Ron Weasley offered the stranger sitting next to him on the train half his sandwich, even though it was all he had.

Ron Weasley sacrificed himself for the good of Harry and Hermione at age eleven, because even then he thought they were more important than he was, and the ones worth saving.

Ron Weasley was Harry Potter’s first friend, and the first thing Harry ever had resembling a family. 

Ron Weasley lived in a cramped house, and wore hand me down robes, and he didn’t even think twice about offering his room and food and family to Harry every break, he offered him every thing he could and gave him everything he had.

Ron Weasley took care of Harry Potter and Hermione Granger when they were too busy taking care of the rest of the world to worry about themselves. 

Ron Weasley stood on broken bones when he was thirteen years old, to tell a man infamous for murder that if he planned on killing his best mate, he would have to go through him first.

Ron Weasley was the person Harry would miss most in the world.

Ron Weasley was a pureblood wizard who, from a very young age, devoted his life to abolishing blood status, even if he didn’t quite understand his own privilege. 

Ron Weasley’s greatest fears and insecurities were tied up in his two best friends seeing him the way he saw himself. They were tied up in the idea, imbedded deeply in Ron Weasley, that he was somehow inferior.  

Ron Weasley gave Dobby his own clothes and socks to be buried in, because he understood how important it would have been to him.

Ron Weasley thought about saving the house elves when everyone else forgot. 

If you don’t love Ron Weasley, The Boy Who Cared, I don’t know what books you read but they weren’t the same ones I did.

Draco Malfoy in the books

If you didn’t read the books you wouldn’t know…

If you didn’t read the books you wouldn’t know that Draco is the most annoyingly smart and artistic little shit you’ve ever heard of. 

you also wouldn’t know that Harry was the only seeker who could beat him. That he suffered from quite severe depression in book five. Quit Quidditch, stopped seeing his friends. He was depressed to the point of looking physically sick. That when he confronted Dumbledore he said he had to kill Dumbledore because Voldemort had his family. Not because he was concerned for himself. You wouldn’t know that he was the only person able to find a way into Hogwarts passed Dumbledores protection spells.

you guys also miss out on the fact that Draco brilliantly sneaks some polyjuice potion from a potions lesson so that he can transform Crabbe and Goyle into different girls all the time so that no one suspected they were up to anything while the two of them guarded the area outside of the room of requirement for Draco.

you guys don’t get to see how his “big bad slytherin buddies” actually tried to calm him down on the train when he was obviously anxious about the whole Voldemort thing. he even calmly laid in Pansy’s lap while she played with his hair.

you guys don’t know about Draco going to visit moaning Myrtle in her bathroom and how she admits that he opens up to her and how he’s sensitive and cries pretty often. and the whole fact that they’re friends.

you guys even miss out on the fact that Draco and Harry meet before they introduce themselves in the handshake scene while they’re being fitted for school robes in Diagon Alley, and Draco has a full conversation with Harry without even knowing who he is.

i don’t think you even get a glimpse of the fact that Draco always receives letters and packages of sweets and stuff from home while he’s away at school.

i also can’t stand the fact that they removed THIS SCENE and basically added the total opposite. how are you going to delete the best character development for Draco, and just make him weak? standing next to his fellow classmates and refusing to cross the courtyard when his family calls him, yelling “Potter!” when he realizes that Harry is actually alive and running towards him and throwing him a wand!! it’s the strongest, ballsiest, audience-mind-changingly scene possible, and they just throw it all away.

((sorry i’m just really salty about how he was portrayed in the movies ok))

I’m internally screaming because this is everything that needs to be known by all of those haven’t read the books and have the bALLS TO SAY THE MOVIES ARE BETTER

Draco Malfoy in the books

If you didn’t read the books you wouldn’t know…

If you didn’t read the books you wouldn’t know that Draco is the most annoyingly smart and artistic little shit you’ve ever heard of. 

Their first kiss happens in the eighth year common room. Surrounded by their classmates, an empty bottle in the middle of the room points at Draco. Hermione gives Harry a knowing look, a small smile gracing her face as she starts chanting, “Kiss! Kiss! Kiss!” Harry turns bright red, and Draco sneers, “Scared, Potter?” And Harry is, but he won’t admit it. He grabs Draco’s tie and crashes their lips together. They’re too drunk to be graceful; they waited too long to be patient. But time seems to slow as they melt into each other.

Their first kiss happens in the Astronomy Tower. Draco is crying, thinking about the war and the decisions he made. The Dark Mark on his arm is a constant reminder that he wasn’t strong enough – wasn’t brave enough. Harry checks the Marauder’s Map in his dorm and decides that Draco should never be in the tower alone, so he sneaks out of bed to meet him. Harry sits down next to Draco and with only the light of the stars to see, he takes Draco’s arm and kisses the Dark Mark, then he kisses Draco on the lips. Soft and slow, he wants to show Draco that he loves every part of him, every piece that’s made him who he is.

Their first kiss happens on the Quidditch pitch. Draco cheated, he must have, and Harry goes over to confront him about it. One of them throws a punch and they end up tangled on the ground. Both teams are yelling for a fight, egging them on, but when Harry ends up on top of Draco, their lips connect instead of their fists.

Their first kiss happens on the couch of their shared flat. Draco finally admits he’s been in love with Harry for years, but didn’t want to risk the friendship they had so carefully built since leaving Hogwarts. He didn’t want to make Harry uncomfortable; after all, they live together, eat together, work together and even share ownership of a temperamental cat. Harry just laughs, “I’m in love with you too, you git.” Draco kisses him, putting years worth of pent-up longing into one moment.

Their first kiss happens in a Muggle club. It’s dirty, filthy, the kiss is just the means to an end. They aren’t expecting to find each other there, but after drinking too much (or just enough), their lips – and their hips – collide and neither man can get enough. Harry breaks the kiss, “My place or yours?” They go into a dark corner and Apparate away, with more plans for their mouths by the time the night is through.

Their first kiss happens on the front steps of Malfoy Manor. Harry brings Draco his wand after speaking at his trial, “This is yours; thank you.” And this time, Draco won’t let him walk away. Harry turns to leave and Draco grabs his arm, turns him back and kisses him. Desperate, Draco refuses to let Harry leave without showing Harry how he feels. How he’s always felt.

(Inspired by this post because it’s a lovely idea.)