Mrs Granger: (entering Hermione’s room) Hello, Hermione dear. The neighbours said you’d brought a handsome redheaded boy back to your room!
Hermione: (struggling to her feet, having just fallen off her bed) IT’S RON, MUM! HE’S MY BEST FRIEND!
Mrs Granger: (raising a hand to her mouth in surprise) Oh, so you’ve seduced your best friend-
Hermione: (turning scarlet) THAT’S NOT WHAT I SAID AT ALL! WERE YOU EVEN LISTENING TO ME?
ron and astoria: so this is probably the ron/oc-who-is-a-slytherin ship. I like the idea of ron befriending a slytherin so brotp I guess. i read a rostoria one-shot once and I loved it so much. i’ve also read a drastoria fic where draco was jealous of ron and astoria’s friendship, and expressing his sadness about ron being better than him and I was,,,,,,living because draco’s tears are food for my soul!!!!! of course, i dropped that fic when astoria started telling him that he was better than ron. astoria, stop lying, sweetie.
ron and blaise: this ship doesn’t make any sense to me and i didn’t know it was a thing until recently. ron and blaise don’t interact at all in canon and it’s not a very good ship considering that blaise thinks that the weasleys are, “filthy bloodtraitors.” i’ve mostly seen it as a side-pairing in dra/rry fics and it’s sorted of added as an afterthought, like, “oh right, ron also exists. let’s just put him with blaise.” I call those fics OBSF (one big slytherdor family) because all of the slytherins and gryffindors are paired together. dra/rry, pans/mione, bl/on, etc…trash pairings stick together i suppose. p.s. not adding the ‘happy’ because there’s no way ron, harry, and hermione would be happy with their enemies.
ron and draco: i think this ship came into existence because tom felton said he had a crush on rupert grint. i could see it being one-sided. draco secretly liking ron. unrequited love. it’s still a notp though. i have never been a fan of shipping the bully with the victim and I despise the ‘enemies to lovers’ trope. draco did so many horrible things to ron and i will never bring myself to see past that. he nearly killed ron. he mocked him for his economic status. he fat-shamed his mother. he called the love of his life a slur. he bullied his best friend. unless writing mock-songs for someone is a sign of love, then this ship is trash. if you’re thinking along the lines of, “well, ron did mean things to draco,” then, double the reason not to ship it, honey. i’ve read some dron fics, but you can’t make it happen unless ron is extremely out of character. ron hates draco. he might feel sorry for him but he would never forgive him. having said that, i’ve written a meta about how similar draco and ron are. they are essentially mirror images of each other. ron is everything draco fans wish he was. ron is what draco could’ve been if he possessed even a teaspoon of ronald’s courage, his compassion and his heart. i can understand a frienemy dynamic between those two and if you want to explore that, then good for you, but anything more…and i’m out faster than you can say quidditch.
ron and ginny: fuck you cassandra claire. fuck you. and fuck your robot followers and anyone who supports this ship in any form.
ron and harry: now this is very promising!! all of the best love stories start with a strong friendship and ronarry is a strong friendship. although, to be honest, my opinion of this ship fluctuates because some days, i’m all for the brotp while some days, I just want them to end up married because they are,,,,,,soulmates. i ship it in an au setting because even though i’m very critical of romione, I can’t separate ron and hermione or harry and ginny. it physically hurts me to ship ron and harry in a world where hermione and ginny exist. i wouldn’t enjoy seeing how upset the girls would be in that context; both having to see the boys they like, end up with their brothers. my love for ronarry is born out of my love for ron weasley and confusion at not seeing enough appreciation for the beautiful friendship between harry james potter and ron weasley.
ron and hermione: i’ve shipped ron/hermione since I was ten and it will always have a special place in my heart. i do not ship a super duper insecure ron who will be a doormat with an abusive hermione who gets away with everything she does. it’s not the nerdy girl and dumb guy ship. it’s a beautiful relationship between two people who challenge each other; a ruthless girl with a heart of gold, who softens her edges, and a nurturing and funny guy who helps her loosen up. i’m a sucker for slow burn. i love it when two characters flirt with each other without realising it. i love it when two stubborn but smitten fools, go through the denial stage, to the point that you just want to trap them in a room and refuse to let them out until they confess their feelings for each other. I love the “oh wow things are actually getting somewhere oh wait where did this plot twist come from help me” stage, which is why half blood prince is my favourite book. I love it when two characters have a beautiful bickering dynamic, but they know that underneath the teasing and sarcastic remarks, they are crazy for each other. it may seem like i’m only here for ron. my love for romione is partially born out of my love for ron weasley, but it’s more than that. I love it for the message it delivers. for ron, it represents that your heart and your personality exceeds your fame and fortune. for hermione, it proves that (as crazy as it may sound), there might be someone out there who wouldn’t only love your positive attributes, but also be strangely into your huge, glaring flaws. i’ve always loved the fact that a normal teenage boy, fell in love with a plain-looking girl who constantly nagged and drove him crazy, instead of a pretty girl who worshipped him. it’s a love story with themes of forgiveness, and acceptance, and redemption, and healing, and growth. they represent hope and that first impressions aren’t always correct. there is no use pretending that romione is a perfect ship, and that’s great, because i don’t want it to be perfect.
ron and lavender: oh boy do I have opinions about this!!! firstly, jk rowling did not do a good job with this. harry got some romance. so did hermione. but ron’s relationship was not treated with respect. jkr tried so hard to make him look undesirable and portrayed his relationship with lavender as important as a wet shoelace. it seemed like she was punishing him for getting a girlfriend. too bad she failed because i’m not going to condemn ron for dating lavender. ron wanted to show that even he was desirable and here she was; fluttering her eyelashes, laughing at his jokes, with her arms opened. a girl showed interest in him and he reciprocated. if ginny is so cool and awesome for moving on by dating dean and michael, then why is ron worse than voldemort for trying to move on from hermione by dating lavender? i don’t get it. secondly, i loathe love triangles where one person is presented as the obvious bad option and the other person is the “”“"good”“”“ option and the middle person is such an ,,,,idiot,,,, for not picking the good option. people give ron and lavender more shit than they deserve. lavender was “clingy” but I guarantee you, if I were dating ron weasley, you’d have to pry him away from my cold dead hands. even I would consider a moment not kissing him, a moment wasted. even I would be suspicious if my boyfriend started spending time with a girl who unleashed a flock of birds on him. yes, lavender liked nicknames, cheesy gifts, giggling, and enjoyed being intimate with her boyfriend in public and so what? don’t hate her for being girly. you’re also a hypocrite if you shame ron for interfering in ginny’s love life when you’re doing the same thing to lavender brown. that being said, obviously this wasn’t a good relationship because one person gave more than the other. i have a headcanon where lavender was questioning her feelings for parvati and using ron as her beard. i like to think that later, ron and lavender had a conversation where they realised that they weren’t right people for each other. lavender confessed that she was using him because she was confused about parvati and ron admitted his feelings for hermione. they decided to be friends and nobody’s heart was broken. the end. (psa this blog stans the queen that is lavender brown and the underappreciated ship that is larvati. lavender bashing is why i dislike most romione fan fiction.)
ron and luna: aka the purest of them all. i lowkey ship ron with luna. she is my favourite female character and I adore her friendship with ron. they have a wicked sense of humour and ron finds her fascinating. however, i prefer them in a platonic relationship. there are many ron fans who believe that luna had a crush on ron and that’s fantastic but I don’t. it’s such a pure ship and I don’t want it to be contaminated by jealousy or crushes. but hey, if you ship it and support the ‘luna had a crush on ron’ theory, then all power to you! fun fact: back in the day, runa had a rap in the fandom because it was popular amongst harmonians and seen as “dump ship” so hermione could be free with harry. lmaoooo. i can confirm this :’) loads of harry/hermione shippers in the runa tag.
ron and mcgonagall: i don’t know what’s wrong with the harry potter fandom. no joke, this was one of the first ships i encountered when I joined the online fandom and i literally cried. I believe this ship became popular because of that dancing scene in the GoF movie. ron danced with his teacher but not with the love of his life. go fuck a cactus, steve kloves.
ron and neville: ronnev is a ship that everyone would stan. harry would be the captain of this ship. ginny would cut anyone who hurts these gryffindor softies. it would be so pure that it would remove a layer of ice surrounding hermione’s heart. luna lovegood would paint portraits of these two and everyone will be happy because that’s the power of this ship. in all seriousness, similar thoughts as runa. it’s a decent friendship in my eyes, but if you ship it then you have great taste! i also like that it’s called, “red vines.” as long as the lady characters aren’t bashed, i support your fan fiction!
ron and padma: um…..i guess this is a ron/oc-who-is-a-ravenclaw ship because we barely know anything about padma. however, this was part of cursed child and ayesha no like cursed child. i will also never forgive cc!ron for naming his child ‘panju.’ seriously, ron? was it so difficult to name your child raju? or rahul? or rancholdas shamaldas chanchat? fuck you.
ron and pansy: i don’t know why this ship exists. it absolutely disgusts me. most people only ship it so ron can get out of the way and hermione can bone her true soulmate aka snape or lucius!!!! i’ll forever be bitter that my baby is shipped with one of the worst characters in the books. ron should not be reduced to a tool to redeem pansy parkinson. ron deserves better. i don’t give a shit how misunderstood and beautiful and “redeemed” your fanon!pansy is. in the books, she is a racist, misogynist and a fucking voldemort supporter and ron would never spare her his time. i would never ship ron with a character as repellent as pansy parkinson. some people also ship them with hermione in an ot3. smh way to make a fool out of both ron and hermione. on the other hand, if we’re talking about au settings, then i have no issues, but i’ll be side-eyeing you forever because why pick pansy parkinson when luna lovegood is right there!!!!
ron and romilda: yep, this is also a thing. yes, you can cry *passes you a tissue* most people probably don’t know about this ship but i’m adding it because it was a side pairing in a fremione fic that I read a long time ago. it haunts me to this day. suuuuuure. of course ron would want to be with the girl who indirectly poisoned him. romance confirmed!!! match made in heaven!!!!
ron and snape: ….just……..why? once I found some golden snon/sneasley bullshit in the ron weasley tag and then i cried with vivi. that being said, I read their meta and I have to admit, it was intriguing, but you can explore their dynamic (ron being his potions apprentice or ron’s chess skills impressing snape or whatever) without making it romantic, you nasties. keep ron weasley out of this.
ron and susan: oh, look! a ron ship that doesn’t make me vomit. this must be the ron/oc-who-is-a-hufflepuff ship. i get a lot of sunshine and flowers vibes from this. i like susan bones; she’s an underrated minor character, henceforth, I support this ship. i have see a lot of dra/miones ship this though, so minus points for that. at least ron gets a nice person in those fics. can’t say the same for hermione!
ron and viktor: i don’t like this ship. viktor krum is a character that i don’t like for reasons I can’t explain but he creeps me out. he was just a plot device in the books and i don’t care about his friendship or romance with ron weasley. i don’t mind reblogging the fan art and it’s okay if you ship it, but it’s not my cup of tea. just don’t expect me to share vikron headcanons and we’ll get along.
@ronandhappiness I agree with you on pretty much all of these (aside from the Ron x Luna one, but only because I think Luna was crying on Ron during OOTP).
Also,
Ron and Draco: i think this ship came into existence because Tom Felton said he had a crush on Rupert Grint.
I am 100% here for women not needing anyone’s permission to live the way they want to, but just in case any girl out there just needs someone to say it’s okay, this is it. It’s okay.
It’s okay to cut your hair short.
It’s okay to stop wearing makeup.
It’s okay to not dress feminine or to have a “lesbian” style.
It’s okay to stop shaving.
It’s okay to not sit “ladylike”.
It’s okay to go after activities or interests that are typically masculine.
Your expression of your womanhood does not have to look like what the world tells you a woman is. If you’re a woman and you want to do it, then that’s what your womanhood looks like. It’s time to be free, and it’s time to be you.
Imagine, just for a moment, that when they take the portkey, instead of an Avada Kedavra, it’s a Stupefy that hits him. Or that the AK misses him by an inch, hits a grave instead, knocks him out for a second.
Imagine that everybody forgets about the Hufflepuff boy out cold on the floor, because they are so intent on resurrecting Voldemort. Peter forgets as he ties Harry to that statue. Voldemort forgets as he is dumped into a cauldron full of flesh and bone and blood. And every death eater that comes sooner or later, well, no one tells them about the boy either – there are more pressing concerns.
However, Harry doesn’t forget. Because Harry has been in that sort of situation since he was eleven. He’s used to looking out for others, by now. Hermione and the Troll, Ron on the chess game, Ginny in the Chamber, Sirius and Hagrid and even Buckbeak- Harry always looks out for everyone, and never forgets about anyone, even if they are not really his friends.
So while he stares in horror, while he’s powerless and sees his greatest foe come back to life, a tiny part of his mind is screaming at him to check on Cedric, to get them out of here. Both. Alive.
Now let’s say that the ceremony, and the Death Eater meeting after the resurrection takes time. Lots of it. Let’s say that Voldemort, being the drama queen he obviously is, takes his time, and enjoys every single second of attention he gets from his followers and that Potter brat.
Let’s say he takes enough time for Cedric to come back to consciousness.
He awakes, lying in the grass and dirt, surrounded by bits of stone, his head aching and confused. The cup is laying about, not too far from him, and he could take it to go back but- he’s a Hufflepuff. He’s loyal. He doesn’t forget either, and that’s why, even if he’s confused about why or how he’s here, he doesn’t take the cup and goes searching for Harry.
Now, the tournament is a vicious thing, isn’t it ? Who’s to say to poor confused Cedric that this is not one more, secret, task ?
So Cedric goes looking, wand in hand, ready to fight, because he’s a Hogwart champion – and really, a Graveyard ? That’s creepy. And because he’s on his guard, and he’s moving around silently, no one notices him creeping behind one of the graves. No one notices the Hufflepuff boy, his horrified expression, and his frantic gaze as he slowly understands that no, that wasn’t a task, and that wasn’t a dream either.
Maybe not even Harry, or maybe he does, but that’s not the important thing.
The important thing is that being in Hufflepuff doesn’t make you stupid at all. The important thing is that Cedric is a champion, and smart, and a quick thinker and a hard worker.
The important thing is that Cedric thinks fast, and casts an ‘Accio’ on the cup as he runs towards Harry while he duels Voldemort.
He breaks through the crowd of amazed and struck Death Eaters, catches Harry’s arm with one hand, and with Seeker reflexes, catches the cup with the other.
Cedric lives, and both Harry and him go back to Hogwarts, terrified, bloody, and flinching away from the sudden noise coming from the public. They both live, and thus no one notices that something is amiss immediately, no one sees their wild glances around – as if someone was still out to kill them. The public cheers, and sings the victory of both Hogwart’s champions, and they are suddenly hugged by their families – the Diggorys and Weasleys.
No one notices, and that’s why when the noise dies down, and someone casts a sonorus on them to ask them how they feel about that victory, everyone hears them say, in a still disbelieving and trembling voice.
“He’s back.”
Obviously, everyone is confused, but they start talking, a bit over each other really, but they are in shock – and they say he’s back, Voldemort’s back, and he took my blood, and we were in a graveyard, and I was knocked out, missed most of the ritual, but it was him, yeah, and there were Death Eaters, in a circle, torturing Harry, horrible, had to get away, he’s back, he’s back.
And that’s when the people notice their faces, the blood, Harry twitching fingers – cruciatus – and their wands still clenched in their fingers, as if ready to attack anyone on sight.
This time, though, Harry doesn’t get ushered away by fake-Moody – because Cedric still has a hand gripping his arm, and wont let go for the world. He tells Dumbledore, and their families, though, when the Headmaster asks them to talk “More calmly and clearly, please, young men” at the Infirmary. Barty Crouch Jr is still apprehended, and the real Moody discovered, and it puts their incredible tale in a new, horrific and real, light.
Imagine if Cedric Diggory lived.
Two witnesses of His return. One is Harry Potter, Hero and Saviour of the Wizarding world. The second is beloved Hufflepuff Prefect Cedric Diggory, Hogwarts Champion. Even if people didn’t believe the first, they would believe the second, and vice versa.
Obviously, the ministry doesn’t take it well, but Amos Diggory and the Weasleys, and Dumbledore make a move together. Susan Bones helps her fellow Hufflepuff by contacting her aunt. Together, they get memory evidence – and they even agree on submitting to truth serum.
Because if Harry alone couldn’t do it – or had no idea he could – Cedric is there, and his father works at the Ministry, and he’s a seventh year. He knows more, and he has people ready to help him – and if he asks them, to help Harry Potter.
Sure, the ministry would try to get all this under the rug, but they couldn’t. Because Weasleys, and Diggorys, and Dumbledore, and Bones, and even Longbottom and soon every name that has a contact in Hogwarts – except some of the Death Eaters – are pushing for the truth to get out, and with a bit of blackmail, Rita helps – and this time, the Daily Prophet can’t repress all of them.
Imagine if Cedric Diggory lived, and how the war would have turned.
Harry looked over at Hermione and the question he had been about to ask died in his throat. Hermione was watching Ron fret over the fate of the Cattermoles, and there was such tenderness in her expression that Harry felt almost as if he had surprised her in the act of kissing him.
Hermione Granger is that kind of parent that, when she is doing a “special lesson” at Hogwarts, scolds publicly her children because they are not paying attention
This is still quite possibly my favorite thing I’ve ever done. Also still annoyed it didn’t tag Ash properly @actinganimagus – I love you little bro, I’m sorry tumblr is as much of a little shit as Teddy
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