james proves to lily he knows what an animagus is (sequel to this)
When your constant mortal peril becomes a running gag.
Harry’s face
Ron proceeds to make it a joke the entire day:
“This is our last meal together, Harry.”
“Last time we’ll walk to Mcgonagall’s together”
“Last lesson with Sna- no, wait. That one’s a good one.”
“Last chocolate frog you’ll ever eat.”
“Last time Hermione will yell at you for doing your homework at the last minute. Good times”
And then, right before bed, he dramatically hugs Harry.
“This is it, Harry. My partner in crime. My best friend. You will be missed. I love you. And I want you to know… that I’m keeping your invisibility cloak. *wipes tear out of his eye* Goodbye, my friend.”
Next morning, as Harry’s waking up.
“Oh dear Merlin, he’s alive. HE’S ALIVE!”
“*exasperated sigh* Are you done, Ron?”
“Yeah, let’s go get breakfast.”
I think Ron’s ability to lighten moods is what stops Harry getting hung up on his apparently-likely death.
do u ever just think about the fact that molly weasley saw HARRY POTTER, the boy who defeated voldemort, and went “i’m gonna knit this kid a christmas sweater”
what i love thinking about is
in the book ron says he told his mum that harry wasn’t expecting any christmas presents and that’s why she sent him them
and knowing ron can be a bit scatty/oblivious he probably didn’t mention it til like two days before christmas
so i just like to think of molly sitting up all night knitting harry his sweater and baking him homemade fudge or whatever because she’d be damned if she’d let harry go present-less at christmas
Or maybe Harry is just as dismissive. Like, Ron is dreaming aloud of him mom’s homemade fudge and asks Harry what he wants and Harry shrugs “the Dursley never give me anything, last year I got a half-used eraser” and Ron is like 0_0 because what, no one is going to give a gift to his new best friend? So he takes poor Errol telling Percy it’s an emergency and Percy’s like no! and Ron’s like HARRY NEVER GETS CHRISTMAS GIFTS YOU GIT and Percy’s like Oh. Ok. Write mom. And Ron’s letter is mainly MOM HARRY NEVER GETS CHRISTMAS GIFTS FROM HIS MUGGLES WHAT DO I DO and then it’s December 23 at night and Arthur is ready to go to bed and sees his wife get the yarn and the knitting needles out again and Honey I thought you were done? Did we get another child while I was at work? YES, she answers, furious. Ron’s new friend, little Harry. If I get this done by tomorrow morning I can make a batch of fudge and send Errol back with it. And that’s when Arthur Weasley realized they did get another kid when he wasn’t looking but, honestly, once you went past the five kids mark you stopped counting.
“
Did we get another child while I was at work?”
“YES”
I still love the note that if Harry had just inherited Lily’s hair and James’ eyes instead of the other way around, Arthur LITERALLY would not have noticed him at the kitchen table.