Harry hesitated, but after all, Ron had been honest with him, so he told Ron the truth…
one of my absolute favorite bits from the hp books that never made it into the movies. though admittedly, the ootp movie had to rly condense a lot. i think the relationship between harry and ron is super underrated/overlooked – there’s so much love, trust, and support between them in this scene.
Tag: ron weasley is shaped like a friend
Casual reminder that in the books, ordinary wizard chess isn’t shown to involve any destruction of the pieces at all.
“Ron also started teaching Harry wizard chess. This was exactly like Muggle chess except that the figures were alive, which made it a lot like directing troops in battle.”
Casual reminder that this means that when Ron Weasley battled and beat McGonagall’s giant chess set, he was dealing with stakes he had never witnessed before.“Their first real shock came when their other knight was taken. The white queen smashed him to the floor and dragged him off the board, where he lay quite still, face down.
‘Had to let that happen,’ said Ron, looking shaken.”
Casual reminder that not only did he win in this high-stake situation, Ron Weasley still let himself be taken by that same white queen to do so, even though this particular chess game was far, far bigger and more dangerous than any he had ever prepared himself for.
“He stepped forward and the white queen pounced. She struck Ron hard around the head with her stone arm and he crashed to the floor – Hermione screamed but stayed on her square – the white queen dragged Ron to one side. He looked as if he’d been knocked out.”
Casual reminder that Ron Weasley, even at the tender age of twelve, was intelligent, courageous, wise and goddamn awesome.
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