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hey i’ve recently read fiction about ron hermione taking a break at some point of their relationship, what do you think about it and how did you think it went ? (initiated by whom, going on dates with others ?)

I don’t really like the idea of Ron and Hermione taking a break. However, I can see it happening in certain scenarios;

It’s a couple of years after the war. Ron’s now full-time with the aurors, and Hermione’s in the ministry. They have less time around each-other, and it’s more of an effort to make their relationship work. 

Hermione hasn’t quite sanded off her rough edges just yet, and is having difficulty with their relationship. Ron is still worried about doing something wrong, with the result that their relationship isn’t so much ‘give and take’ as ‘Hermione flares up, Ron gives ground, and the status quo returns’. It’s making their relationship strained, since they’re both adults and their relationship is more similar to that of teenagers due to both of their personal hang-ups.

Both of them need some time to cool off (and give Hermione some time to actually mature as a person a bit more). It’s a mutual thing. They don’t really see anyone-else, since they still are more attracted to each-other than other people. Both of them are tempted (Hermione is still in contact with Krum, and Luna is becoming closer to Ron), but they never act on it. 

Eventually, Hermione begins making efforts to be less judgemental, and more relaxed, whilst Ron learns to not take everything lying down, and put his foot down a bit more. Their relationship becomes much stronger for it. 

Thanks for the ask, anon! Hope that answered your question! 

What do you think of Emma Watson as a feminist and ambassador of the UN for women? I too don’t idolise her (and neither was the teacher who had to show us a video) but I do think that some of her actions are good in terms of equality. She believes in feminism but also wants equality for boys in terms of allowing them to be vulnerable and other supposedly feminine things. What do you think?

Oh, boy….

Emma Watson is… problematic, to say the least. On the one hand, I can’t fault her for making Feminism more accessible to young women, and making it clear that Feminism is for the good of everyone. 

On the other hand, she’s not without her faults. That whole issue with Beyonce and ‘fetishising’ (although that happened several years ago, and I hope her opinion on it has changed), her apparent-rudeness to other female actors (her comments towards Emma Stone and Lily Jane, for example, as well as her occasional dismissal of women performing traits considered traditionally-feminine), her habit of back-tracking on previous statements about feminism when called out on problematic behaviour, as well as the apparent ‘white feminist’ undertones of her feminism (or so I’ve been told by intersectional feminists; as a man, I have no real right to call her out on things). 

There’s also the fact that she was quietly dropped by the UN as an womens ambassador when she revealed to be a tax-avoider in 2016 during the Panama Papers scandal. I did always wonder why she stopped doing ambassador work. Apparently, she had something in an offshore firm that had something to do with property.  

Like I said, I can’t fault her for making Feminism seem attractive and important for a generation of young women, but she’s certainly problematic as a Feminist (or so I’ve gathered from intersectional feminists; since I don’t have any right to an opinion on the subject, considering my gender). 

Thank you for the ask, @bearsinpotatosacks. I apologise for the lateness of this reply, but I hope this answered your question nonetheless. 

Okay so I see a lot of your posts tagged with anti {ship} then “no offense to anyone who ships it” and I mean I get that for nonproblematic ships like Neville/Luna and Harry/Hermione But I also saw you do it with Snape/Hermione and… you do know you don’t have to do that right? Those people are pedophile apologists who want a young girl to date a grown man! A grown man who was her teacher and treated her horrible at that! These people don’t deserve any respect at all

ronandhappiness:

headcanonsandmore:

I’m too much of a Hufflepuff for my own good. 

I’m sorry @headcanonsandmore but I agree with anon over here.

I don’t like the Snamione ship at all. I’m guessing I must have tagged it like that because other (far less problematic) ships were also included in the post. 

I’m surprised Ron and Ginny didn’t know about Neville’s parents, i thought it would be common knowledge in the wizarding world.

I think the exact details were kept out of the limelight, as a mark of respect to Neville’s family. 

Mr and Mrs Weasley couldn’t bring themselves to explain to their children exactly what had happened. Because they knew Frank and Alice; not especially closely, but through Molly’s twin brothers Gideon and Fabian Prewitt (who were both in the original Order of the Phoenix). The thought that two young parents were tortured so badly that they forgot their only son must have been too painful to talk about. 

I mean, Hermione didn’t know either, and she would have likely come across the details in a book about the first war if it were common knowledge. 

Draco Malfoy didn’t know either (he was very shocked when Neville tried to attack him for laughing about the memory-altered people in St Mungo’s). Draco Malfoy’s father was an actual death-eater, and he (Draco) still wasn’t told about the exact details. 

I think that the generation who were of age during the first war must have found the events of the Longbottoms’ torture too painful to talk about when their own children began asking questions about it. 

Thanks for the ask, anon. 

“Though hotly denied by subsequent generations, there is ample evidence to suggest that the first Lucius Malfoy was an unsuccessful aspirant to the hand of Elizabeth I, and some wizarding historians allege that the Queen’s subsequent opposition to marriage was due to a jinx placed upon her by the thwarted Malfoy.” I don’t like that JKR tried to remove Elizabeth’s agency by saying she was jinxed to be opposed to marriage (I think being sexually assaulted by her guardian at 14 was reason enough)

With you on that. Yeesh. 

As a British person how do you feel about about India’s recent decriminalization of the lgbt community whi ch was originally a colonial law. I’ve heard people say india is “catching up” to the west and I find that to be an unfair statement. Thoughts?

gaylittlepieceofsh1t:

headcanonsandmore:

I think it’s great that India has decriminalised LGBTQIA+ relationships! I also think that it’s awful that the British put that law in place to begin with.

It’s ridiculous that people are saying that India is ‘catching up to the West’ when the Western powers were the ones who created the bigoted laws in the first place.

I hate colonialism and imperialism, and I think that Western Countries (including the UK) should be more aware of their past in regards to the subjugation of countries around the world during the times of colonialism and imperialism. 

Thanks for the ask!

As an Indian who had to live under fear of this law I feel liberated and glad. This was one thing that colonizers were taking away from me especially when it comes to my personal freedom. I do hope that as time passes the lgbt community in india gets the social recognition and respect we deserve.

Thank you for answering my question!

I’m so sorry to hear that you’ve felt such fear just because of who you are, and that the actions of my country caused that. 

No problem, happy to respond!

Hey do you know any like,,, compilations of romione headcannons?? I’m not really into fanfiction but I love those, but for some reason I can never really find any.

Yes, I’m got a few compilations of Romione headcanons myself. There are 3 parts (

Parts 1, 2, and 3). You can also find them under the ‘romione fluff headcanons’ tag (which I’ll tag this ask under after I post it). 

Also, check my blog for the ‘romione headcanons’ tag, which has lots of different compilations. 

Hope that helps! 

Thanks for the ask, anon! 

Hey do u know any long multi chapter romione five ? Please answer if u do I would be eternally great fun.

Yes, I do! Hope you like these!

Not as a last resort (parts 1 and 2) by Arabella. An AU Romione fanfic about Ron and Hermione having to spent the night inside Hagrid’s cabin due to a snowstorm, and having to share a bed (one of my favourite fluff tropes), as well as discussing the upcoming 2nd Yule Ball. Not rated, but I’d give it a K+ to a mild T. 

Scenes from the Hogwarts Infirmary by Willowwand. A missing moment from every year of Hogwarts, all set in the Hospital Wing

The Hermione Granger series by Ann Margaret. A series of fanfictions (rated T, as far as I’m aware) from Hermione’s perspective, starting in fifth year. The series begins with ‘Hermione Granger and the Order of the Phoenix’ (which is the fifth book told from Hermione’s POV), then continues with ‘Hermione Granger and the Time of Troubles’ (which was written before the sixth book was released), ‘Hermione Granger and the Beginning of the End’ (which continues on from ‘TOT’, and is about the end of the wizarding war), and finally ‘Follow Through’ (which is set several years after the war, and concerns Hermione struggling to solve a mystery from the war). I should warn you though, this series ends with the hint of a possible sequel that I don’t think the author ever got round to writing.

Ann Margaret also did Hermione POV fanfictions of ‘HBP’ and ‘DH’ which also continue on from her ‘Order of the Phoenix’ fanfic, and follow the canon book series’ plot.

Also, check out @callieskye‘s massive Romione fanfic rec list, which is sorted by year, length, and rating. 

As well as this, @weasleyismyking540 is currently in the process of writing the entire HP series from Ron’s perspective (it starts off as T, but gets mature after Ron hits puberty). 

Hope that helps, @weaselking-99! 

Sometimes I wish self-sorting hadn’t become a thing, because sometimes fans who are sorted Slytherin start to whitewash canon Slytherins, and say that being a blood purist wasn’t that big of a deal, that mudblood was “only” a swear word and not a slur, that the canon examples of slytherins was the outcasts and not the norm, and that Salazar was in the right for not wanting muggleborn in Hogwarts and building a secret chamber with a murder snake etc.

lytefoot:

headcanonsandmore:

Interesting hypothesis. Thoughts, everyone? 

(Thanks for the message, anon)

Ironically, this is exactly what I would expect from someone who embodies the Slytherin virtues?

So I’m gonna start out by talking s*** about Gryffindor, because Slytherins are rightly sensitive, and these are the two houses we see a lot of in the books.

So Gryffindor’s virtues are boldness, self-sacrifice, and moral certainty. I think Ron and Neville are both clear examples of good Gryffindors. Ron lays down his life in the chess match, and he comes back to Harry and Hermione in the Forest of Dean. Neville leads the resistance against the Carrows and refused Voldemort when the war was (apparently) already lost. A bad Gryffindor, on the other hand, is willing to lay down anything for the greater good. Dumbledore is a bad Gryffindor: he left Harry with the Dursleys, let him face Voldemort at 11, raised him as the perfect sacrifice. Doing so made him sad, but he did it anyway. A Gryffindor should aspire to be Neville, and fear becoming Dumbledore.

Now, part of the reason that Gryffindor comes out looking like cheap heroes is that the narrative vindicates Dumbledore. Harry chooses to keep the faith in Dobby’s grave, and in the end, Dumbledore’s plan wins the war. The narrative itself never suggests that he was wrong to make the sacrifices he did. (It seems likely that JKR didn’t intend us to judge Dumbledore harshly.) But it is entirely in keeping with the canon text to see Dumbledore as a Gryffindor villian.

What about Slytherin? Slytherin’s virtues are ambition, cunning, moral flexibility, and in-group loyalty. (If these don’t sound like virtues to you, you’re starting to see the problem.) A lot of these are socially unacceptable, or at least frowned on. And a lot of them are often turned to bad ends in real life. Ambition and in-group loyalty especially are often associated with harming others for one’s own benefit; but that isn’t a necessary corollary.

But the problem is that the text only presents bad Slytherins. Lucius Malfoy is a perfect bad Slytherin: he is loyal to his family, and beyond that, to pureblood wizard high society. He wants power, and he’s willing to take whatever steps are needed to get it. Even in the end, when he turns from Voldemort to try to save his son, he shows both loyalty and ambition. He’s also a complete a**hole.

We have individual good acts by Slytherins, motivated by Slytherin virtues. Snape protects Harry, motivated by his loyalty to Lily and his ambitious desire for revenge on Voldemort; but he’s an a**hole. Narcissa lies to the dark lord to save her son; but she’s also an a**hole.

I can see the desire to whitewash especially Snape. If only he hadn’t been such an obnoxious bully the whole time, he would have been a good example of a Slytherin hero. In fact he’s mean mostly to fulfill the boarding school drama trope of The Mean Teacher, and serve as an occasional red herring; the books would frankly have been better if he’d been more like fanon!Snape. But that isn’t what we read.

I see the temptation to whitewash Slytherins, because it isn’t hard to imagine a good Slytherin. But JKR didn’t.

The way I deal with this, in my meta of the setting, is to say that Salazar himself was a jerk (see: giant f***-off murder snake, and THAT PASSWORD), but the house as a whole hasn’t always been. But Tom Riddle poisoned it. By Harry’s era, it’s common knowledge that Slytherins are people like Voldemort or Lucius Malfoy; and kids who come under the hat do what Harry did, and beg for another house. That’s why Draco & co were such mustache twirlers, why the Slytherin quidditch team acted like sports movie villains and the Slytherins wanted to turn Harry over at the Battle of Hogwarts. The kids who showed up neutral and were sorted were influenced by their peer group to take the Slytherin side–in-group loyalty in play again. It’s a problem in British society after the war. It’s something that needs fixing in setting.

(I also hold with the faction that thinks Hagrid was a Slytherin. Why else would fifth-year prefect Tom Riddle know what third-year Hagrid was up to?)

Interestingly, my mom’s a textbook Slytherin. It came up the other day; she threw a fit and demanded Gryffindor. Exactly as my theory predicts. 🙂