1. Is one of the original members of the D.A.
2. Rejoins the D.A. under the Carrows, and ends up hiding from the Carrows in the Room of Requirement
3. Fights (and nearly dies) in the final battle
4. Stays behind to help round up the skrewts (along with the trio, Seamus, and Dean) while the rest of the class hides in Hagrid’s cabin.
5. Visits Trelawney regularly after she’s fired
6. Never once says a cruel word to Hermione or laughs at her expense
But no, let’s just keep thinking of her as a frivolous shallow bully who cares more about her shoes then she does about Voldemort.
Lavender gets a lot of hate. And I know a lot if it is because she goes out with Ron, but I just can’t hate the girl.
For one, she may not have been the first girl to realize how wonderful Ron is, but she was the first one to show him how wonderful she thought he was. I can’t fault a girl for falling for Ronald Weasley, seeing a chance and taking it. Carpe fucking diem.
There’s that and the fact that she’s a teenaged girl. A teenaged girl whose best friend is considered the prettiest girl in their year (with her twin). Her other roommate is the smartest girl in their year, (both of which bagged a Triwizard Champion for dates to the yule ball), has to have felt like the bottom of the Gryffindor girls totempole. So when she’s the first of the three to get a serious boyfriend, I can’t blame her for flaunting it.
Here’s the tea. The Lavender Business reads as super gross in the books, but y’know what? Teenagers making out is super gross yo. (Sorry, teenagers, but it’s true.) Plus it’s from Harry’s PoV, and let’s face it, Lavender’s sinking Harry’s ship. Plus she’s pulling a serious Yoko Ono on Harry’s band–all of a sudden Harry can’t hang out with Ron without Lavender showing up! And Ron and Hermione aren’t talking! And it’s a lot easier for Harry to blame Lavender, who he’s never cared much about, than to blame his two best friends for being idiots to each other.
But y’know what? Just because Harry doesn’t like Lavender, doesn’t mean she’s done anything wrong. It doesn’t mean she’s bad, or that we have to not like her.
The Lavender Business is gross, but frankly, nobody was in the wrong there (except maybe Hermione, who went too far with the birds). Ron had every right to kiss a girl that was actually into him. Lavender had every right to be into Ron, and actually make her move, too.
Literally the only thing that anyone did wrong was Ron delaying breaking up with Lavender after he decided he wasn’t really into her, and that’s the kind of totally-forgivable mistake that teenagers make all the f***ing time. If anyone deserves our sympathy there, it’s Lavender herself.
Lavender doesn’t have to be an amazing bad-a** to be “forgiven,” because she didn’t do anything wrong. Of course she is, in fact, pretty d**n impressive: Dumbledore’s Army fifth and seventh years, fought in the Battle of Hogwarts, Order of Merlin almost certainly. Assuming she can’t be because she also has “feminine” tastes and interests? A symptom of a mindset that it seems like maybe, finally, we’re starting to push past as a culture.
The physical aspect of Ron and Lavender’s relationship was described using disgusting imagery. That’s the only reason it was gross. (I’m sure @vivithefolle has written a meta for it.) Until one takes off their, “Lavender is a dumb-dumb” glasses, they will perceive their relationship as something repulsive. Dean and Ginny’s makeout session wasn’t written like Ron and Lavender’s kisses. I know that it was in Harry’s POV and Harry is free to dislike Lavender (I disapprove but I can’t do anything about that) but he never described any other kiss with such negative phrases. Did Harry have a crush on Ron that he was so turned off by him kissing Lavender? Like, chill, bro.
Lavender Brown…
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