyes are as green as a fresh pickled toad, his hair is as dark as a blackboard, i wish he was mine, he’s really divine, the hero who conquered the dark lord (cos, pg 238) this is literally the cutest thing can you imagine little 11 year old ginny writing this

“so i made ginny write her own farewell on the wall and come down here to wait. she struggled and cried and became very boring” (cos, pg 313)

 “oh, that,” said ginny, giggling. “well - percys got a girlfriend.” … “it’s that ravenclaw prefect, penelope clearwater,” said ginny. “that’s who he was writing to all last summer, he’s been meeting her all over the school in secret. i walked in on them kissing in an empty classroom one day.” (cos, pg 341)

“ah, there’s penelope!” said percy, smoothing his hair and going pink again. ginny caught harry’s eye, and they both turned away to hide their laughter as percy strode over to a girl with long, curly hair, walking with his chest thrown out so she couldn’t miss his shiny badge. (poa, pg 71)

“go away, ginny,” said ron. “oh, that’s nice,” said ginny huffily, and she stalked off. (poa, pg 74)

“er - why are you calling that owl pig?” harry asked ron. “because he’s being stupid,” said ginny. “its proper name is pigwidgeon.” (gof, pg 52)

“she just didn’t want to go with neville… i mean, who would?” “don’t!” said ginny, annoyed. “don’t laugh -” (gof, pg 399)

“fine! ginny - BED!” ginny did not go quietly. they could hear her raging and storming at her mother all the way up the stairs… (ootp, pg 91)

“yeah, size is no guarantee of power,” said george. “look at ginny.”… “you’ve never been on the receiving end of one of her bat-bogey hexes, have you?” (ootp, pg 100)

“don’t call her a mudblood!” said ron and ginny together, very angrily (ootp, pg 108)

mrs. weasley was wiping her face on an apron, and fred, george, and ginny were doing a kind of war dance to a chant that went “he got off, he got off, he got off -” (ootp, pg 156)

“i’m nobody,” said neville hurriedly. “no you’re not,” said ginny sharply. (ootp, pg 186)

“he [hagrid] isn’t a very good teacher, is he?” “yes, he is!” said harry, ron, and ginny angrily. (ootp, pg 200)

“hem hem,” said ginny in such a good imitation of professor umbridge that several people looked around in alarm and then laughed. “weren’t we trying to decide how often we’re going to meet and get defense lessons?” (ootp, pg 345)

“yeah, the d.a.’s good,” said ginny. “only, let’s make it stand for dumbledore’s army because that’s the ministry’s worst fear, isn’t it?”  (ootp, pg 392)

ginny was teamed with michael corner; she was doing very well… (ootp, pg 394)

“we’ve got another seeker!… ginny weasley…. she’s pretty good, actually.” (ootp, pg 453)

“yeah?” growled harry, his hands deep in his pockets as he watched the snow now falling thickly outside. “all been talking about me, have you? well, i’m getting used to it…” “we wanted to talk to you, harry,” said, ginny, “but as you’ve been hiding every since we got back -,” “i didn’t want anyone to talk to me,” said harry, who was feeling more and more nettled. “well, that was a bit stupid of you,” said ginny angrily, “seeing as you don’t know anyone but me who’s been possessed by you-know-who, and i can tell you how it feels.” harry remained quite still as the impact of these words hit him. then he wheeled around. “i forgot,” he said. “lucky you,” said ginny coolly. (ootp, pg 499)

“c’mon, ginny’s not bad [at quidditch],” said george fairly, sitting down next to fred. “actually, i dunno how she got so good, seeing how we never let her play with us…” “she’s been breaking into your broom shed in the garden since the age of six and taking each of your brooms out in turn when you weren’t looking,” said hermione from behind her tottering pile of ancient runes books. (ootp, pg 574)

“well,” said ginny slowly… “if you really want to talk to sirius, i expect we could think of a way to do it…” “come on,” said harry dully. “with umbridge policing the fires and reading all our mail?” “the thing about growing up with fred and george,” said ginny thoughtfully, “is that you sort of start thinking anything’s possible if you’ve got enough nerve.” (ootp, pg 655)

“hi,” said ginny uncertainly. “we recognized harry’s voice - what are you yelling about?” “never you mind,” said harry roughly. ginny raised her eyebrows. “there’s no need to take that tone with me,” she said coolly. “i was only wondering whether i could help.” (ootp, pg 735)

ginny was still trying to stamp on the feet of the sixth-year girl who had both her upper arms in a tight grip. (ootp, pg 744)

“but ginny was the best, she got malfoy - bat-bogey hex - it was superb, his whole face was covered in the great flapping things.” (ootp, pg 760)

“excuse me, but i care what happens to sirius as much as you do!” said ginny, her jaw set so that her resemblance to fred and george was suddenly striking. “you’re too -” harry began. “i’m three years older than you were when you fought you-know-who over the sorcerer’s stone,” she said fiercely, “and it’s because of me malfoy’s stuck back in umbridge’s office with giant flying bogeys attacking him-” (ootp, pg 761)

“okay, fine, it’s your choce,” he said curtly. “but unless we can find more thestrals you’re not going to be able -” “oh, more of them will come,” said ginny confidently… “what makes you think that?” “because in case you hadn’t noticed, you and hermione are both covered in blood,” she said coolly, “and we know hagrid lures thestrals with raw meat, so that’s probably why these two turned up in the first place…” (ootp, pg 763)

“not anymore,” said ginny resolutely. “he [michael corner] didn’t like gryffindor beating ravenclaw at quidditch and got really sulky, so i ditched him and he ran off to comfort cho instead.” (ootp, pg 866)

“whereas bill and fleur… well… what have they really got in common? he’s a hard working, down-to-earth sort of person, whereas she’s -” “a cow,” said ginny, nodding. “but bill’s not that down-to-earth. he’s a curse-breaker, isn’t he, he likes a bit of adventure, a bit of glamour… i expect that’s why he’s gone for phlegm.” (hbp, pg 127)

“tonks is okay looking when she isn’t doing stupid things to her hair and her nose, but-” “she’s a damn sight nicer than phlegm,” said ginny. (hbp, pg 129)

the door opened again and mrs. weasley popped her head in. “ginny,” she whispered, “come downstairs and help me with the lunch.” “i’m talking to this lot!” said ginny, outraged. “now!” said mrs. weasley, and withdrew. “she only wants me there so she doesn’t have to be alone with phlegm!” said ginny crossly. she swung her long red hair around in a very good imitation of fleur and pranced across the room with her arms held aloft like a ballerina. (hbp, pg 130)

“’e is always so thoughtful,” purred fleur adoringly, stroking bill’s nose. ginny mimed vomiting into her cereal behind fleur. (hbp, pg 146)

“but you’re moving through boyfriends a bit fast, aren’t you?” ginny turned to look at him, her hands on her hips. there was such a mrs. weasley-ish glare on her face that harry was surprised fred didn’t recoil. “it’s none of your business. and i’ll thank you,” she said angrily to ron … “not to tell tales about me to these two.” (hbp, pg 163)

“au revoir, ‘arry,” said fleur throatily, kissing him good-bye. ron hurried forward, looking hopeful, but ginny stuck out her foot and ron fell, sprawling in the dust at fleur’s feet. (hbp, pg 175)

zabini gave a tiny little cough that was clearly supposed to indicate amused skepticism. an angry voice burst out from behind slughorn . “yeah, zabini, because you’re so talented… at posing…” (hbp, pg 192)

“that’s right,” said ginny staunchly. “neville and i were both there too, and all this “chosen one” rubbish is just the prophet making things up as usual.” (hbp, pg 193)

“he saw me hex zacharias smith,” said ginny. “you remember that idiot from hufflepuff who was in the d.a.? he kept on and on asking about what happened at the ministry and in the end he annoyed me so much i hexed him.” (hbp, pg 195)

after two hours… harry had found himself three chasers… ginny weasley, who had outflown all the competition and scored seventeen goals to boot. (hbp, pg 292)

“and ginny, don’t call ron a prat, you’re not the captain of this team-” “well, you seemed too busy to call him a prat, and i thought someone should.” (hbp, pg 368)

“i don’t want too find my own sister snogging people in public!” “this was a deserted corridor till you came butting in!” said ginny. (hbp, pg 369)

“right,” said ginny, tossing her long red hair out of her face and glaring at ron, “let’s get this straight once and for all. it is none of your business who i go out with or what i do with them, ron -” “yeah it is!” said ron, just as angrily. “d’you think i want people saying my sister’s a-” “a what?” shouted ginny, drawing her wand. “a what, exactly?” “he doesn’t mean anything, ginny -” said harry automatically… “oh yes he does!” she said, flaring up at harry. “just because he’s never snogged anyone in his life, just because the best kiss he’s ever had is from our auntie muriel-” “shut your mouth!” bellowed ron, by-passing red and turning maroon. “no, i will not!” yelled ginny, beside herself. “ive seen you with phlegm, hoping she’ll kiss you on the cheek every time you see her, it’s pathetic! if you went out and got a bit of snogging done yourself, you wouldn’t mind so much that everyone else does it!” … “you don’t know what you’re talking about!” ron roared… “just because i don’t do it in public-!” ginny screamed with derisive laughter, trying to push harry out of the way. “been kissing pigwidgeon, have you? or have you got a picture of auntie muriel stashed under your pillow?” … “harry’s snogged cho chang!” shouted ginny, who sounded close to tears now. “and hermione snogged victor krum, it’s only you who acts like it’s something disgusting, ron, and that’s because you’ve got about as much experience as a twelve year old!” and with that, she stormed away. (hbp, pg 369-371)

… ginny having scored four of gryffindor’s six goals… (hbp, pg 381)

“ginny, where’re you going?” yelled harry, who had found himself trapped in the midst of a mass midair hug with the rest of the team, but ginny sped right on past them until, with an almightly crash, she collided with the commentator’s podium. as the crowd shrieked and laughed, the gryffindor team landed beside the wreckage of wood under which zacharias was feebly stirring; harry heard ginny saying blithely to an irate professor mcgonagall, “forgot to brake, professor, sorry.” (hbp, pg 383)

“it looks like he’s [ron] eating her face off, doesn’t it?” said ginny dispassionately. “but i suppose he’s got to refine his technique somehow.” (hbp, pg 387)

“ginny’s been nice, though. she stopped two boys in our transfiguration class calling me ‘loony’ the other day-” (hbp, pg 400)

“you could’ve taken anyone!” said ron in disbelief over dinner. “anyone! and you chose loony lovegood?” “don’t call her that, ron,” snapped ginny. (hbp, pg 401)

“don’t push me, please, dean,” she said, sounding annoyed. “you’re always doing that, i can get through perfectly well on my own…” (hbp, pg 611)

there was ginny, running toward him; she had a hard, blazing look in her face as she threw her arms around him. and without thinking, without planning it, without worrying about the fact that people were watching, harry kissed her okay not a total ginny moment but take notes @hpdirectors this is how you write a quality kiss (hbp, pg 681)

“you’d think people had better things to gossip about,” said ginny… “three dementor attacks in a week, and all romilda vane does is ask me if it’s true you’ve got a hippogriff tattooed across your chest.” … “what did you tell her?” “i told her it’s a hungarian horntail,” said ginny, turning a page of the newspaper idly. “much more macho.” “thanks,” said harry, grinning. “and what did you tell her ron’s got?” “a pygmy puff, but i didn’t say where.” (hbp, pg 684)

“just because i’ve given my permission doesn’t mean i can’t withdraw it-” “your permission,” scoffed ginny. “since when did you give me permission to do anything?” (hbp, pg 684)

“we can’t be together.” she said, with an oddly twisted smile, “it’s for some stupid, noble reason, isn’t it?” … “voldemort uses people his enemies are close to… he’ll try and get to me through you.” “what if i don’t care?” said ginny fiercely.  “i care,” said harry. “how do you think i’d feel if this was your funeral… and it was my fault…” …. “i never really gave up on you,” she said. “not really. i always hoped… hermione told me to get on with life, maybe go out with some other people, relax a bit around you, because i never used to be able to talk if you were in the room, remember? and she thought you might take a bit more notice if i was a bit more - myself.” … “well, i can’t say im surprised. i knew this would happen in the end. i knew you wouldn’t be happy unless you were hunting voldemort. maybe that’s why i like you so much.” (hbp, pg 822)