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]

Don't apologize! I LOVE this kind of thing, especially since I mostly agree with what you say.

I had forgotten about that part in the epilogue (I remember very little from it, actually) and GRRR about the whole thing. Like, I think that Ron and Hermione were interested in each other, but it's not a relationship that I see as a lasting one. Especially since compromise is SUCH A BIG PART OF A RELATIONSHIP. And Ron and Hermione never compromised, never apologized, never learned. They just stopped talking to each other, sometimes months at a time, until Harry or circumstances forced them to "make up" in a sense, and I put that in quotation marks because it wasn't actually acknowledged, more of a OK we're going to forget about it. And then a bit later, they're going at it again! It was a vicious cycle, and if the only way they can prevent the constant fighting is for Ron to actually LIE to Hermione, especially about things that she would would not be OK with (like using magic to force the muggle to give him his driver's license), then that's not an honest or healthy or good relationship.

Oh OotP. Harry and Hermione were so hot and amazing in that book. That and PoA are the real shippy ones!

[avidbeader.livejournal.com]

Exactly. A relationship built on low expectations (Hermione assuming Harry was prefect and shoving her foot way past her teeth when she learned it was Ron?) and lies is really not healthy at all. Neither is hero-worship and escapism (Harry and Ginny) but that's a whole 'nuther post :-)