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Great tip for anyone in need: you can easily keep dragons off your belongings with a trusty broom or a rolled-up newspaper :)

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Hot take: the movies ruined the Trio’s chemistry and relationship from the first scene on the Hogwarts Express. Or if not ruined, they were a warning rattle regarding Kloves’ bad habits. The following is a likely incomplete list of changes/omissions from this very important scene, divided by each of the three main characters:

- Book Harry does not buy the whole trolley, but only one of everything so he can try it all. He does not whip his money out in front of Ron, but makes his purchase in the corridor. Harry instantly tells Ron what little he knows about the night he got his scar and about how awful the Dursleys are, even sharing about how he also grew up with nothing but hand-me-downs, reassuring him that he does not look down on him for being poor. He relentlessly picks Ron’s brain on what to do in everyday life as a wizard. He even tries claiming that Ron’s spell worked slightly since “Scabbers’ whiskers are a bit lighter” to keep Ron from worrying about possibly not being a Gryffindor like his brothers and parents.

- Book Ron doesn’t even believe Harry is that Harry until he confirms it to him, he initially thinks the twins are putting him on (the twins help Harry put his trunk up and see his scar when he wipes his brow). He doesn’t cry out “Wicked!” when Harry shows his scar to him, he just stares at it, asks if he remembers anything and says “Wow”, then looks away in self conscious embarrassment. He spills all of his insecurity about being in his brothers’ shadows and his frustration at his poverty to Harry almost immediately. He is at first shocked, then impressed when Harry mentions Voldemort’s name. He reassures Harry that he’ll catch on quickly enough even though the Dursleys hid magic from him for all those years. He initially declines to share in Harry’s sweets until Harry insists that he does. He is not eating and talking with his mouth full when Hermione is with them. Ron is the one who tells Harry that Gringotts was robbed even before they arrive at Hogwarts. You know, like an actual citizen of the Wizarding World would! Ron starts educating Harry on Quidditch, well before McGonagall drafts him as a Seeker. After the (book-only) scuffle with Malfoy and his goons, he fills Harry in on how Lucius was Voldemort’s flunky. 

- Book Hermione abandons Neville when she sees Ron about to perform magic (fascinated by Ron already, Hermione?) and sits down across from him, making herself an equal when he tries the fake spell George told him on Scabbers, rather than standing in the doorway to look down on him. She gives a full paragraph-long, breathless speech to Harry and Ron about her fascination yet limited experience with magic before she even introduces herself. She does not sneer at Ron when he introduces himself to her does not give a haughty “Pleasure”, and he’s not stuffing his face while talking to her because he’s not a complete buffoon. Hermione does not recognize Harry on sight (she identifies him instantly in the movie, starting a VERY bad movie habit of Hermione knowing things she REALLY should not, no matter how many books she reads), but rather she chatters on about how she read all about him once he introduces himself. Hermione does NOT repair Harry’s glasses. She then gives another long, breathless, anxiety-fueled lecture on her preferred house before finally deciding to get back to Neville and his Trevor problem. She then returns to scold them about the Malfoy incident and properly annoy Ron for the first time.

So yes, one of the core foundations of Harry and Ron’s bond was glossed over. I mean, these two boys shared most of their deepest fears and hurts within minutes of meeting. 

Harry’s eagerness to even have a friend to share candy with was downplayed. Ron is almost depicted as a leech in the movies when in the books he is almost always extremely uncomfortable with accepting anything of monetary value from Harry, starting with the candy.

Ron’s decency and goodness are largely taken away and he is instead a silly, gluttonous, incompetent oaf. 

Hermione’s anxiety, rudeness and at times dreadful social skills are turned WAY down. They don’t even have poor Neville standing there abandoned because Hermione ditched him to observe the failed Yellow Rat spell and lecture Harry and Ron twice.  They only have her show her anxiety during the sorting ceremony when they have her talk to herself, which is ironic since in the book she LEAPS to the stool and jams the Hat on her head.

So, the warning signs were there from the beginning. The beautiful relationship and balance of the Trio, one of the very cores of the series, was torpedoed the very first time they met on screen.

Thanks for the submission. I totally agree

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I think when you’re evolving from being a people pleaser into someone with more boundaries it can feel so strange, because it’s hard to tell if you’re being mean or if you’re just listening to your own feelings for once, because you’re so used to only thinking about others first.

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Kawaii cats appreciation post ♡♡

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♡ Kittens appreciation post ♡

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i hate two boys 

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mood

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Source

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No truer statement exists. I knew of Amber from a few movies & collected pics of her since ‘07 because she was gorgeous, but I didn’t know who she really was until this year. Now I am in awe of her. It’s not often you find truly great people in this world. 💕

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...he got 7 of them

decided to redraw my first piece of tua art since we now know what the mummies looked like!

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i hope you are loved today. i hope someone treats you kindly. i hope life is gentle to you, i hope you know you are cared for, i hope you know you are loved. you are loved. you are so so loved. i hope you can feel the sun on your face today. i hope, for even the briefest moment, that it is easy. you are loved. i love you. i love you

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Malcolm in the Middle (2000–2006) The Umbrella Academy (2019 ─ ) Zombieland: Double Tap (2019) The Simpsons (1989 ─ )

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medusa sketch by james jean (2022)

#oh this looks so nice #I always wondered how she is going to braid her hair #does the snake change size and shape when she parts her hair in sections #makes sense since it is magic anyways