My thoughts on Ron/Hermione

[ladysophiekitty]

Most of my flist ships Harry/Hermione, but there are a few of you who ship Ron/Hermione, or don't mind them.

Lately I've been thinking about it, and thinking about book!Ron/Hermione versus movie!Ron/Hermione.

I actually think I prefer movie!Ron/Hermione to book!Ron/Hermione, because there were little things in the books that prevented me from really liking them. The whole "being with other people to make the other person jealous" thing didn't bother me at all, because they were hurt and jealous and wanted to hurt the other person and make them think about what they were missing out on. I don't mind the bickering, either, because these are two kids who like each other, but don't really know how to go about it.

The two main things that bothered me were the birds, and THAT STUPID HOW TO BOOK THAT RON HAD! I mean, seriously. You couldn't figure out how to be in a relationship with Hermione without a self-help book? And Hermione didn't truly start to be in a relationship with Ron until he started taking advice from the book? That kind of makes me mad, actually.

I think THAT'S why I like them in the movies better, because they show the previous stuff without that stupid book and the birds. I loved how they showed Ron as trying to get on Hermione's good side, but not really knowing how to. The moments where Hermione was just so sad that he had left. The awkward moments, when he was like, "let's put this to a vote, shall we? I agree with Hermione!" and he had his hand up, and then slowly dropped it when she was glaring at him. Or how Harry said, "keep talking about that ball of light going through your chest, and she'll forgive you" or, I think the moment that truly stood out to me, that was like, "oh hey! Sexual tension!" was when Ron touched Hermione's face right under her scratch during the cafe scene. Moments like that, I think that I could ship them, even if my heart belongs to Harry/Hermione.

Comments

[ladysophiekitty.livejournal.com]

I think that if the books had been more like that, while I wouldn't have necessarily strongly shipped them (because, as I mentioned below, they aren't really my kind of OMG I STRONGLY SHIP IT ship), I wouldn't have been as, well, against it as I am. Because there were little things here and there that actually bothered me, done on both sides.

Oh man. Harry Potter was my first online fandom, and I was such a young one, too. 2005 was when I got into it, actually, and it makes me a bit cynical about all fandoms. Which is why I tend to stay in my happy corner of fandom. Buffy/Angel fandom? Yeah, I was usually at all the Cordy/Angel communities and sites, like Stranger Things.

[anythingbutgrey.livejournal.com]

lol this fandom makes me miss btvs ship wars so much. i just want to go back to the land where i can snark and be like 'see bitches canon is on my side.'

i miss canon being on my side.

[ladysophiekitty.livejournal.com]

I'm actually thinking of having a discussion on my LJ about whether you prefer to have your ship be canon or fanon, and which ones do you tend to go for. It's about half and half for me, though I find for the most part I prefer it to be fanon. But Angel/Cordy and Wes/Lilah did it so perfectly that I love it!

[anythingbutgrey.livejournal.com]

i mean, i prefer canon but canon never prefers me.

[ladysophiekitty.livejournal.com]

Well, in theory I tend to prefer canon, but it's how the show tends to work it out. For example, take Booth/Brennan. I loved them in seasons 1 and 2, but once the show started really working at getting them together, I was like, "Hmmm, no." Even with Cordy/Angel, though I loved the whole thing, once they started throwing out words like kyerumption and moira, I got a little annoyed. Can't there just be two people in love without throwing in words like destiny and fate?

Even in some cases where I'd want my ship to be canon, just to have it taken away later on. I know that you're a Arthur/Gwen fan, and I might have been too if things had been done differently. Like, in season 1, Arthur and Morgana (who I ship) had some interest in each other, an interest that seemed to disappear suddenly. If they had been in a relationship but maybe Uther was like, "NO YOU CAN'T BE!" and that's when we find out their related, and after that they kind of lose interest in each other and Arthur realizes he likes Gwen, I could have been down with that. Or even if they had ended it in some other way and THEN portrayed Arthur/Gwen. I hope this paragraph didn't bother you because I didn't mean it to at all, just my opinion.

[dtotheaisy.livejournal.com]

I would be tres interested in this discussion as someone who has only ever shipped canon.

[ladysophiekitty.livejournal.com]

It has been posted!