Rise Up, Oh Heart, For There is Another Battle to Win

fayemorgana:

teacupsandcyanide:

do you think after Ron and Hermione got out of the trapdoor and raised the alarm and were being patched up in the hospital wing

do you think they were given the most royal proud mama smackdown by McGonagall like “ how DARE you infiltrate a death maze you are ELEVEN and miss granger how on earth did you solve my chessboard i”

and hermione interjected like “oh professor it wasn’t me. i’m useless at chess. it was ron.”

and McGonagall turned to look at Ron Weasley in total amazement at this 11 yr old kid who had been pretty ordinary in all her classes but had apparently beaten her in death chess and he just shrugged like “rookie mistakes, professor. you made some rookie mistakes.”

#AND THIS WAS THE DAY MCGONAGALL LEARNED NOT TO UNDERESTIMATE RON WEASLEY#AND HE NEVER GOT A BREAK FROM HER EVER AGAIN#‘you beat me in death chess i’m sure you can handle transfiguring an owl into a spoon mr weasley’#ron weasley#‘damnit i should have just let myself be killed in there she’s making me LEARN THINGS’ (via alchemistc)

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otterandterrier:

thefellowshipofthedragonmark:

coyotelaughingsoftly:

vondrakenhof:

Let’s talk about the battle in the Department of Mysteries for a sec. So after the group gets split up, Harry, Hermione and Neville go one way and Ron, Ginny and Luna the other. The next time we see the latter group Ginny’s ankle is busted and Ron’s brain is addled. Luna says that the Death Eaters blew up a planet in the planetarium and hit Ron with some sort of hex.

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.

I don’t know, I just think about this a lot.

Ron is a strategist, and has already shown a willingness to take the hit for the team and be left behind. In any group, I think that’s just his default position; take the hit, buy more time for others to escape. He’s well aware that realistically, someone is going to be hurt. In this case, Luna is creative and smart enough to come up with something out of left field to throw the enemy off. Ginny is small, but she’s an athletic powerhouse who can throw strong hexes. If it comes down to a crunch, Ron knows that the two of them can fight their way out, and he can increase their odds by at least holding off the wave behind them.

Honestly, this is such an important point.

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.

And when it comes down to it, he never hesitates.

And don’t forget DH:

“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 —”

Where do people who claim Ron is a coward who hides behind his friends get their bullshit from?

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rebeccacrane:

do you ever think about how ron is constantly aware that everyone is such a huge fan of harry potter and he feels so forgotten 

but like harry potter is ron weasley’s biggest fan he literally loves him sO MUCH like ron isn’t like super aware of it but one of the most famous guys in the wizarding world thinks he’s the most important person i’m emotional pls excuse me

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fireylights:

nudityandnerdery:

wheeloffortune-design:

sea-goblin:

jaslco:

do u ever just think about the fact that molly weasley saw HARRY POTTER, the boy who defeated voldemort, and went “i’m gonna knit this kid a christmas sweater”

what i love thinking about is

in the book ron says he told his mum that harry wasn’t expecting any christmas presents and that’s why she sent him them

and knowing ron can be a bit scatty/oblivious he probably didn’t mention it til like two days before christmas

so i just like to think of molly sitting up all night knitting harry his sweater and baking him homemade fudge or whatever because she’d be damned if she’d let harry go present-less at christmas

Or maybe Harry is just as dismissive. Like, Ron is dreaming aloud of him mom’s homemade fudge and asks Harry what he wants and Harry shrugs “the Dursley never give me anything, last year I got a half-used eraser” and Ron is like 0_0  because what, no one is going to give a gift to his new best friend? So he takes poor Errol telling Percy it’s an emergency and Percy’s like no! and Ron’s like HARRY NEVER GETS CHRISTMAS GIFTS YOU GIT and Percy’s like Oh. Ok. Write mom. And Ron’s letter is mainly MOM HARRY NEVER GETS CHRISTMAS GIFTS FROM HIS MUGGLES WHAT DO I DO and then it’s December 23 at night and Arthur is ready to go to bed and sees his wife get the yarn and the knitting needles out again and Honey I thought you were done? Did we get another child while I was at work? YES, she answers, furious. Ron’s new friend, little Harry. If I get this done by tomorrow morning I can make a batch of fudge and send Errol back with it. And that’s when Arthur Weasley realized they did get another kid when he wasn’t looking but, honestly, once you went past the five kids mark you stopped counting.

“ Did we get another child while I was at work?”
“YES”

YES

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stuckwith-harry:

wildegreenlight:

stuckwith-harry:

“ron and hermione wouldn’t work out they’re too different”

which is exactly wHY THEY WORK OUT FOR FUCK’S SAKE

they’re not just 'opposites attract’ all right

• they
  
• balance
  
• each
  
• other
  
• out
  

are we clear

They do balance each other out, but they are also VERY MUCH ALIKE.

1) They are both battle their insecurities. They sometimes do that in different ways. Hermione’s constant study is fueled by her fearful desire that she “hope(s) will be enough”. Ron takes a different route feeling that no matter how hard he were to work that he will never best his siblings.

2) They both are fiercely loyal. What other two friends would have stuck by Harry to the bitter end? We seem them both stand up to others for Harry, for each other, and for people they care about. Even after feeling that Hermione dismissed his feelings over Scabbers, Ron is “snapped out of it” by worrying about Hagrid and Buckbeak’s fate (not to mention his standing up to a lunatic shape-shifting mass murderer on a broken leg to try and save his friend). Even when Hermione is distraught over Lavender she does not even consider wounding Ron with the information that she confunded McLaggen.

3) They are both passionate. They disagree; they bicker; they fume, but that is part of who they are. They challenge each other. They don’t back down, and I for one, think that they love that about each other. Hermione would never want a partner that patronized her or treated her like she could not handle herself. Ron would be miserable with a woman that couldn’t think for herself or who only agreed with everything he said.

4) They are both intelligent. Not only is Ron intelligent he may be even more naturally so than Hermione (hear me out before you automatically dismiss this idea).Hermione does have natural intelligence, but she does so well in large part because SHE WORKS SO DILIGENTLY!! She reads all of her books BEFORE starting Hogwarts because she wants to be successful. Her top marks are a result of her work ethic.Ron’s intelligence is more instinctual. He does not work as hard as Hermione (perhaps in part because he fells that he cannot impress anyone because his older brothers did it all before him;perhaps he is just an adolescent boy)

I love these two as much as they love each other!! When you read the books carefully it is obvious that are perfectly suited. Movie adaptations and sensationalized soundbites have rocked this ship, but they will never sink it!

Yes !! Excellent addition to my post. Yes. I love this a lot.

Originally posted by mothertortoise

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teawithpotter:

yarrayora:

darlinghogwarts:

The sorting hat didn’t listen to Harry, and yelled for everyone to hear, “Slytherin!”.

Seeing Harry’s distress, Ron Weasley’s eyes narrowed in determination. Minutes later, as Ron’s name was called by Minerva McGonagall, and as the sorting hat was lowered onto his head, all of the Hogwarts residents knew without a doubt what the sorting hat was going to say.

Imagine their surprise when the sorting hat instead said with resignation in his tone “Slytherin”

• RON BEING OUT OF HIS BROTHERS’ SHADOW
  
• EVEN THEN HIS FAMILY STILL LOVE HIM ALBEIT BEING A LITTLE DISAPPOINTED
• RON AND HARRY CALLING OUT ON SNAPE’S UNFAIRNESS
• THEY BOTH DEFENDED THE MEEK GRYFFINDOR NEVILLE
• STILL BEST FRIEND FOREVER WITH GRYFFINDOR HERMIONE
• SLYTHERIN RECOGNIZES HIS TALENT AS A CHESSMASTER AND TRY TO TEACH HIM HOW TO APPLY IT IN REAL LIFE
• SLYTHERIN RON

Yasssss

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fayemorgana:

teacupsandcyanide:

do you think after Ron and Hermione got out of the trapdoor and raised the alarm and were being patched up in the hospital wing

do you think they were given the most royal proud mama smackdown by McGonagall like “ how DARE you infiltrate a death maze you are ELEVEN and miss granger how on earth did you solve my chessboard i”

and hermione interjected like “oh professor it wasn’t me. i’m useless at chess. it was ron.”

and McGonagall turned to look at Ron Weasley in total amazement at this 11 yr old kid who had been pretty ordinary in all her classes but had apparently beaten her in death chess and he just shrugged like “rookie mistakes, professor. you made some rookie mistakes.”

#AND THIS WAS THE DAY MCGONAGALL LEARNED NOT TO UNDERESTIMATE RON WEASLEY#AND HE NEVER GOT A BREAK FROM HER EVER AGAIN#‘you beat me in death chess i’m sure you can handle transfiguring an owl into a spoon mr weasley’#ron weasley#‘damnit i should have just let myself be killed in there she’s making me LEARN THINGS’ (via alchemistc)

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curttu:

In Chamber of Secrets when Harry confesses not knowing what floo powder is, Ron’s immediate reaction is “Sorry, Harry, I should’ve realized”. As in him, Ron, should’ve remembered that Harry’s life is different from his own. No “you should’ve told me!” or “Why didn’t you say anything?” The first thing out of his mouth is to assure Harry that he, Ron, is to blame here, not Harry for not knowing a thing that’s everyday and ordinary to Weasleys.

Ron is an awesome friend.

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bookstookthenerdsalive:

queenofklutzes:

Ron Weasley with pure white scars in abstract swirls covering the entirety of his arms. 

Ron Weasley keeping the deluminator close by at all times, still on alert and paranoid that his loved ones will need him when he’s not there. 

Ron Weasley working in WWW with George for a year because while he isn’t yet ready to go back Hogwarts and face the translucent faces of his classmates and the grave stones, and the great hall where the images of blood and bodies are burned into his eyelids he won’t follow Harry into auror training despite its comparative ease because he’s seen enough of violence to last several lifetimes. 

Ron Weasley waking up in the middle of the drenched in sweat screaming “DON’T YOU DARE TOUCH HER”, “HERMIONE, HARRY”, I’M SORRY”, “GOD DAMN IT LET ME IN”, “HARRY NO”, “FRED WATCH OUT” and the like. 

Ron Weasley going to every single one of Ginny’s matches during her first year on the Harpies.

Ron Weasley becoming a healer, knowing full well it means going back to school, because he’s lived his life tending for and saving the lives of the people he loves so he might as well do it for others ass well. 

Ron Weasley blaming himself for Harry’s death when he’s lying limp in Hagrid’s arms and always checking to be sure he’s breathing when he falls asleep on their couch. 

Ron Weasley moving out of the burrow and into muggle London to share a flat with his best mates. 

Ron Weasley forgiving Draco Malfoy because he was once a scared young boy determined to do anything to protect his family and recognizes that Draco was too, his just fell on the opposite side of the war. 

Ron Weasley going back to the burrow every week or so to help his mum get rid of the garden gnomes.

Ron Weasley learning how to drive a muggle car on the ground for the first time and hating pedestrians.  

Ron Weasley holding his children close and watching muggle cartoons with their grandfather.

Ron Weasley playing keeper in family tournaments alongside his best friend and children.

Ron Weasley

I’m not crying, you’re crying.

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