3. What are your top 5 headcanons for Ron Weasley?
Ron is the best dad ever.
Ron proposed to Hermione before they left for Australia. He didn’t even have time to buy a ring, because he was afraid that if put it off even for an obviously good reason, he’d put it off forever. He had to make sure he was right about how she felt and she knew how he felt. Proposing to Hermione was the scariest thing he ever did.
Later in his career, Ron is only called in by the Aurors when excrement is very close to rotary blades. Whenever he walks in, someone (Dean Thomas) (it’s definitely Dean Thomas) always starts whistling “Weasley Is Our King.” [Weasley can save anything…]
Ron plays wizard and muggle chess at the international level, and holds Grandmaster rank in both organizations. Chess tournaments are the one place that Ron is the member of the trio most likely to be recognized. Harry loves to go to them with him.
In universes where Ron has left the Aurors to work with George/be a full-time dad/write smutty romance novels, Harry and Hermione give zero f***s about Ron’s lack of security clearance.
10. How do you think Ron would react if he meets Movie!Ron, Musical!Ron, and CC!Ron?
Musical!Ron I think Ron would like. He’s a little doofy, but he’s basically a good guy, loves Harry, loves Hermione, comes through in a pinch. Musical!Ron is a parody, but a loving one.
Movie!Ron, I think Ron would tell off for being such a lump most of the time. (How could you agree with Snape when he dissed Hermione? How could you just stand there and let Harry walk off to die?)
CC!Ron I can’t really comment on, CC is kind of impenetrable to me (I know the gist, but I kind of Can’t with either the script format or live theater, so…), but I don’t think Ron would be well pleased by the love potion bit.
15. What’s an aspect of Ron’s character that you think people should discuss more?
One of the things I love about Ron is the level of contradiction in his character. He’s a big guy who likes sports and is always 100% down to punch bigots in the face, but he’s also nurturing and sweet and wears his heart on his sleeve. He’s intelligent, but he isn’t interested in academics. He’s insecure and sometimes jealous, but he presents a confident face and is genuinely proud of people close to him. I wish we talked more about of his duality rather than focusing on one side or the other.
I kinda imagine book!Ron would end up giving film!Ron a hug as the poor guy cried into his shoulder about how sorry he was….
@leftennant and I were just bemoaning the lack of rom coms out there in Hollywood and how it’s probably stimmying the careers of certain actors who would kill it in that niche.
This seems like such low hanging fruit being ignored. With relatively low budgets you can afford the occasional failure compared to the thud Justice League just made. If you picked a random group of ten women and asked them to brainstorm ideas they’d come up with solid ideas to be spun into box office gold.
Per example:
Kat Dennings is the quirky girl trekking across New Zealand following her lifelong love of all things Tolkein. She meets Chris Evans and dismisses him as a frat bro, but it’s love at first sight for him. Can he persuade her he’s the real deal?
Of course he can. I’m still buying a ticket to this.
Hayley Atwell has to resist the charms of Sebastian Stan for 30 days to win a million dollars. But if he can persuade her to kiss him, he wins the million dollars. Who’s going to win? Can she resist him?
Who gives a fuck, we know there’s going to be a kiss and they’ll split the money, just take my money already.
Daisy Ridley and Tessa Thompson are stranded in an airport during a blizzard and have nothing to do but get to know each other.
I don’t even need you to tell me the plot of this one, because I already booked my seat.
Tell me Tumblr–what rom com ideas would you like to see and who would star in them?
America Ferrera needs a date to her family’s insane holiday party, so she puts out an ad on Craigslist for a bad boyfriend, so they’ll never ask her about him again. Tom Hardy is the bad boy she hires. Only, he’s actually pretty sweet.
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Marisa Tomei is doing great as a single mom. She just closed a huge deal at her job, and her kid is surprisingly chill for a teenager, from what she’s read. Enter: her ex, Gerard Butler, freshly transferred back to NYC from London, and still in love with her. Can she admit she’s still in love with him?
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Matt Bomer hates visiting Middle America on his book tours, even though he loves his fans. That is, until he attends a panel discussion where the moderator is local celebrity writer, Channing Tatum.
I was talking about having them do a remake of Harry met Sally but with Melissa McCarthy as Harry and Mindy Kaling as Sally.
mads mikkelson: contemporary incarnation of aphrodite.
Idris Elba does yoga in very small shorts. No one cares about the plot.
Alternatively: Mads Mikkelson and Idris Elba. Something something…IDK we’re all going to watch it, aren’t we?
And this addition from @anais-ninja-blog which Tumbles is trying to eat:
Ewan MacGregor as the drama teacher at a private school in Manhattan who is feuding with but secretly pines for Chiwetel Ejiofor, the music teacher. Their school is undergoing a shift in curricula and there’s debate on the place of the arts, will they save their programs? Will they get together in the end? We all KNOW the answer is yes, but don’t you want to see it happen regardless?
Nicole Beharie and Tom Mison as bounty hunters after the same target. They have completely different styles and end up teaming up to bring their quarry down. Will they learn to get along, even fall in love?
I mean, did you see the chemistry they had together in Sleepy Hollow?
Aubrey Plaza inherits her free-spirited grandmother’s ‘67 Mustang. Eager for a change of scenery after a gnarly break up, she travels cross-country to pick it up and drive it home.
She gets more than she bargained for when she discovers that it’s haunted by Grandma’s ghost (Ellen Burstyn) and Grandma won’t rest until she gets her granddaughter some action.
When Grandma still hasn’t passed over, they set out for the Grand Canyon on the road trip of her dreams. A flat tire and a mysterious but helpful hitchhiker (Jason Momoa) later and something, something romance.
Working title: Granny’s Last Gas.
A successful attorney (Taraji P. Henson) wins surfing lessons in a charity raffle and after everyone she knows agrees that she could never do it, she decides that she’s got to learn.
Her instructor’s a washed up pro (Chris Hemsworth) with a fear of water after taking on more wave than he could handle in a catastrophe that nearly cost him everything.
After she’s challenged by a group of local punks to compete in an upcoming contest, Chris decides to face his fears and commits to helping her win.
They discover that they have more in common than they expected as her determination helps him to fall in love with surfing all over again.
Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds in a remake (again) of the Parent Trap.
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Donald Glover is a bored, jaded former-wunderkind. Zoe Saldanais the enforcer sent to rough him up for using his skills against a mob-run casino. She completes her “errand,” but when he’s in the hospital, recovering, someone starts sending him complex math puzzles. The puzzles form a message.
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Washed-up rock star Lee Pace has done everything, seen everything, fucked everything. His manager despairs, and begs him to attend a retreat in Sonoma, California. He goes to Sonoma, but never makes it to the retreat once he meets gregarious, no-nonsense pâtissier, Colin Farrell, and his irascible veterinarian wife, Julia Styles.
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Michele Pfeiffer is a witch who accidentally gives a customer’s love potion to her downstairs neighbor, Michael Keaton. She doesn’t know that her apprentice, Saorise Ronan, messed up the batch, and it was a dud. Now he’s wooing her, and she thinks it’s all fake (except it’s totally working).
Paul Rudd and Ryan Reynolds play two hotshot detectives who hooked up at last year’s Christmas party. They swore that it would only happen once and that they’d keep things casual. Now that they’ve landed the case of their careers, they’ll have to work together and keep things professional or risk losing it all.
Rosario Dawson is a high-powered lawyer who doesn’t know when to take a break. After a health scare, her boss orders her to find a way to de-stress. She resents it, but when she meets doctor Lupita Nyong-o in her yoga class, she’s a little less resentful. Can they find room in their lives for love?
Betty White is an eccentric wealthy lady with no heirs. After her lawyer (Anne Hathaway) refuses to be her heir -“It would be totally unethical and unprofessional, Ms Holloway”-, she picks a random name from a phone book.
Since phone books aren’t a thing since 80′s, the person chosen is Aldis Hodge’s granma (Nichelle Nichols). He is a social activist (#blacklivesmatter #OccupyWallStreet) so he is not exactly happy being now part of the 1%.
Shenanigans ensue when the old ladies decide to play matchmakers.
(At some point we have Robbie Williams singing Everlasting Love accompanied by New York Philharmonic Orchestra on Central Park)
I think my favourite things about this post are all the different gender pairings, and all the different age pairings
Also, can someone link those posts about Dwayne Jonson and Vin Diesel the bakers / florists?
buddy cop movie with hayley atwell and idris elba as unlikely partners and dwayne the rock johnson AND Vin Diesel as the bakery owners who witnesses a violent crime in the alley behind hisTHEIR shop and have to be protected (OP source)
All of these are better than anything Hollywood has produced in years
Betty White and Nichelle Nichols as matchmaking grandmas? I… I didn’t know how much I needed to see this.
HOW has no one yet asked for Oscar Isaac as the tender, earnest star pastry chef who’s come home to Brooklyn after some kind of unspecified personal melodrama and decides to open a bakery employing local at-risk youth, catching the eye of down-on-her-romantic-luck human interest reporter slash blogger who recently weathered a melodrama of her own (possibly causing an intense rivalry with her ex, Melissa Fumero), Lupita Nyong’o?
I’d like to suggest the addendum, “Betty White and Nichelle Nichols as matchmaking grandmas WHO THEMSELVES FALL IN LOVE.”
omg ys pls
one of these days i need to finish my romance novel about a showrunner falling for the Canadian love interest best known for being allergic to shirts that the female lead of her TV series (who is also her college roommate) insists they add to their hit series (about a former insurance investigator married to a former cat burgler and together they fight crime) which is a successful spin-off from a successful spin-off because she’s a) bored and b) just got a producer credit and the show’s 100th episode is hurtling toward them at speed.
picture Tina Fey meeting cute Chris Evans on the studio lot tour only to find out he’s the network’s pick for Mía Maestro’s sexy new police contact because Matt Bomer who plays her husband is preoccupied with the adoption he and his husband are in the middle of.
Ohshit, I was just reading an entry on Reddit, about how the OP wanted to see a genderbent version of “Romancing the Stone,” with Hiddleston as the sniffly genre writer, and Tessa Thompson as the adventurer. SHUT UP AND TAKE MY MONEY, indeed!
(Not sure if this is open to everyone, but here goes nonetheless)
Confectioner-and-baker Rupert Grint is struggling to keep his business afloat. Whilst delivering a cake to a wedding, he runs into wedding-planner Anne Hathaway, whose no-nonsense approach to life contrasts with Rupert’s more relaxed personality.
At first they don’t get along due to their conflicting personalities, but, after being contracted to work the same event, they begin to bond over a mutual love of food, and open up to each-other slowly over time.
Evanna Lynch co-stars as Rupert’s half-sister who randomly sings ‘A Very Potter Musical’ song numbers. Daniel Radcliffe appears for twenty seconds as a random extra who snogs Rupert, before declaring ‘Rarry for the win’ and running off giggling.
The ending of the film is a climatic show-down at ‘the Great British Bake-off’, ending in a massive food-fight. The sound-track is almost entirely made up of Queen and Freddie Mercury.
I haven’t actually watched AVPM the whole way through just yet (haven’t found the time), but I’ll post my thoughts about it when I do.
So far, I like it, since it pokes fun at the way the fandom perceives him. Also, I like how many BROTP moments him and Harry get.
Thanks for the ask, anon!
Ron Weasley’s portrayal?
His b(romance) with Harry
Getting background music every time he came on stage.
His romance with Hermione.
His rivalry with Draco
His bromance with Snape.
Basically the entire, “Sidekick,” performance.
“That’s Lavender Brown! RACIST SISTER!”
“I see myself in Willy Wonka’s Chocolate Factory. Hermione’s turning into a blueberry and I want to eat her.”
Just look at this…
Or maybe this?
Or how about this?
Just look at these cuties…
the love of my life with the love of his life…
This precious unicorn…
And this pretty much sums up Ron…
Joey Richter is an angel on planet earth and anything that he does is perfection. Therefore, his portrayal of Ron Weasley is perfection. Minus the casual sexism in Starkid, starkid!ron was perfect.
Was the casual sexism supposed to be ironic? Or was it just a product of the time it was made (the late 2000s/early 2010s)?
I guess it’s a bit of both. I haven’t seen AVPM in a while now (mostly, I just listen to the soundtrack and rewatch some of my favourite scenes) but some of it can be problematic. They whitewashed Cho Chang. Some of the Mama Umbridge jokes were vaguely transphobic, even though I noticed a little later because I was too busy admiring Joe Walker’s muscles. They had Dumbledore call an underage Harry a “sexy little bitch.” Most of these are just silly jokes that shouldn’t be taken seriously, but they do leave a sour taste in my mouth.
Some of the lyrics could be sexist. For example:
Different as can be:
Voldemort: (singing) You’re a sissy. A twat. A GIRL! I’m the darkest of lords.
Yes, it’s Voldemort singing, but still.
Get Back to Hogwarts:
Hermione: (singing) This year I plan to study a lot.
Ron: (singing and being a dick) That would be cool if you were actually hot!
Harry: (singing) Hey, Ron, come on. We’re the only friends that she’s got!
Seriously, Darren Criss? How could the same genius who wrote the masterpiece that is, “Coolest Girl” have written this line? 🤔
I guess it depends on how you want to interpret it. It’s true that Ron never insulted Hermione’s looks, but have you noticed that, in the books themselves, Ron spewed these random, OOC lines that made him appear shallow? For example, “No bloke in his right mind is going to fancy Tonks when Fleur’s around,” mocking Eloise’s Midgen’s acne, and not wanting to end up with a “pair of trolls.” That felt very OOC imho, so maybe, they were parodying JKR? Granted, every character could be shallow at times; Hermione insulted Viktor Krum’s appearance, Harry was an ultimate savage when describing people’s looks, Fred and George could be shallow as well.
Maybe I’m overestimating Starkid, but yeah. I’ve always felt like the musical was poking fun at the fandom and the films’ perception of the characters (Draco having a crush on Hermione, Lucius’s beautiful hair, Harry being full of himself, Ron eating all the time, Ginny being excessively weepy, etc etc) so maybe they were mocking the fandom who only perceive Ron as this sexist, and vulgar dude? That line still makes me cringe, though. (And so do those lines from the books.)
That being said, for me personally, the good moments of AVPM outweigh the bad moments. That doesn’t mean I’m going to turn a blind eye on those problematic moments, of course, but that won’t stop me from enjoying the musical. It’s also good to note that the Starkids are really cool and liberal and they are getting better. I’m sure I could’ve mentioned more aspects that annoyed me, but I didn’t want to spoil it for you.
I see what you mean. Yeah, that’s pretty problematic. I have noticed the casual expression in the bits of AVPM I’ve seen so far. I hope it’s ironic, but it does seem quite in-keeping with the time it was made as well.
I always thought that those weird lines of Ron’s in the books (like the ones you mentioned) were due a few reasons;
JK Rowling was very deliberately writing Ron as a teenage boy, who (in the 90s) weren’t exactly known for being progressive in their attitudes to girls.
While it does seem odd that the normally-tactful Ron would say those lines, Rowling had to create some form of reason as to why Hermione didn’t automatically suggest to Ron that they go to the ball as friends.
Rowling didn’t have any first-hand experience of being a teenage boy (for obvious reasons) and as a result, took inspiration from how teenage boys are expected to act in those situations (i.e with not much tact)
By GOF, Rowling was starting to take inspiration from Steve Kloves version of Hermione, and (as a result) got rid of most of Ron’s tact and emotional sensitivity in GOF. Meaning that Ron behaves like a douche who’s only interested in what a girl looks like. After-all, it couldn’t be Hermione’s fault that Ron didn’t pick up on her hints that she wanted to go with him.
Also, I think the Eloise Midgen thing was something of a running joke in the books. We never actually meet her; all we know of her is that she suffers with appalling acne, and isn’t considered physically attractive (at least, from the male population).
It’s weird that Ron would say those things, but those are just my thoughts on the matter.
Personally when I was younger, I too suffered from acne (it’s gotten a whole lot better) and already thought myself as ugly & that comment from Ron really hit my self confidence. Reading this felt even worse as Ron is my fav
@fullyunabashedpeach@headcanonsandmore I made a mistake. Ron didn’t make fun of her acne. He made fun of her nose (“her nose is off-center” when Eloise tried to use a curse to get rid of her pimples.) Obviously, that does not make it okay, but I don’t want to spread false information.
Ron has said in two instances that he likes pretty girls, but it just felt like Rowling was trying so hard to make him look shallow by shoving these anti-male cliches into him. She tried to make Hermione look so mature and intelligent because oh my god look at her she doesn’t care about looks at all unlike stupid, shallow ron, and conveniently forgot that even Hermione had a terrible crush on a man who was good-looking but lacked brains (Lockhart, anyone?) Of course, all of that crap happened after Uncle Steve.
HM, I’ve thought about J.K Rowling’s biased writing, and how unfair it is to Ron Weasley’s characterization. I know that Rowling is biased AF and extremely gullible. I agree with your points but they don’t make me feel better. What does make me feel better is knowing that even though Ron was shallow in his teenage years (just like everybody else), him falling in love with Hermione Granger; someone who was not the prettiest girl in the room (which is okay), and someone who rarely cared about her appearance, proves that appearance was NOT his main priority. It proves that Ron Weasley is clearly into intelligence. It proves that he is not this materialistic, shallow dude that people think he is. Therefore, I wish people would stop making him out to be one in their fan fic, simply because of some cheap, out of character one-liners.
It does seem very odd that JK Rowling forgot that. Having said that, she’s gone on record saying that she didn’t really re-read her previous works, which explains some of the inconsistencies in the narrative (like how Hermione wasn’t that good at Defence compared to Harry in OOTP, but suddenly knew loads of defence spells he didn’t in DH).
I personally think Rowling was very biased in her writing of the Romione pairing. That might partially be based on Steve Kloves’ interference, as well as Rowling basing Hermione off herself and Ron on her childhood best-friend (a bloke called Shaun Harris, apparently).
It’s my personal headcanon that Ron is actually sapio-romantic on some level, as in he finds intelligence an incredibly attractive trait in a potential romantic partner. Aside from him eyeing up Madam Rosmerta (who was fancied by most of the male student body) and getting affected by Fleur’s Veela heritage (which was neither Fleur’s fault nor Ron’s, since it was unintentional on both their parts), Ron doesn’t really have much interest in girls outside of Hermione.
Yes, like many teenage boys, Ron did eye-up attractive women, but that’s hardly the end of the world. And he grows out of it, after all.
I haven’t actually watched AVPM the whole way through just yet (haven’t found the time), but I’ll post my thoughts about it when I do.
So far, I like it, since it pokes fun at the way the fandom perceives him. Also, I like how many BROTP moments him and Harry get.
Thanks for the ask, anon!
Ron Weasley’s portrayal?
His b(romance) with Harry
Getting background music every time he came on stage.
His romance with Hermione.
His rivalry with Draco
His bromance with Snape.
Basically the entire, “Sidekick,” performance.
“That’s Lavender Brown! RACIST SISTER!”
“I see myself in Willy Wonka’s Chocolate Factory. Hermione’s turning into a blueberry and I want to eat her.”
Just look at this…
Or maybe this?
Or how about this?
Just look at these cuties…
the love of my life with the love of his life…
This precious unicorn…
And this pretty much sums up Ron…
Joey Richter is an angel on planet earth and anything that he does is perfection. Therefore, his portrayal of Ron Weasley is perfection. Minus the casual sexism in Starkid, starkid!ron was perfect.
Was the casual sexism supposed to be ironic? Or was it just a product of the time it was made (the late 2000s/early 2010s)?
I guess it’s a bit of both. I haven’t seen AVPM in a while now (mostly, I just listen to the soundtrack and rewatch some of my favourite scenes) but some of it can be problematic. They whitewashed Cho Chang. Some of the Mama Umbridge jokes were vaguely transphobic, even though I noticed a little later because I was too busy admiring Joe Walker’s muscles. They had Dumbledore call an underage Harry a “sexy little bitch.” Most of these are just silly jokes that shouldn’t be taken seriously, but they do leave a sour taste in my mouth.
Some of the lyrics could be sexist. For example:
Different as can be:
Voldemort: (singing) You’re a sissy. A twat. A GIRL! I’m the darkest of lords.
Yes, it’s Voldemort singing, but still.
Get Back to Hogwarts:
Hermione: (singing) This year I plan to study a lot.
Ron: (singing and being a dick) That would be cool if you were actually hot!
Harry: (singing) Hey, Ron, come on. We’re the only friends that she’s got!
Seriously, Darren Criss? How could the same genius who wrote the masterpiece that is, “Coolest Girl” have written this line? 🤔
I guess it depends on how you want to interpret it. It’s true that Ron never insulted Hermione’s looks, but have you noticed that, in the books themselves, Ron spewed these random, OOC lines that made him appear shallow? For example, “No bloke in his right mind is going to fancy Tonks when Fleur’s around,” mocking Eloise’s Midgen’s acne, and not wanting to end up with a “pair of trolls.” That felt very OOC imho, so maybe, they were parodying JKR? Granted, every character could be shallow at times; Hermione insulted Viktor Krum’s appearance, Harry was an ultimate savage when describing people’s looks, Fred and George could be shallow as well.
Maybe I’m overestimating Starkid, but yeah. I’ve always felt like the musical was poking fun at the fandom and the films’ perception of the characters (Draco having a crush on Hermione, Lucius’s beautiful hair, Harry being full of himself, Ron eating all the time, Ginny being excessively weepy, etc etc) so maybe they were mocking the fandom who only perceive Ron as this sexist, and vulgar dude? That line still makes me cringe, though. (And so do those lines from the books.)
That being said, for me personally, the good moments of AVPM outweigh the bad moments. That doesn’t mean I’m going to turn a blind eye on those problematic moments, of course, but that won’t stop me from enjoying the musical. It’s also good to note that the Starkids are really cool and liberal and they are getting better. I’m sure I could’ve mentioned more aspects that annoyed me, but I didn’t want to spoil it for you.
I see what you mean. Yeah, that’s pretty problematic. I have noticed the casual expression in the bits of AVPM I’ve seen so far. I hope it’s ironic, but it does seem quite in-keeping with the time it was made as well.
I always thought that those weird lines of Ron’s in the books (like the ones you mentioned) were due a few reasons;
JK Rowling was very deliberately writing Ron as a teenage boy, who (in the 90s) weren’t exactly known for being progressive in their attitudes to girls.
While it does seem odd that the normally-tactful Ron would say those lines, Rowling had to create some form of reason as to why Hermione didn’t automatically suggest to Ron that they go to the ball as friends.
Rowling didn’t have any first-hand experience of being a teenage boy (for obvious reasons) and as a result, took inspiration from how teenage boys are expected to act in those situations (i.e with not much tact)
By GOF, Rowling was starting to take inspiration from Steve Kloves version of Hermione, and (as a result) got rid of most of Ron’s tact and emotional sensitivity in GOF. Meaning that Ron behaves like a douche who’s only interested in what a girl looks like. After-all, it couldn’t be Hermione’s fault that Ron didn’t pick up on her hints that she wanted to go with him.
Also, I think the Eloise Midgen thing was something of a running joke in the books. We never actually meet her; all we know of her is that she suffers with appalling acne, and isn’t considered physically attractive (at least, from the male population).
It’s weird that Ron would say those things, but those are just my thoughts on the matter.
I haven’t actually watched AVPM the whole way through just yet (haven’t found the time), but I’ll post my thoughts about it when I do.
So far, I like it, since it pokes fun at the way the fandom perceives him. Also, I like how many BROTP moments him and Harry get.
Thanks for the ask, anon!
Ron Weasley’s portrayal?
His b(romance) with Harry
Getting background music every time he came on stage.
His romance with Hermione.
His rivalry with Draco
His bromance with Snape.
Basically the entire, “Sidekick,” performance.
“That’s Lavender Brown! RACIST SISTER!”
“I see myself in Willy Wonka’s Chocolate Factory. Hermione’s turning into a blueberry and I want to eat her.”
Just look at this…
Or maybe this?
Or how about this?
Just look at these cuties…
the love of my life with the love of his life…
This precious unicorn…
And this pretty much sums up Ron…
Joey Richter is an angel on planet earth and anything that he does is perfection. Therefore, his portrayal of Ron Weasley is perfection. Minus the casual sexism in Starkid, starkid!ron was perfect.
Was the casual sexism supposed to be ironic? Or was it just a product of the time it was made (the late 2000s/early 2010s)?
What kind of messed-up universe are we living in when the kiss scene between Ron and Hermione in the musical-comedy parody makes more narrative sense than the kiss scene in the film series?
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