I am obsessed with Harry Potter

I think the ones that say that Dramione should have been canon and that Draco was more suited for Hermione than Ron really and truly forget the things Draco said and did to Hermione. Even if you say “well Draco redeemed himself” why would you think that Hermione would be that forgiving to date him? She can forgive and be cordial to him, but she wouldnt have dated him.

Also, the ones that say that Draco secretly liked Hermione but acted that way because of his family, that’s bull and extremely toxic. It romanticizes bullying, and that “he is mean to you because he likes you” nonsense.

luna lovegood has dirty blonde hair (book 5, chapter 10)

lily potter has dark red hair (book 1, chapter 12)

neville longbottom has blond hair (JKR interview)

hermione granger has bushy hair (book 1, chapter 6)

james potter is tall (book 1, chapter 12)

at seventeen, harry potter is the same height as his father so he is also tall (book 7, chapter 34)

peter pettigrew is fat (book 3, chapter 10)

severus snape has yellow-ish teeth (book 3, chapter 14)

Let’s take a moment to examine that. If the curse that hit the planet had hit any of the kids, they’d be dead. So the Death Eater probably missed, hit the planet ahead of them, injuring Ginny. But here’s the important part: the one who actually gets hit by the hex? Ron.

Why is this important? Because Ron is consistently described throughout the series as tall. Like, every time Harry sees him after the beginning of summer he’s described as having shot up. Again. On the other hand Ginny is described as “the small one” by Bellatrix Lestrange. But Ron is behind her. I don’t know if you know this but tall people can run really fast. I am not particularly fit but I am tall. And I can pour on the speed when my adrenaline’s up, which I have no doubt was the case for everyone in the Department of Mysteries. But he’s behind her.

Because he did that deliberately. He kept his body between the Death Eaters and the girls. He shielded them from their spells. Because those he cares about are more important to him than his own life.

Consistently throughout the series, Ron can be seen being taken out of the action somehow. AND IT IS NEVER BECAUSE HE IS WEAK.

Rather, it’s because Ron is a STRATEGIST, who CARES.

In Philosopher’s Stone, for example. Ron allows himself to be “taken” by the queen, because he knows that he is standing with the Boy-Who-Lived and the Brightest-Witch-Of-Her-Age and Voldy must be stopped and it’s SIMPLE to him. Ron is a strategist, like has been said. It’s a strategic decision - who cares if it puts himself in harm’s way?

In Prisoner of Azkaban, Ron and Harry are faced with the Grim, and what does Ron do? He pushes Harry out of Sirius’ path, in the process allowing the dog to latch onto his outstretched arm and pull him away, breaking his leg as they enter the Willow. This decision is simple too - it’s because Harry Potter means the world to Ron Weasley, and Ron would not hesitate for a moment in putting himself between Harry and danger.

RON IS A STRATEGIST, AND RON CARES.

“Wait,” said Bellatrix sharply.  "All except… except for the Mudblood.“ Greyback gave a grunt of pleasure. “No!” shouted Ron. “You can have me, keep me!”

“Right,” said Ron, squaring his shoulders. “So you can’t go, that’s what he wants, what he’s expecting. You stay here and look after Hermione, and I’ll go and get it —”

I think I’ve figured out what bothers me the most about the Harry Potter movies. More than the plot holes, more than just the bad decisions, more than just the changes in dialogue. It’s how they minimized everything. 

The characters of the Harry Potter world are all fascinating, unique characters. Say what you want, but you can never say that a character was boring. Sure, we didn’t know enough about some, and sure, we didn’t see some enough, but I rarely see complaints about the characters being “boring”. And the movies just, made these characters so 2-dimensional. They removed Ron’s loyalty and bravery and emphasized the parts of him that were comedy relief. They removed Hermione’s bossiness and trust of authority and emphasized her intelligence. They removed Harry’s cleverness and deductive skills, and emphasized his rashness. They toned down Snape’s characteristics in order to emphasize his “love” for Lily. They removed Dumbledore’s kindness and heart, and emphasized his manipulativeness. And I could go on and on about other characters. Filch, the Marauders, Bellatrix, the centaurs, and so many other characters were all reduced from fascinating characters to caricatures. Like these characters or hate them, I have met very few people who deny that they’re interesting characters. And look what the movies did. 

And they focused on stereotypes with what they left. Ron became the stereotypical comic relief, unable to do anything good on purpose. Hermione became the stereotypical genius, perfect in every way. The wizarding world was full of stereotypes. Everything was rickety, and creaky. Creepy and disturbing became the natural vibe of the movies. Because it was magic, everything was translated to being Halloween all the time, spooky and dark. The worst part of that is that the wizarding world was supposed to be full of color. Unique, unusual colors. These are supposed to be people I would expect to be accused of being colorblind, because they’re that colorful. But no, because it was magic, it all had to be blacks and grays, and muted colors. And that’s the real tragedy of the movies. The worst part is that you don’t need to lose that 3-dimensional vibe that the books had. It wasn’t a necessity, it was a choice.

It brings me SO MUCH joy that the plot of Chamber of Secrets basically happens because Lucius is terrified out of his mind of Arthur and Molly Weasley and their SEVeN kids who were all raised to hold the line in case anyone tried to start a genocidal regime again. They are so powerful and so dangerous to any attempted rise to power from the Death Eaters, and Lucius feels the need to try and marginalize and demonize them in order to decrease the threat they pose.

And boy was he right to be concerned, they are…unstoppable. Each and every one of them. You thought it was impressive that it took five Death Eaters to kill their uncles? Try having a couple Weasleys illegally on the airwaves, one destroying Voldemort’s Horcruxes, one protesting at Hogwarts, one running loose in the government, one housing escaped prisoners, and one getting foreign support!! More children than they can afford? Try more children than you can effectively stop!!

And then when they ALL show up to fight in the Battle of Hogwarts? What a trip for Lucius Malfoy! Hey bigots! Would you like to pick an opponent based on which Quidditch position they excel at, or do you wanna roll the dice and go with one of the brothers who got 12 OWLs? Those are your only two options because Weasleys are EVERYWHERE and the weak link is NO ONE. The fear that must have been in his heart when one or two of them was around every corner of the school taking down his DE pals…is so amazing to think about. Glorious. Iconic. Every Weasley has red hair, freckles, and a drive to destroy the concept of blood purity at all cost!!