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]

Well, where Ron/Hermione is concerned, it's BOTH of them hurting each other, but in kind an innocent way for the most part (minus the birds, which Hermione did, not Ron) more like, "I don't know how to show you that I like you". So no, I don't see Ron as an abuser.

In the first Harry and Hermione story I wrote, I think one of the good things about the story (and I was 11 at the time so the story sucked) was how I portrayed Ron's reaction to them being in a relationship. He was like, "What?" and was kind of annoyed at first because hello, is it going to be awkward for him? How is that going to affect their relationship with each other? Then he was OK with it. But it's hard to find fic where the Weasleys aren't bashed so much or where Ron isn't a huge dick who used spells to get Hermione to like him. That makes me MAD because Ron IS a good guy who sometimes get things wrong. I think that in the books, he liked Hermione, and Hermione liked him, but I just never saw it working out as a long term relationship. Because, like you said, who you're with in HS isn't always who you're with for the rest of your life.

[nani1986.livejournal.com]

Well, Ron is sort of clueless about relationships in general so I guess that his reaction would be along the lines of "What?" :P Also, I think he would be apprehensive about it at first.

What I hate is the endless Ron beats Hermione so she has to find comfort in Harry's arms fics, WTF is up with those? First off, it's a discredit to Hermione to assume she'd stay in an abusive relationship, and same to Harry who has to be aware of that and yet says/does nothing. Then we have abusive!Ron, which is so many kinds of OOC.

I think it would have been more relalistic if the Epilogue had been longer and explained things. If JKR was set in making Ron/Hermione happen, then she needed to make it believable past a High School romance. Same goes for Harry/Hermione, Harry/Ginny and any other Hogwarts based pairing. A relationship takes work, it will get ugly at points, and it won't always work out. I'm not saying they didn't stand a chance, but it's so WEIRD that she had everyone from Harry's year hook up with each other. If so, move over Match.com... Hogwarts is where it's at!

[avidbeader.livejournal.com]

That is a seriously funny icon. Just had to say.

[nani1986.livejournal.com]

Thanks! The quote is from Rifftrax.com's commentary on GOF.

[dtotheaisy.livejournal.com]

I think that may be due to the fact that there only seems to be one wizard school in the whole of England. I never really got that. Like every English wizard ever went to Hogwarts? So no matter who you end up with... they're going to be someone who went to Hogwarts. Idk it kind of makes me laugh and weirds me out.

[nani1986.livejournal.com]

What's wrong with marrying a muggle? Or someone older than you? Or someone from Beauxbatons or Durmstrang?

My problem with that is that it only applies to the kids of Harry's year. They all married each other.

What's wrong with marrying a muggle (Ted and Andromeda)? Or someone older than you (Lupin and Tonks)? Or someone from Beauxbatons or Durmstrang (Bill/Fleur)?

[dtotheaisy.livejournal.com]

Oh yeah I kind of forgot about all that, whoops :|