I loved @vivithefolle‘s “Headcanon that Ron sleeps like a cat. Either curled up in a ball of adorableness or sprawled out in all his long-limbed glory.” so I decided to draw some cat Ron xD
“I did speak about being in Harry Potter long before I was in the films. I just had this feeling I was going to be in it. I wrote to her [J.K. Rowling] when I was going through the eating disorder. I told her that it was the only thing that took my mind off. Anyone who has gone through it will know that that’s a very powerful thing, to take your mind off what you’re going through. Everywhere I turned… my siblings were angry with me, or my parents were worried about me and this was something that gave me a lot of solace. I wrote to her when I was going through that and said thank you. And I sent it to her editor and her assistant obviously read it, and was touched by the letter and gave it to her and she wrote back. She wrote a handwritten letter. We started a correspondence and we actually became pen pals, that’s when I was about 11. I wrote to her about Luna specifically saying she really frees me
because she’s such an eccentric, and she’s so weird and everyone
acknowledges she’s weird and for one second it doesn’t make her question herself. I think I said I wanted to play her.” — Evanna Lynch [x]
it’s not actually presently working (i’ve already contacted their support and, big surprise, a LOT of people are importing their tumblr right now.)
but basically, if you go to your settings (insights on wp, i think), there’s an import option under manage that lets you import all your content from a lot of other sites, including tumblr, into your wordpress.
i’ll report back when i’ve made progress or heard from support again …
I’ve had a look at the import status and it is still queued up. There’s a bit of a line to work through before the import can begin – This is because of the large influx of Tumblr blogs coming to us.
so basically, a LOT of us are importing their tumblrs to wp right now, so they’re struggling with traffic influx (which is … really saying something, isn’t it, @staff?), but my import is queued and i guess i’ll just have to be patient.
Friendly reminder that Ron gave Hermione perfume for Christmas in OOTP
Her response: “Ron, that perfume is really unusual”
Honestly, Hermione….
Ron: buys Hermione perfume.
Hermione: this is clearly the kind of gift a teenage boy gets for his 100% platonic female friend that he could never be attracted to in a million years, alas, pity poor me, I bet he thinks of me as one of the guys, and also this perfume is an invitation to open a discussion about his taste in scents.
Harry: … seriously? …
And people think Ron is the dense one…
I frankly was a lot like Hermione when I was younger, except for the always-perfect grades and bossiness. I had few friends. I knew nothing of relationships except that my Mum and Dad were married and that my big sister occasionally went out with boys.
14-years old me with zero romantic experience and undiagnosied Asperger’s, upon seeing this scene: Awww! Ron likes her! 😀
Hermione god damnit you could have had it all as early as fifth year.
I was this dense as a teenager. I would totally have done “this is 100% platonic perfume.”
See, even I kind of get Hermione over here (now, bear with me because I have no goddamn idea what love is and this is just my attempt at understanding romantic love.)
When Hagrid, Slughorn, Dumbledore, McGonagall, Terry Boot, Harry, and other people compliment Hermione, she is flattered, grateful and expresses her thanks. She is happy when they do it. Hermione likes being told that she’s good at something. She is eager to have her talents and intelligence applauded. Hermione is also used to getting praise and approval. She does not respond to compliments like Ron; who blushes and underestimates himself, when anybody says nice things about him (my baby isn’t used to getting praise.) However, when Ron compliments her, she is shown to be awkward and shy. She says something like, “oh stop it,” and shushes him. She changes the subject. She doesn’t know how to deal with her crush saying nice things to her.
So you can forgive her for not responding the way she should have, when her crush gave her perfume.
See, when you don’t have feelings for someone; appreciating them comes naturally because you love them platonically. That’s why Hermione was more comfortable with thanking Harry and showing him overt affection. She didn’t have feelings for him and she knew that he didn’t have feelings for her either. Therefore, it was probably easier for her to be nice to Harry because he was her baby brother, and there was no romantic interest.
Her dynamic with Ron was a tad different because she did have feelings for him. When you have feelings for someone you have slim chances with, you’d hesitate before saying anything positive about them. Hermione was probably scared that Ron (or anyone) would find out that she liked him and this was her way of hiding it; by being all, “Oh, you gave me a perfume? That’s alright I guess…it’s pretty unusual durr durr oh btw Harry this book is so great!!!!” Hell, I’m ready to believe that she was trying to convince herself that she didn’t like Ron. Everyone talks about the whole “dating my best friend’s sister” thing for Hinny but I’m sure Hermione went through the same crisis as Harry. I’m sure the “Uh oh, I can’t fancy Ron. Ginny will kill me”, played a role in Hermione’s quest for Ron’s boxers. But I digress…
I used to think, “Why the hell would Hermione hide the fact that she liked Ron? Couldn’t she tell that he liked her too?! Ron was in love with her and it was damn obvious since Book 2! Why couldn’t the idiots just admit that they had feelings for each other?!”
I’ve come to realise that everyone isn’t brilliant when it comes to romance. Even the great Hermione Granger. I’m not very good when it comes to romance, either and that’s why I find it easier to understand her over there. Before I read some metas, I had no idea that Hermione was trying to make Ron jealous with Krum’s letters. I had no idea that a perfume is supposed to be a romantic gift. It had to be pointed out to me. And I guess it had to be pointed out to Hermione, as well. (Seriously, why did J.K Rowling think that Ron needed a book on romance? Hermione needed one, not Ron! Or wait…did Ron’s book have a chapter that went something like, “Did She Unleash A Flock of Canaries On You? Good News! She Likes You!”?)
Anyway, we’re talking about Hermione Granger over here. Not fanfic!Hermione whose a flirty, sexy, romantic, compassionate and over-confident supermodel. I’m talking about the real Hermione Granger from the books. The Hermione who was (believe it or not) an insecure girl, who lacked confidence in herself regarding her love life. The Hermione who had a phobia for rejection and failure. The Hermione who ditched Divination in her third year (without even trying) because she had a pathological fear of failure, and couldn’t stand the idea of not being the best at something. The Hermione who is critical, obsessive, and loves over-analysing everything. So I can picture that when Ron came up to her, stammering a “Merry christmas”, nervously holding her gift in his sweaty palms, and hoping that it would send a message that he wasn’t brave enough to say, Hermione over-analysed everything. She completely missed the point because her brain came up with a reasoning that went like, “Wait, what if he gave a perfume to Tonks as well? Is he giving me a perfume because he doesn’t like how I normally smell? Oh no, this is bad. I hope it’s a platonic gift. Yep, that’s it. That could be the only possible explanation! Wow, I’m pretty good at this!”
Therefore, instead of receiving a “Thank you”, Ron got a “Really unusual.” I’m sorry, Ron, but this is what you get for falling in love with Hermione. It’s part of the package, son.
(There’s also a headcanon that Hermione was in a long-distance relationship with Viktor Krum at this point, which complicates things even more, so let’s not talk about that.)
Basically, I headcanon Hermione as someone who is hopeless when it comes to romance, because that’s something you can only learn from experience, not books. That’s why I dislike it when people imply that Hermione was aware of her feelings for Ron, and Ron was the one who had to catch up. Please. Ron and Hermione’s love story is not a game, but if you force me to play, then I will say this: Ron gets more points for being the patient, forgiving one, while Hermione loses points for sending him mixed signals, and doing stuff that made me question my respect for her. Hermione wasn’t the one who reached the finish line first. It was Ron.
YES! @ronandhappiness knocking it out of the park with this analysis!
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