sunshine-challenge Prompt 2: Orange

[sportivetricks]

Orange is a warm color that is associated with a variety of things including: excitement, vitality, invincibility, speed, vigilance, dedication, loyalty, family, success, friendship, power, change, harvest, and warmth.

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Emphasis mine above because when I think of orange, I think of how Harry Potter must have felt all those things when he entered his BFF's bedroom for the first time ever.

Harry stepped in, his head almost touching the sloping ceiling, and blinked. It was like walking into a furnace: Nearly everything in Ron's room seemed to be a violent shade of orange: the bedspread, the walls, even the ceiling.

Ahhh. TFW when you've just been dramatically rescused in a flying car, fed more in one meal than you've eaten all summer long, degnomed a garden for the first time, and you're so sleepy and full and ecstatic to finally have a family of your own, but man. So much orange. XD Apparently with good reason.

To think that Ron was ashamed of his home! He couldn't possibly imagine how very far that would be from Harry's mind, how very perfect the Burrow would be to Harry. In every way the opposite to the "home" he had just rescued Harry from. My feels.

On a side note, can we talk about the fact that 12-year-old Harry's head almost touched the ceiling? Poor Ron. How did he ever get in that room after 16?

For that matter, how did all three of them fit in it at 17? Oh my, it must have been very cramped indeed in that room as they made their plans. :D And somehow Hermione still had room for every book she owned.

Ron love forever. Burrow love forever. Chudley Cannons forever! *sigh*


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On a more personal and shamelessly sappy note.... Orange dominates our living room, in a painting by my husband, which he did when we first got together. It's ENORMOUS and ORANGE AF and by no means goes with the sofa. Or anything else. And definitely inspires a Ron's Room reaction. In both a "WTF ORANGE" way and an "ahhh, home" way.

He didn't want me to post it here. Highly personal original art and all that. You might have spied a corner of it on this blog before. I won't go into the details of the painting and its place in our lives because you would gag on the saccharine. But suffice it to say it perfectly encapsulates the excitement of the color, which I can only summarize with a classic meme....





It's hung over the sofa in every home we've shared. :)


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Comments

[lightofdaye]

Both parts of this post are just so good.

I think you've really summed here just what the Weasley's mean to Harry: a real loving supportive family. Which is huge part of why they are an enduring part of fandom.

Also I'm reading this as you are a real life Weasley XD.

[sportivetricks]

what the Weasley's mean to Harry: a real loving supportive family

And they are so real, aren't they? I love that JKR didn't hold back on their peculiarities and flaws. They have all the annoyances and fights and ribbing and self-consciousness and worry that comes along with any big family, but so much warmth and love for each other, too. Lucky Harry! He couldn't have found a better family.

you are a real life Weasley

If you mean nothing matches and chaos reigns supreme... guilty. ;D

[walgesang]

OMG how could I have forgotten about the Weasley orange blast! :O Yes, that was a great scene and lol how did they all fit in there?! Pretty snug, I bet.

♥ That is so sweet. *clasps hands* I'm a sap for sap.

[sportivetricks]

Right? Reading the color associations, it does seem that it was intentional on JKR's part!

Me too... but TELL NO ONE. ;)

[walgesang]

Secret sap pals? *special handshake* ;)

🧡

[oldtoadwoman]

I think the Burrow was my favorite part of the Harry Potter world. Magical and cozy!

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[sportivetricks]

Yes!!! Who wouldn't want to live at the Burrow? Maybe minus the attic ghoul, although even he came in handy.

Love the icon!

[pauraque]

I totally forgot about Ron's room being orange! This is what happens when you don't re-read the books for years, I guess. :) I love that aspect of Ron and Harry's dynamic, how Ron sees his home and family as something embarrassing and low-class, while for Harry it's everything he's been longing for all his life, and he's surprised that Ron doesn't realize how precious it is.

[sportivetricks]

Ahhh yeah, CoS in particular is not high on my reread list. Although that particular chapter is one of my favorite in the series, in large part due to that dynamic!

[bloodydemonic]

I always loved how comforting and homely The Burrow felt, but I'd forgotten the orange!

[sportivetricks]

The orange has always stuck in my mind for some reason, but I never made the color associations with friendship and family. Good stuff!

[enemytosleep]

Oh what a wonderful callback to Ron's room and the orange Chudley Cannon memorabilia everywhere!

And the painting snippet we can see is exciting. Very vibrant and I'm sure worthy of it's prominent display in your home. Thank you for sharing the memory and the Michael .gif ♥

[sportivetricks]

Yes, Ron and his underdog team! ♥

He will be pleased to hear it, I'm sure. Thank you for visiting and for your lovely comment!