Someone tagged that Ron is seen as a coward because of the spider thing when its not true.But. lets be real guys. He’s seen as a coward because of the movies, it has absolutely nothing to do with his book self.
The Devil’s Snare thing is an infamous example- Book Ron was the one who yelled at Hermione to calm down, movie Ron literally could not stop screaming to save his life- Ron is repeatedly shown throughout the books to keep a level head under severe pressure better than Hermione and even Harry in a bunch of instances. Panicking a lot was HERMIONE’S flaw, not his (though Hermione got a LOT better at keeping calm under pressure by Deathly Hallows and I love that she grew so much.)
And how the spider thing was handled in the movies vs the books is another prime example. Ron’s fear of spiders was not treated as funny in the books.
I mean, Hermione laughed at him when he told them about it (because Hermione can be a HUGE JERK to Ron when she wants to which I wish people would remember) but he got annoyed about that and explained about Fred and George turning his teddy bear into a big spider while he was holding it when he was three, which I think would give ANYONE a lifelong phobia of spiders.
(Fred and George are actually probably WHY Ron is so chill with danger and high pressure situations like in addition to the spider thing 1. gave him an acid pop and burned a hole in his tongue 2. KILLED HIS PET by using it in Quidditch practice??? That’s just what I could remember off the top of my head? The poor kid had to be tough just get through being their little brother)
But the stuff with Ron and the Acromantulas, again, was not treated as comical in the books, Ron was not flailing around and screaming comically like in the movie, he was straight up catatonic with fear and on the verge of throwing up but kept going anyway because he wanted to stop the thing that hurt Hermione. (Actually iirc he DID throw up the second they got out of the forest it was Not a Good Time for him).
The fact this was his motivation was very emphasized in the books, with him looking over at her empty seat when Harry said “we gotta follow the spiders” and then agreeing despite clearly being scared out of his mind. He faced what is literally his worst fear out of love for his friend.
Rupert Grint’s comic acting is really good, don’t get me wrong, but the way the movie treated Ron’s phobia as a joke robbed us of a pretty powerful character moment, and well, the movies just kept on doing that. Movie Ron panics comically all the time, so people see Ron as a coward. If just the books existed, i don’t think anyone would ever be under that impression.
Yeah I just checked (I finally have some books on hand) and Ron DID throw up really severely the second they were out of the spiders nest the exact wording is “Harry found Ron being violently sick in [Hagrid’s] pumpkin patch.” Like he apparently HELD IT IN until they were safe which is extremely impressive.
And then he collapsed into bed without taking his clothes off afterwards. RON WENT THROUGH A LOT THAT NIGHT, LET’S APPRECIATE THAT.
Ya boi just took some asshole for a ride. Some schmuck called me from a (spoofed) DC number with some cockamamie story about how he’s with the Federal Government and they’ve randomly selected me to receive a $7000 grant, oh and I’ll have to go pick it up at any of several chain grocery stores. Keeps using these “check-in” phrases that are meant to prompt you to say yes.
But see, joke’s on him: I’ve heard of this scam, and I don’t talk like most people. When I answer the phone and someone asks for me by name, I say “Speaking,” not “Yes.” So every single time this assclown tried to get me to say “Yes” I’d say something like “Understood” or “Go on.”
You see, the scam is, they trick you into saying “Yes,” and bonus if they can get you to repeat numbers (esp. 0-9) and/or “I agree.” What these low-lives do is record your voice and then use the sound bytes to make fraudulent charges in your name.
So fuck this guy right off the bat.
The more I dicked him around, the more frequently he started trying to goad me into saying the y-word. The funniest part came when he was going to “give me a confirmation number.”
Him: The confirmation is seven, one, three…
And he just STOPS. The “three” was pitched up to indicate there’d be more. I wait. He waits. I say, “Go on.”
And this bitch goes, “Yes, the confirmation number is seven, one, three…”
And he STOPS AGAIN. I wait. He waits. I say, “Go on,” again.
And he STARTS! OVER! AGAIN! He did this TWO MORE TIMES before giving me the “full confirmation number” and a “number to call,” which together JUST HAPPEN to include all ten digits, 0 through 9.
This entire time I haven’t said a single word that could be construed as agreement. So he asks me to repeat the numbers back to him. I decide I’ve had enough at that point. I tell him to get a better job, hang up, and block the number.
Another “DC” number immediately calls me. I reject & block it.
And then I filed a report with the Federal Trade Commission. :3
BE WARY. Get yourself on the National Do Not Call Registry. If a number you don’t recognize calls you, DON’T REPLY “YES” OR ANY OTHER GENERIC AFFIRMATIVE TO ANYTHING THEY SAY OR ASK.
The original scam is a robocall that starts off with “Can you hear me?” The most correct response is to hang up and report it to the FTC. The second best is “I can hear you,” if you’re not sure or if you forget. But get into the habit of using responses other than “Yes” on the phone. These fuckers are everywhere.
It gets worse, OP. Your voice can be spliced to sound like you agreed to something. You may have given them enough to do that with. Like those Microsoft Windows people that call and want your ‘important numbers off your computer’ I talked to them for far too long and only found out after the fact that they could make fraudulent charges just by splicing some of your words together. They were after something different, but it amounts to the same thing in the end. Also there’s the common ‘press 1′ people as well. It’s best to just hang up. The Attorney General says to get an answering machine and they can’t really do anything about them because they’re constantly spoofing numbers. Neither can the phone company, and they Charge You Money for reporting them!
Oof. Reblogging for additional warnings. I’ve already made my report to the FTC, so I’ll just be keeping a close eye on my finances for a while. (Like I’m not already given my situation.)
I’m trying not to be annoyed by this
but I’m annoyed
I understand that this is tunglr dot hell and people love to make up wild shit but llllllook boys girls and others this literally happened to me, personally, exactly as I described it. Here’s the screenshot of the two “DC” numbers that called me—the one I answered at 12:35, dicked around, and hung up on, and the one that called me immediately after which I rejected.
On reflection I do partway suspect that it might have just been the fake grant scam, but I still gotta say, super fucking fishy that he kept trying so very hard to get me to say yes and repeat numbers.
Does necromancy only work on animals? What do you do if you accidentally necromancy a fence and then it starts growing branches?
WHAT DO YOU DO IF YOU NECROMANCY A BOTTLE OF SHAMPOO AND IT TURNS INTO AN ENTIRE PILE OF LIMES?
What if I accidentally necromancy a vaccine and then someone gets an armful of very live pathogen?
WHAT’S THE LIMIT ON DEADNESS? HOW RECENTLY DOES SOMETHING HAVE TO BE DEAD? COULD I NECROMANCY A DINOSAUR FOSSIL? WHAT IF I NECROMANCIED THE GROUND AND THEN DINOSAURS STARTED APPEARING?
WHAT IF I NECROMANCIED A LIMESTONE WALL AND IT JUST TURNED INTO A PILE OF MOLLUSCS? WHAT IF I MOLLUSCED A BUILDING? A MOUNTAIN?
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