Quick! Someone tell me how to Bitch Slap someone over the internet!
Wow okay must be nice to never question yourself ever or to feel like you’re God’s gift to the world you fucking douche
As for me I’d have a Ron over a Harry or a Hermione anytime
The ironic thing about this is that you know Harry and Hermione would be angrier than a hornet’s nest with the person who dares to disrespect the (platonic and romantic) love of their lives: Ronald Bilius Weasley.
I have yet to understand why movie!Ron is attracted to movie!Hermione. Especially from POA onwards.
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No, I don’t. Ginny could be mean to Ron (tripping him, virgin-shaming him, poking fun at his masculinity, embarrassing him in front of friends) but I don’t think that translates to “hate.” Surely that’s an overstatement? I understand if those moments put a bad taste in your mouth. I know that the fandom wouldn’t be so lenient with Ron if he tripped her or mocked her, and it fucking sucks. I hate how the fandom perceives those instances as examples of “Ginny being a badass.” I don’t see how a girl being mean to her brother is “badass” and I don’t find the Pygmy puff joke even a little bit funny.
However, I don’t think it’s fair to say that she hates him. “Hate” is an unfair exaggeration. “Hate” is a strong word. Was Ginny a hormonal, angry teenager in HBP? Hell yeah. Was she directing her anger at Ron? Yes, absolutely. The brilliant @lytefoot has written an analysis about it and I find it intriguing. Sure, she wasn’t the best sister but I’m not the best sister, and I would be hurt if anyone accused me of hating my siblings. Ginny’s not a bad kid. She just acts before she thinks, and that’s something she needs to work on.
As for the other two scenes, there are certain things I note while rereading those passages in the books.
#1 Sibling relationships can be great, but sometimes they are complicated. For example, my brother and I have opinions that clash, we do argue occasionally, but we’re pretty close and get along most of the time. He’s younger than me but I have tremendous respect for him and I’d trust him with my life. Sometimes, siblings fight 90% the time, and exchange gold stars for not killing each other, but they still secretly love each other. That’s how I envision Ron and Ginny’s relationship. Of course, love-hate relationships between siblings can tilt towards the “hate” aspect and that can be dangerous. Which brings me to some weird examples…you can skip the next two paragraphs if you want.
I know about a distant family member and her Tragic Backstory gives me scary Ron Weasley vibes. Long story short, like Ron, she was overshadowed by her “superior” older sisters. She was the forgotten sibling. She was criticised and humiliated by her parents and outsiders. Imagine Ron Weasley but raised by the Dursleys *shudders* (hey, plot bunny!) The major difference between her and Ron is that, Ron Weasley’s heart was bigger than his insecurities and fears, and at the end of the game, Ron won. Unfortunately, she didn’t. From what I’ve heard, her family was pretty cruel and dismissive of her existence. They injected their poison into her and treated her poorly, and she became bitter and hateful. As soon as she got married, she disowned her family and she’s no longer in contact with them.
(On a lighter note, I have cousins who refuse to speak to each other because of some EXTREMELY petty fights they had when they were twelve and they are in their 20s now. I can’t even tell you what they are because they are so ridiculous and petty!)
#2 Siblings and family members can be dicks to each other, sometimes for no good reason, and even get away with it, but hey, it’s not always the end of the world! I did a lot of stupid things when I was younger and still do stupid things. I catch myself being rude to my siblings over things like, “breathing too loudly.” I suppose the major difference between Ginny Weasley and me is that I always get scolded every time I cross a line but Ginny never did. Hell, if I stick my foot out to trip my sixteen year old brother, my mother would never let me hear the end of it.
In a way, it’s realistic that Ginny never got reprimanded, because younger siblings do tend to get away with stuff. It’s another example of Molly’s favouritism, and if anyone tells you that Molly didn’t show favouritism, feel free to laugh at their face. Ginny is Molly’s darling and the only girl in the house so it kind of makes sense that she never got into trouble, but it’s also unfair when you remember that Molly was pretty strict with her other kids. When Ron made a rude gesture to Fred, Molly scolded him. Even Fred Weasley aka criminal in training, got his ass kicked for bullying Ron (acid pop, unbreakable vow.) Ginny? She never did.
But it’s not the end of the world. I’m sure Ron forgave Ginny and they laugh about it now.
#3None of this even matters and I don’t even know why I’m giving so much thought into this because J.K Rowling loves torturing Ron. Half Blood Prince could’ve been called, “How Dare Ron Weasley Show Interest In A Girl Who Is Not Hermione,” and that would’ve made more sense. When Ginny tripped him, it was to punish him for being attracted to Fleur Delacour. When Ginny started trash-talking him in the corridor, she was playing her role as Plot Device For Romione. When Ginny made the Pygmy Puff joke…..well that was kind of pointless tbh. Heck, how great would it have been if Hermione didn’t laugh at Ginny’s joke? God, I would’ve loved her for that.
Other things to note:
There must have been missing moments when Ginny and Ron had confrontation, apologized, and started being kinder to each other.
Ron learned that he was important to his family and my headcanon is that Fred appeared in everyone’s dreams to force them to appreciate Ron.
I’m sure Ginevra had a nice, long talk with her mother; she asked her to stop treating her like a child, and accused her of showing favouritism. Molly cried. Then, Ginny learned to be more tactful in the future. Molly tried to work on her favouritism but her kids assured her that she is an amazing mother and they don’t expect her to be perfect.
I still love Ginny and even though her getting away with some actions makes me sad, it doesn’t affect my overall enjoyment of her character. Damn it, Ginny already gets so much hate simply for existing. I will never stop defending my girl, even though criticising her actions in HBP hurts my brain.
In conclusion:
Do I think that Ginny hated Ron with every fibre of her being? NO!
Do I think that Ginny and Ron are besties as adults? No, I don’t think they’d be super close. I think that would be Percy and Ron. Ginny and Ron will always be making jokes at each other’s expense but it would be in good humour. However, they are not forbidden from being BFFs and if you write me a convincing fanfic, I’d believe you!
Thanks for the ask @purplefictionlover! I’m sorry I took so long to respond but I wasn’t sure how I should frame my answer and as you can see, it’s pretty long. Hope you understand x
It is true that the relationship between Ron and Ginny became a little more strained in the sixth book. Ron tried to interfer in Ginny’s love life, and Ginny toyed with Ron’s insecurities.
But these two are really, really close. I’m not going to go into full mode analysis here, but just point out something that I find absolutely endearing.
Ginny bought, at the beginning of the sixth book, a cute pink Pygmy Puff that she named… Arnold.
Arnold… Arnold… Oh, funny,
Arnold is an anagramm for Ronald !!
You don’t name your cute little pet (especially when said little pet cost you an important part of your money if you are poor) after a sibling if you don’t like him.
That is sooo cute…
Ginny also defended Ron from the twins when he’s upset that Scabbers is dead.
hermione: these house elves don’t want to be freed so i’m going to force them to rebel and force everyone to be part of my campaign. then i’ll knit these awful hats for them and hide the hats in trash. they totally want to be freed they just don’t know any better!!! i know better!!!
ron, nearly headless nick, hagrid, harry, the weasley twins, neville, the house elves, the entire gryffindor dorm: hermione this is fucked up
Saturday morning, on the 26th of October, a Nazi walked into a Pittsburgh synagogue, shouting “All Jews must die!” and opened fire. He killed eleven Jewish people, including grandparents, husbands, wives, and a doctor remembered for his compassionate care of his patients during the AIDs crisis. Several of them were there celebrating a baby-welcoming ceremony for a gay couple’s newly adopted twins.
This was the deadliest antisemitic attack in all 364 years of American Jewish history. Jews all over the world are shaken, upset, and scared. We know that this could have been any of us, but beyond that, this attack struck at the heart of our people. We were attacked in a place of safety and sanctity. We were reminded that as Jews, we are not safe in America. And we lost eleven Jewish souls.
Some of us are grieving, some of us are angry, some of us are devastated, some of us are numb, some of us are crying, some of us are terrified, some of us are anxious, and some of us can barely walk up the stairs because this doesn’t make any sense and yet it makes so much sense because we all, on some level, imagined this was coming. Our history has taught us that our safety is never guaranteed, and over the past two years we have watched the sickening rise of Nazism and antisemitism all over the world, including in America, where, despite our history, many of us had been lulled into believing it could never happen here.
We lost a third of the world’s Jewish population within living memory. So many Jewish families, in every country, fled antisemitic violence within the past few generations. The tragedy we just experienced is visceral, it’s terrifying, it’s devastating.
So please, check in on your Jewish friends and ask how they are doing. Please, take a moment to understand and absorb this tragedy. Please, understand how this is not just yet another mass shooting (that while theoretically tragic, you don’t really have the space for another one, what with compassion fatigue), but rather an attack that pierced the heart of a group of people already carrying centuries of pain and trauma. Please, make space for this one. Please, when you talk about this, don’t use generalized language about hate and about how no one should be killed for their religion. Please speak the words: Jewish. Antisemitic. Say this was an antisemitic attack, on Jewish people. And please, keep us in your thoughts today.
Folks who aren’t Jewish, you can reblog this. In fact I’d be grateful if you did.
I’m bad in English so I won’t do an essay even if I want to, so here is my take on my experience with Ron-bashing
I’m a member of the ron weasley defense squad since like yesterday. Well not exactly. I have always been a member of it. But I didn’t know Ron needed a defense squad. I’ve always loved Ron and I thought everyone was thinking the same cause have you read the books? he’s brilliant. So I’ve always been pro Ron, I discovered Ron-bashing and still stick to my pro ron status. And yesterday I find out that I’m not alone and that there’s an “association” behind it all, and merlin it’s amazing. Because when I started being a part of the fandom (1 or 2 years ago) and I discovered all that ronbashing. And got so sick of it that I left the fandom.
Hear me out, I left the fandom. You may think it was overreacting and me being a drama queen, maybe it was. But at that time I wasn’t really good with social medias (I’m still struggling) so popular opinions were the only ones I was seeing, and so really quickly the abundance of “dramione because hermione deserves better” and “ron’s the jock” and “ron is shitty” and “ron is the only one with flaws” or the classical “ron is not the only one with flaws but his flaws are the only ones I will never forgive and forever bash because, he’s only good at being a traitor and a jerk. I’d rather forgive The Notable Death Eater Who Bullies Children And Would Have Done Nothing If Neville Was The Choosen One But He Was In Love With Lily So It’s Okay and The Racist Bully That Have Done Nothing Except The Wrong Choices But It Will Never Be His Fault Because Duh” made me sick. (Sorry it was a really long sentence but I needed to get it off my chest)
A fandom is supposed to be a place where you can find happiness in sharing your passion with other people. And I remember being so glad that such things existed. And then feeling so bad because it was normal and accepted to hate on one of my favorite caracters. I completly understand that people have different opinion than mine and I am not saying that I’m preaching the truth. But as a reader, I put a little bit of myself in every book I read. Not every book “receives” the same amount of my heart and soul and HP was one who receives a lot. I also get really attached to the caracters and some become parts of me. Ron is a big part of me, I’m also struggling with trust issues (not as bas as him but I was happy to know that it get representation from a caracter as strong as ronald) and Ron is… just I love him and he is a part of me. So when I saw this agreement on “harassing him is okay” I dunno I felt attacked, harassed. Once again maybe it’s too much. But it’s not the point. The point is: it make me unconfortable.
And then yesterday I wanted some romione because i’m rereading the books (because BY MERLIN THEY FALL ASLEEP HOLDING HANDS I DIDN’T REMEMBER THAT) and decided to give the hp fandom another chance. Note that the first time I wasn’t on tumblr, I was on instagram so maybe I wasn’t using the best social media at that time. But then I start to saw Ron appreciation post. And it was a blessing. I always thought that Ron supporters were quiet or in some dark places on the Internet that I will never find. So yeah it’s been 36 hours that I’m over the moon because of the #ron weasley defense squad.
And this uninteresting rant/mess full of grammar mistakes is just to say thank you to all of you, you fellow ron defenders, you are a blessing and even if your constant fight will rarely make anyone change their biased opinions about Ron, know that your fight warms the heart of a little fan lost on the big Internet.
Yayyyy! Happy to have you on board 😀
You’re not overreacting if you feel like leaving the fandom. Trust me, I get it. I took a break from the Harry Potter fandom between 2014–2017 because I was sick and tired of the Ron hate and the ship wars. Then I joined Tumblr and met awesome Ron defenders and here I am.
Oh, yeah. Instagram is a nasty place full of delusional Dra/rry and Dra/mione shippers. Don’t go there. Most of the users are naive 15 year olds.
Welcome to the squad! We have gingerbread cookies! You English is great! There are some really lovely Ron lovers out there!
I do nerding out here, and draw Ron about once a week or more @hillyminne.
The fandom can be a cold dark place for Ron lovers, I’m glad you found a safe haven.
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