What are some or your favorite Ron moments from the books that didn't make it in to the movies?!

Ginny is made to be dull, Ron is made to be pretty useless, Charlie is excised. What did the scriptwriters have against the Weasleys?

Rupert Grint did what he could with a script that absolutely destroyed his character, and I have a lot of respect for him for THAT impossible rescue operation. His facial expressions are iconic. But yes, a video like this was very much needed. The movies murdered him, so much of the character bashing I see in the fandom is the movies' fault.

The dichotomy of Ron and Hermione in the books was that Hermione, being a Muggle-born witch, was all book-smarts, no culture. Ron, having been raised in a magic family, was all culture, no book-smarts. They were meant to fill in both perspectives.

Let's not forget about the horrible line Ron has in Deathly Hallows where he says to Harry "Your parents are dead, you have no family" Book Ron would NEVER.

You forgot the most unbelievable one: "Fear of a name only increases fear of the thing itself."--Hermione Granger, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (movie) "Call him Voldemort, Harry. Always use the proper name for things. Fear of a name increases fear of the thing itself."--Albus Dumbledore, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (book)

It's like they thought "Hermoine is smart" meant "Hermoine is omniscient". Apparently, they didn't understand that you can't learn everything just by reading history books.

Ron in the books is gold. In one of Snape’s defence classes, he defends Harry by saying: “Well, what Harry said is the most useful if we’re trying to tell them apart!” said Ron. “When we come face-to-face with one down a dark alley, we’re going to be having a shufti to see if it’s solid, aren’t we, we’re not going to be asking, ‘Excuse me, are you the imprint of a departed soul?’ ” Divination Ron is incredible, too. "Aaaaah," said Ron, imitating Professor Trelawney's mystical whisper, "when two neptunes appear in the sky, it is a sure sign that a midget in glasses is being born, Harry..." “Well, we were always going to fail that one,” said Ron gloomily as they ascended the marble staircase. He had just made Harry feel rather better by telling him how he told the examiner in detail about the ugly man with a wart on his nose in his crystal ball, only to look up and realize he had been describing his examiner’s reflection.

Also Ron’s insecurities in book 7 were also increased by him being injured and basically had to be cared for the entire time, making him probably feel like a burden. Also he was genuinely hurt when Harry didn’t show any care for Ginny going into the Forbidden Forest, which literally has his greatest fear. This is the trigger for the argument which is very different from the movies. Harry using words like ‘Mummy’ rather than ‘mum’ to insult Ron and he told Ron to leave 3 times before he actually left. While in the movie Ron literally insults Harry for being an orphan and says he doesn’t view him as family. It also leads to violence, which is another extreme, not in the books.

One thing you forgot about Ron in the Chamber: In the books, he is the one remembering Tom Riddles name and thus making Harry figures things out. But in the movie, this is only a deleted scene

You missed a huge point in Deathly Hallows. When Ron can state that he knows Beetle the Bard it's a wonderful moment to shine for him and it illustrates the different kinds of knowledge the three have. Ron knows general wizard stuff while Hermione and Harry don't and that's why he's such an important member of their gang. In the movies, Ron cracks a half-hearted joke and Harry and Hermione look at him very annoyed. Also when the Tale of the three brothers is read by Hermione it's a case where book Ron is comic relief. In the movies he gets death stares as if he's just an annoying idiot who happens to be in the same room.

In the movie when Ron said "You don’t know about family, because you don't have one" made me audibly gasp in the theater because in the book, Ron would have NEVER said that because even with the horocrux on, Ron always saw Harry as family.

Worth noting that Hermione doesn't just get Ron's clever moments. She steals ideas and lines that were Harry's and even Dumbledore's at different points. They just decided all intelligent things, even the mild ones, had to go to the "smart" character.

AMEN. There are things that have always made me ask "HOW would Hermione know this about Wizarding World culture?" Not everything is in a textbook!

Strangely, giving Hermione more feats early took away from any character growth throughout the series. In the movies she is always the calm, smart, talented wizard with a solution. In the books, while she is incredibly knowledgeable and talented, she struggles under pressure. You see that in her interactions with the Devil Snare and the troll but also in her extreme anxiety about exams. As the stories go on though she learns how to fight through he fears/anxiety in order to do what is needed to be done.

It's an outrage that Ron's best moments from the books where either omitted from the films or given to Hermione just because she's the smart one.

The “are you a witch or not!” line is one of my favorites. I was deeply disappointed it was cut from the movie!!

One thing that really bothers me about the switching of so many of Ron's cool moments to be Hermione's cool moments in the books is something I've really only been able to put into concise wording recently; that is also weakens Hermione as a character, and that's frustrating. Like, in the books, Hermione has this habit of freezing; she's anxious and scared and when she's right in the thick of it, she can't focus on her know-how, so often, Ron is the one who tells her, firmly but kindly, to get her head back in the game, and that she can do this. The weakening to Ron's character has been discussed ad nauseum in this video and others like it, but I think it also weakens Hermione, albeit less, because characters being flawed is a good thing. It makes them more human and relatable, not just paragons of good that never falter, and Hermione panicking is an example of that. Furthermore, it really adds to Hermione and Ron's friendship and eventual romance, because no relationship of any kind should ever be one-sided; while she is definitely the smarter of the two, at least in terms of book smarts and facts, he grounds her and calms her down, and that's really nice, and really frustrating that they left it out. Ron and Hermione's relationship, even in the books, isn't my absolute favourite, but at least they feel like friends in the books who actually get along most of the time; their bickering is a part of them, and they like doing it, despite what Harry might think. In the movies, Harry and Hermione feel like besties, and Hermione only puts up with Ron because Harry owes him one or something like that, and she kind of dislikes him and thinks him an oaf

I was always bummed that the movies never explained that Fleur was part Veela and thats why Ron was all head over heels for her. It was her special magic. But in the movies he just looks like a sad nerdy kid.

Not only did the movies fail Ron Weasley, but the movies also failed Rupert Grint. I'm sure when Rupert auditioned for the role, he was not expecting Ron to become more and more of a joke (or pointless).

There is also the scene in book five where Percy writes him an obnoxious letter congratulating him on becoming a prefect and warning him that to move up in life he has to dump Harry, who the Ministry is currently smearing. Harry thinks that of course Ron's gonna choose his brother, but Ron furiously tears up the letter and throws it into the fire. I get why they removed the Percy stuff as it wasn't necessary to the plot, but that was one of Ron's best moments especially since Harry had been rejected earlier by Seamus. They could have still worked it in somehow.

Before the movies, Ron was far and away the most popular character within the Harry Potter fandom. Nowadays, people legitimately ask if his entire presence in the story is pointless - a question you would _never_ ask if you've read the books.

I’ve been saying this for ages, the movies made Ron out to be like a bad friend a lot and defiantly exaggerated a lot of things

Here's a theory question. We're the Weasleys actually poor, or just really bad at money management? They blew the entire 700 galleons on a single trip to Egypt. Ron got his brother's hand me down wand because they supposedly couldn't afford to get him a new one. But, they actually could. The whole reason Ron got Scabbers is they decided to reward Percy for being made a prefect. They bought him a new owl, but also three new sets of school robes. If they'd left the robes off the reward, Ron could have had a proper wand. So, were they really poor, or just extremely poor at planning out their spending?

I never understood why people said Harry and Hermione should be together. Then I watched the movies. And I was like oohhh I see it now.

The director straight up admitted Hermione was his favorite character, and thought Ron was too popular, so he minimized Ron, maximized Hermione

Ron was a lot more proactive in the original novels, with many of his moments of insight being given to Hermione instead. They turned him into the Comic Relief who is obsessed with eating.

The character of Ron in the books had a very solid purpose to explain to the reader life in the magical world by explaining things to The two who were raised by muggles. Ron was the kind of best friend most people can only dram about having. He gave Christmas at home with his family to be with Harry. He risked his mother’s wrath to recuse Harry when he didn’t write to him. He was willing to die for Harry more than once, fighting a troll, going after the stone, standing up to Sirius and biggest of all for a kid facing his greatest fear SPIDERS! All by the age of 13! 13! Plus a lot more in the later years. He knew helping Harry could get him killed. He actually knew this better than Harry did. He grew up knowing Voldemort killed his uncles. He grew up seeing what a dark wizard could do, something Harry only knew about from the loss of his parents when he was too young to remember. Ron grew up seeing that stuff every day with his dad working at the ministry. I have had a broken ankle and walked on it. Just thinking about it still makes me nauseous and that was decades ago. It did permanent damage to my ankle, so I FELT it when Ron stood up to protect Harry in the books.

Imagine a world where the movies where written by an actual writer, and not an Harmione shipper.

I feel so bad for Rupert and Bonnie. They did the best with what they were given

100% agree. Ron deserved so much better. They didn't even go over what he did for Buckbeak in Prisoner of Azkaban!

I've always thought the books were a little unfair to Ron as well. Book one set up a great dynamic. Harry is the man of action, but doesn't really know what to take action on. Hermine is brilliant, but doesn't always know how to apply her knowledge all the time. Ron is a strategist, beating them at chess and (subtly) pointing their talents. That is never really followed up on. Imagine this exchange added to the Battle of Hogwarts. Prof McG: "Mr. Wesley, take your brothers and defend the north tower." Ron: "What, why me?" Prof McG: "Because I need a thinker there. Go check their King!" Bill: "Yea, just tell us what to do Ron." That would have been a payoff for the ages!

They really missed how hard it hot Harry in goblet when he and Ron wasn't talking. In the movie he gets a bit sad, but in the books he basically goes down with depressipn over night. He gets sad sure, but he also gets irritable, devolps a blockade against summoning charms and even considers leaving Hogwarts

If I were to define the Trio by EXTREMEMLY basic terminology, then I would say, Harry is Street Smart, Hermione is Book Smart, and Ron is People Smart (and ww street smart). But that's why he was so amazing in the books. Because he was the Best friend, the strategist, and the Guide Through The Wizarding world. Most of the WW Exposition that Hermione gives in the movies, are actually said by Ron in the books; because he's lived there his whole life

Could you do this for all of the characters the movies got wrong like Ginny?

Well Steve Kloves the script writer for all HP movies said in an interview that his favourite character was Hermione. That explains why Hermione was given many of Ron's dialogues. The writer was playing favourites.

The biggest one for me was SPEW. Ron coming around to Hermione's point of view and sticking up for elves and showing her that he understands why she was right about this is a huge part of why Ron and Hermione make sense as a couple in the end.

Literally so much of who Ron is was left in the books and/or given to Hermione. I also applaud Rupert Grint for doing all he could given a script that undermined who Ron Weasley truly was.

So totally agree. The films weren't great to Ron at all. And while Hermione's booksmart, Ron was wizard street smart and the soul of friendship. Like in the book, Harry admits missing Ron whenever they weren't together and he was literally just studying with Hermione in the library. Never understood why they hyped up the love triangle and the way they did it was weird and creepy.

Gotta mention in Deathly hallows when Ron is leaving, in the movies he tells harry that "Your parents are dead, You have no family" When it is constantly stated from book 1 onward how much Harry has been essentially adopted as another Weasley and how they are his family in the magical world

Ron getting the dress in Goblet will forever be the funniest scene in both the books and movies. I love the addition in the movie of McGonagall seeing it. Maggie Smith nailed that scene.

People have this idea that the only thing Ron and Hermione have in common is that they’re friends with Harry, like they’re friendship revolves around Harry, but in the books I found it’s the other way around and what Hermione and Harry have in common with each other is that they’re both friends with Ron and the Weasleys. He really was the glue that kept the trio together.

THANK YOU. Ron is my favorite character in the whole series and it hurt so much to watch this horrible version of him. I read the books every few years so remind myself why I love him so much because after watching the movies so often, you kind of forget! The worst for me is when he’s not screaming Hermione’s name at Malfoy Manor. That scene is so heartbreaking and they reduced it to absolute nothing.

One thing I really like that the movies did with Ron is when he convinces Harry to stay at the Burrow in Deathly hallows part 1. "Tonight's not the night mate. You'd only be doing him a favor." Makes me emotional every time.

I love that this video exists. The movies really did do Ron SO DIRTY. I also love that you specifcially mentioned DH2 when Harry is about to go to the Forbidden Forest. I've always been so mad that Ron didn't hug Harry before he left. I was like "THAT IS YOUR BEST FRIEND!!"

Another big thing is that hermiones flaw of being incapable of admitting she’s wrong, which is not shown in the movie. This is shown by how she can’t just apologise over a lost pet and didn’t even make an effort to stop crookshanks. I know it’s technically Peter but hermione didn’t know that and was acting like a pretty selfish and lousy. In the movie it’s barely mentioned and Ron just whines, making him look whiny, which isn’t the case as he’s justified in this scenario as next year will show his flaws in the Yule ball and Ron admits that all he wants is an apology and not just trying to be rude.

This is why I always thought they should have made this into an animated series. If they had someone who was faithful to the books it could have been absolutely amazing!

I've been saying this since the 2nd movie. Rupert is a fantastic actor yet the screenwriter and editor did that to Ron's character. Not only did the limit his character arc, they gave all his lines and best characteristics to Hermione.

Exactly! Ron helped Harry figure out where the Chamber was and that Moaning Myrtle was killed by the basilisk, tho' he earlier mentions in a tossed off comment that maybe Voldemort killed her. He was the person Harry confided in first, if I'm remembering correctly, especially in OP when he spots the "I must not tell lies" wound on Harry's hand and asks him about it and tells him to report it. Ron does have humor of his own, in opposition to the comic relief of the movies, as in his celebratory comment about dropping Divination when he says something about not worrying even if the tea leaves read "Die Ron die" (don't have the book at hand).

Yes! Can we have one for Ginny too? They made her such a vapid insignificant character.

The one thing that reaaaally bothers me in DH movie is when Ron says “Your parents are dead, you have no family.” Which is just so unnecessarily cruel. In the book it’s Harry who says it, or at least something similar

Rupert grint did a great job playing Ron. I agree that it is the scripts that ruined the character

I like the Golden Trio equally. Can't imagine the story without even one of them. The bond between Harry and Ron reminded me of my own friendships, one of the biggest reasons I love reading the story again and again. I don't know why the films butchered Ron like that.

Book Ron > movie Ron

Ugh thank you so much for talking on this, it made me so angry how much the writers favored Hermione as this perfect witch who could do no wrong as if she didn’t have flaws of her own. If they had just gotten this dynamic right in the movies they would be so much better 😭

We need to make Hermione look smarter in the movies. Let’s give all of Ron’s lines to Hermione 💢

I really want them to do a tv series so they can redeem the full story. Really flesh out what happened in the books.

Haha; I barely realized today was Wednesday. My first exposure to HP was actually the second movie. So it gave me an impression that Ron was a scaredy-cat. But as I started reading the books, I have come to realize that he's way way better than how the movie portrays him. Unfortunately though, he still isn't really on my top 5 favorite characters. The biggest change that makes me wonder why they would change this for Ron is that when Ron defends Hermione in PoA when Snape calls her a know-it-all, but in the movie he just mutters: 'he has got a point'. What the...?

You didn't even mention that in the books Ron spent days trying to get back to them after Hermione says his name.... he didn't just appear later that day like in the movie...

Okay but that Harry and Hermione dance scene stings even more knowing that Ron and Hermione were supposed to dance together and Bill and Fleur's wedding (which is something that could have easily been included). It just infuriates me how much of Ron's character is changed in the movies to make Hermione seem better and to push this weird unnecessary love triangle.

The kiss with Hermione - since S.P.E.W. wasn't in the Movies, it just looks like another "we barely escaped - let's make out" Hollywood Scene. Takes away a lot from Ron in my opinion. Love from Germany 💫

8:35 "It is the movie where Ron unfriends Harry on Hogbook for a while" is a pretty accurate descriptor of their relationship during Goblet of Fire 😆

I want to send this to every single person I know who made fun of me for having a crush on Ron but had only seen the movies. 10 year old me couldn’t have picked a better fictional character😂

I think this is something most people who have read the books can agree on.

I absolutely love the actors in the movies I mean they did a phenomenal job with what they given but WOW was this defense of Ron SO called for. He’s such an amazing character and friend and I love this showing of love for him!

Neville and Ron are my two favorite characters in HP. I absolutely hated how they gave all of Ron's moments to Hermione. I think that is why some people have such a hard time understanding how Ron and Hermione end up together because they just see the shallow, comic relief Ron that the movies portray. The one scene I wish they would have put in the movies, that really showed Ron's growth, was during the Battle of Hogwarts when he said that they had to get the house elves out and that they shouldn't die for us. It was that moment that Hermione knew that Ron understood that the elves were sentient beings with their own agency and shouldn't have to do the bidding of wizards. It was what made Hermione give into her feelings and kiss him. I like the scene in the chamber of secrets where they kiss after destroying the horcurx but I like the book version of events more because it shows that Ron isn't oblivious and shallow.

Deathly Hallows- after Ron comes back, Harry starts obsessing over the Hallows. Ron steps up and starts to lead- making suggestions for places to go and areas to search. They are all long shots that don't pan out, but it was still a growth moment for Ron. I can't blame the movies for cutting that out though, the idea wouldn't translate well to film.

The way they completely fumbled Ron's reaction to Hermione being brutally tortured was the one that really got me. In the book, I believed his despair and desperation. In the movie he looked mildly worried and annoyed.

In book 5, when they discover the room of requirement, Harry says the line about "if you really needed a bathroom" (referencing a Convo with Dumbledore the previous year). But in the movies, they have it to Ron & made Hermione sound so disappointed that was his first thought.

This is why I have no clue why Rowling came out and said Ron and Hermione was a bad couple. In the books everything makes sense about Ron and Hermione. They compliment each other in their talents and personalities. They work perfectly. It’s the movies that destroy their relationship and make it look wrong. They took so much character development away from Ron in the movies that he didn’t make sense why Hermione liked him.

Steve Kloves, the screen writer for the movies, told the author that Hermione was his favorite character during his interview. The author was a bit relieved to hear that, because she was tired of hearing that everyone's favorite character was Ron. So, I believe that might help explain why Ron's role was severely diminished in the movies.

Great video! Such an unfortunate bit of missed opportunities in an otherwise-great movie series. Ron and Hermione are both such amazing characters in the novels, and it's sad to see that dynamic undermined. FYI for those enjoying this topic, Quinn Curio covers many of the same points in greater depth in her video "Explaining what went weird with Ron Weasley".

In the books Harry getting told academic knowledge by Hermione and life-smarts from one who'd actually grown up in the wizarding world by Ron made sense. In the movies Harry has to get told both by Hermione because apparently even though neither of them grew up in the wizarding world, Harry's just too dense to pick up on these life smarts. It wasn't just a dis-service to Ron, it was a dis-service to Harry, all because the director (in his own words) just loved Hermione.

This is a mistake you see in a lot. It's the idea that to pump up one character you have to tear down another. It's actually the opposite. The best way show how great a character is to show how they stand amongst other great characters.

Book Hermione was my absolute favorite, highly intelligent and panicky in a crisis, a total me in other words, my best friend was a total Ron very street smart instead of book smart and very level headed in a crisis. We didn't have a Harry in our group and we didn't mind.

Really happy you created this video Ron was done very dirty in the movies and I’ve been saying it for years only to be told I’m a nerd who loves reading books

Book 3: Ron encouraging Harry to ask McGonnagal for permission to go to Hogsmeade. Just a small scene that doesn't contribute much to the plot though, but it demonstrates so much of how Ron was actually like in the friendship dynamic.

I’m so glad you finally did this! Honestly, it feels like Ben and J are always shipping Harry-Hermione so they don’t mind the travesty of what the movies did to the Weasleys. Now you definitely have to do a video on Ginny!

"Unfriends Harry on Hogbook for a while" Another great and hilarious script!

I always liked the dance scene. To me it was just two friends acknowledging their shared sadness and being together, knowing that what was coming was going to be worse.

I mean, Ron DID still somehow learn Parsletonge without it being a natural part of his magical being like Harry or the Gants

It is so satisfying to have this video! This side by side comparison of Ron's book vs movie moments is better than any explanation I've tried to give myself to others, because book Ron is so brilliant! Even though I'm lukewarm to the idea of Ron and Hermione as a couple, it actually does make a decent amount of sense in the books because they're genuinely friends! Even when they're bickering (which I really think they find fun) or he's confused by her ideas, you never doubt that Ron deeply cares about Hermione because he's always thrown down for her in a blink of a flash! Ron's flaw is his teenage obliviousness and his insecurity, but Hermione really does see him as wonderful and talented which seems like why she's willing to help him with homework - she knows he's smart because he pulls them out of situations all the time but he's not great at assignments. Hermione's anxiety and inability to admit she's wrong are soothed and challenged by Ron, and if he grew out of his insecurity as an adult he'd probably have made a decent first husband to Hermione's Minister of Magic (despite whatever Cursed Child says)

That scene where they're dancing together. I've seen Emm's perspective on it and she's explaining how this is so much like Harry and Hermione's relationship and I'm just like what

Before the films there seemed to be more Ron fans than Hermione fans because while Hermione was incredible at a lot of stuff Ron was just so loyal and Harry's internal monologue definitely preffered Ron more often than not over Hermione, then the films did that to Ron and now there are people who actually loathe his character aha

Thank you for this video! Movie Hermione comes off as too perfect because she also gets all of Ron's good traits and best moments, in addition to her own. In the books, she's much more complex--cautious and hesitant about fighting/taking risks, especially as she was younger. It was Ron who was always willing to back up Harry and follow him anywhere, even straight into danger. And while he's not the smartest, he's still a good wizard, immensely loyal, and often quick thinking in an emergency. As you pointed out, young Hermione often panicked outside the classroom, in real danger so we don't get her growth in the movie nor do we get Ron's best moments. And funny that you mention Ron's insecurities--that and some of his shallowness in his younger years is why I think your Harry as a Slytherin alt plot needs some tweaking. Harry and Ron would have taken much longer to become friends and Harry and Neville would have become close friends first. I think the trio would either have been entirely different, with Neville instead of Ron, or there would be a foursome instead of a trio, with Ron joining in book two or three.

The screen writer was chosen by JK because Hermione was his favorite character. He then took things from ron and gave them to Hermione to build her up. Its a common issue with modern writing, they feel the need to pull male characters down to build up female characters in comparison.

New dates are cool - no worries! 😊 Hermione also wasn't scared of saying Voldemort's name because she didn't grow up in fear...

I was so mad about the the whole there-were-no-Veela-in-the-movies because 1. It explains Fleur’s power over guys and 2. One of the funniest HP parts of seriously the whole series is when the boys become entranced by the Veela. Harry gets overly confidant and wants to do something impressive and Ron looks like he’s about to fly off or something. Every single time I read that part I’m like rolling around on the floor laughing. And I was SO UPSET that that part wasn’t in the movies

Harry Potter was introduced to me pretty weirdly. My first introduction is me playing Harry Potter with my friends from the neighborhood. I hadn't watched the movies (the third one just dropped) and wasn't into reading yet. So I had no idea who this "Ron" guy was, but my friends wanted me to play him. I asked how and they said "just be scared of everything", "okay, I can do that". I was taught that Ron was the comic relief by being the biggest scaredy cat of the movies. Ron. The. Most. Scared. Person. And I hadn't even seen the movies, but that my friends took that character trait as the primary one for Ron just shows how much they did Ron dirty.

I've been screaming this for years! Now I can link people to this video lol. Personally the worst offender for me is the "he's got a point" moment. My heart broke. There's also the added problem that giving so much of Ron's characterisation and usefulness to Hermione damages her character progression too. They made him an oaf and her perfect and infallible. In the books Hermione is just as flawed as anyone else, and that's part of what makes her an interesting character. Also the positives and negatives that each member of the golden trio has are exactly why they work so well as a team, and even as a group of characters, narratively.

This is so great! I've seen so many comments over the years about this and finally someone addresses it in a video! Thank you!

It's always bugged me, even when I was a kid, how much of other character's actions and dialogue they'd give to Hermione. One not mentioned in the video is, "You will be able to, won't you?" when Harry's lost all of the bones in his arms. I'm pretty sure Harry would care more about his bones, as he does in the book, than Hermione.

I always knew they did Ron dirty, but laying out all the big differences like this is really eye opening.

One big thing that comes to mind with ron is how his divination class was during the years he took it. The books indicate very subtly that ron has an aptitude for divination and not just because trelawney likes his dark predictions, but because his prediction come true. Outside of the 3rd movie you never see the kids in divination again, the trelawney does reappear in the 5th movie because of her significant importance (which the movie actually cuts out)

This video was so needed, he is my favorite character and the movies ruined him, and as a result of that they are even removing him from the merch as well, for every 3 or 4 items of Harry or Hermione, there is 1 item for Ron, and I can't stand it😡

Ron Weasley not important?!?!?! But he's the King who can save anything! Also don't forget that even when he left in Hallows that upon his return he came back with a ton of useful information like the snatchers, the taboo, and the underground radio news network. Add in the he was the reason they knew about Bill and Fleur's house and could get there. Ron really was super important and he was the one capable of mimicking parseltongue and entering the Chamber of Secrets for basilisk fangs to destroy the cup. Yeah the movies really did him wrong.

I'll always prefer the books but also always envision the movie cast while reading/listening. Jim Dale does an amazing job reading the books and you really believe you are listening to the actual characters from the movie.

You should do a video about how the movies made Snape look a lot better than the books, like how in GoF Snape insulted Hermione's teeth that had been cursed.

I never really comment on videos but I have to say, your takes on how the movies failed Ron is much more in-depth and goes over the whole series as opposed to a few instances in a few books. I love your videos, I only really watch the Harry Potter ones but if you guys did any content on Pirates of the Caribbean that would be super cool!! Love the content - keep it coming it makes my Wednesdays and Fridays!

DH4: The Seven Potters. Tonks acknowledged how brilliant Ron was at the ambush went they got back safely at The Burrow. You forgot that part.😊