Ayesha re-reads HP because she’s sick and tired of Tumblr deciding everything for her #2
“A lamp flickered on. It was Hermione Granger, wearing a pink bathrobe and a frown.
“You!” said Ron furiously. “Go back to bed!”
“I almost told your brother,” Hermione snapped, “Percy – he’s a prefect, he’d put a stop to this.”
Harry couldn’t believe anyone could be so interfering.“
I’m rereading the series and I’ve forgotten how unlikable and different Hermione was in the first book. However, it is very refreshing to read about a Hermione with flaws that people recognize (yeah, I’m salty af.) She was like that kid who catches you using your phone in class and theatens to tell a teacher. Hermione is a character that most of us admire because of her confidence and ability to not give a fuck, but in real life, we’d stay far away from someone like her. I know I would. I don’t even blame Harry and Ron for ignoring her because even I can’t believe someone could be so interfering. (Harry’s words. Not mine. I agree with them though.) Trust me, I’ve met a lot of Hermiones when I was in high school but nobody liked them. Nobody likes someone with a “holier than thou” approach.
“–and you mustn’t go wandering around the school at night, think of the points you’ll lose Gryffindor if you’re caught, and you’re bound to be. It’s really very selfish of you.”
“And it’s really none of your business,” said Harry.
“Good-bye,” said Ron.
So far, both Ron and Harry (rightfully) found Hermione annoying.
Hermione wasn’t going to give up that easily. She followed Ron through the portrait hole, hissing at them like an angry goose.
“Don’t you care about Gryffindor, do you only care about yourselves, I don’t want Slytherin to win the house cup, and you’ll lose all the points I got from Professor McGonagall for knowing about Switching Spells.”
“Hermione was now refusing to speak to Harry and Ron, but she was such a bossy know-it-all that they saw this as an added bonus.”
See. They. Not Ron. They. So, both Harry and Ron.
Moving on…
Bullying.
use superior strength or influence to intimidate (someone), typically to force them to do something.
Anyway, people condemn Ron for calling her a nightmare but it’s not like he said it to her face or harassed her like Malfoy. Have people forgotten that Ron was struggling with a second-hand wand and then got humiliated by the resident know-it-all?
“It was hard to tell whether Ron or Hermione was angrier about this.”
Both of them hated the fact that they were paired together (and I’m laughing because the fools will end up falling in love.) What Ron did wasn’t bullying. Ron never meant to intimidate or influence her. He shared a comment about her to his best friend which she happened to overhear. (And it’s not like Harry disagreed or anything, although that’s what the Harmonians want you to believe. Even he though that Hermione was a know-it-all. Even he considered it a blessing that she wasn’t speaking to them.) Don’t get me wrong, name-calling is bad, but Ron paid the price for his actions and learned from them. He immediately felt awful and saved her life. Then, she thanked him, showing that she forgave him as well. WHY IS THIS SO HARD TO UNDERSTAND?
But from that moment on, Hermione Granger became their friend. There are some things you can’t share without ending up liking each other, and knocking out a twelve-foot mountain troll is one of them.
Yay. They are friends now!!!
“Come on, run, run!” Harry yelled at Hermione, trying to pull her toward the door, but she couldn’t move, she was still flat against the wall, her mouth open with terror.
I feel like her flaws lessened as the books progressed. Remember when she couldn’t remember that she was a witch? Remember when Harry told her to run when she was attacked by the troll but she was frozen because her fear outweighed her rationality? Remember how it was Ron who normally remained calm during these situations? So excuse me for snorting out loud when Hermione was the one who oh so quickly cast a spell on Harry that made him difficult to identify. Excuse me for shaking my head in disbelief when it was Hermione who rescued them from the DE at Xeno Lovegood’s house.
Most of my anger is directed at JKR instead of Hermione because I feel like she got influenced by Movie!Hermione and started implementing some of it into Book!Hermione as well.
Special bonus:
I’m loving all the “Ron fangirls about Harry” moments. No one can convince me that Ron didn’t have a crush on Harry (and vice versa.) So far, I’m a Ron/Harry shipper but don’t worry, I’ll begin shipping Ron/Hermione in the next book.
Ron was so amazed, so impressed, he just sat and gaped at Harry.
The sorting hat didn’t listen to Harry, and yelled for everyone to hear, “Slytherin!”.
Seeing Harry’s distress, Ron Weasley’s eyes narrowed in determination. Minutes later, as Ron’s name was called by Minerva McGonagall, and as the sorting hat was lowered onto his head, all of the Hogwarts residents knew without a doubt what the sorting hat was going to say.
Imagine their surprise when the sorting hat instead said with resignation in his tone “Slytherin”
RON BEING OUT OF HIS BROTHERS’ SHADOW
EVEN THEN HIS FAMILY STILL LOVE HIM ALBEIT BEING A LITTLE DISAPPOINTED
RON AND HARRY CALLING OUT ON SNAPE’S UNFAIRNESS
THEY BOTH DEFENDED THE MEEK GRYFFINDOR NEVILLE
STILL BEST FRIEND FOREVER WITH GRYFFINDOR HERMIONE
SLYTHERIN RECOGNIZES HIS TALENT AS A CHESSMASTER AND TRY TO TEACH HIM HOW TO APPLY IT IN REAL LIFE
SLYTHERIN RON
I am so here for this.
Okay but final moments, Paralelism between Riddle and Harry has reached a new high, the tension is unbearable, final battle, Slytherin drama queens Harry and -Riddle are ready to make the most dramatic posiible end out of this, everyone watching tam tam datam:
Voldy or whatever jerk of turn: But How? You are the same as me!
Harry, nonchalant enough to deliver the mythic one-liner “there’s no need to call me sir, professor”: Guess you didn’t have a Ron
Ron, in tears:B r o
Harry, after finally killing all Voldy parts ever, just before fainting out of exhaustion: Bro
I think my favorite two relationships from Harry Potter are the romantic one between Ron and Hermione, and the bromantic one between Harry and Ron. I mean Harry/Ron as FRIENDS, the pure canon relationship they have with each other, is beautiful and the epitome of best-friendship. And then there’s Ron/Hermione, which is my OTP and the one I am obsessed with, so you all probably know why I ship it so hard. But I think the Harry/Ron friendship dynamic is severely underappreciated. I find myself paying more attention to it now more than ever, I don’t know why. Just, the look Ron gives Harry as he’s about to go off and die, and the fact that Ron was the one and sat in Harry’s compartment with him on their very first ride to Hogwarts, and stuck with him until the end (minus a few fights that all friends have). I really love the Harry/Ron friendship.
the thing harry potter will miss the most is ronald weasley
lms if you cry every time
Why would he miss him? Don’t assume things
Er, Ron is Harry’s best friend in all the world, they are supportive and encouraging of each-other, and treat each-other as adoptive-brothers. Ron was Harry’s first friend his own age, the only person who stood by Harry in first year, and the repeatedly saved Harry’s life.
We’re looong past the point of assuming things here. Harry cannot fathom a world without Ron.
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