Sex is great, but have you ever nearly lose your mind in the middle of all that ron-bashing and discover there is such a thing as the ron weasley defense squad?
wayyyyy too many people: ron weasley is a horrible person and doesn’t deserve hermione
me: i am so so proud of ron weasley. actual light of my life. my favorite dude. i am genuinely afraid that i will never meet a person in my life who is as amazing as him. tears are forming in my eyes as we speak. 10/10 best knight best friend would let him make me tea when i’m upset.
Okay so me and my Tumblr wife Ayesha were chatting and we saw a ridiculous “Hinny is Oedipus Complex and Romione isn’t intellectually compatible” post and it being the morning for me (yeah 12:55 AM is the morning sue me) I kinda went off on a tangent…
Anyway here you go lovelies
@ronandhappiness
a dude accidentally fucked his mom (and then when he found out, was so traumatized that he killed himself) and this twat Sigmund Freud being a crusty dude that he is assumed that he must have enjoyed it @vivithefolle
Exactly
Well, actually, Oedipus didn’t exactly kill himself
@vivithefolle He was prophesized to kill his father and fuck his mother
So his father and mother sent one of their servant to drown him as a baby
But the servant took pity on baby Oedipus and instead raised him as his own son (note: sometimes Oedipus is taken in by the King of Corinth) @vivithefolle
Then Oedipus one day heard about the city of Thebes that was plagued by a Sphinx, who devoured the travellers who didn’t answer her question correctly (and also devoured Thebes’ citizens on a whim)
So Oedipus starts walking towards Thebes and comes accross this old noble dude
And Old Noble Dude is being kind of a bitch to Oedipus so Oedipus kills him, because that’s how it worked back then, you just don’t wait for the police, you ARE the police
Then Oedipus finds the Sphinx, answers her riddle correctly, and the Sphinx dies mad about it (literally)
And the prize for killing the Sphinx was… the Queen of Thebes
So Oedipus marries the Queen of Thebes and they start having children and it’s great for a while
But then Thebes is plagued by… well by the Plague, funnily enough
And Oedipus asks the oracles why the fuck is his city being plagued @ronandhappiness
Oh so the Queen is his mom
@vivithefolle
And one of the oracles, Tiresias, a blind seer, tells Oedipus “bro you’re not gonna like this”
@ronandhappiness
Lmaoo @vivithefolle
And Oedipus is all “fuck u dude, tell me what’s going on with my fcking city”
And Tiresias says “Well, let’s imagine, just imagine, that one man has killed his father, then married and fucked his own mother”
Oedipus goes “holy shit who’s that sick son of a bitch”
“In psychology classes, you are taught that “Opposites Attract” only applies to flings, short passion-filled fun things that are in no way serious or hoping to be permanent”
…
um
sorry buddy but
MAYBE PSYCHOLOGY ISN’T ALWAYS 10000% CORRECT?
LIKE BITCH YOU TALK ABOUT FREUD AND THE OEDIPUS COMPLEX DINGUS EVERY FUCKING PSYCHOLOGIST IS LAUGHING THEIR BOLLOCKS OFF AT FREUD’S THEORIES
IF YOU HAD A SMIDGE OF CRITICAL THINKING PERHAPS YOU’D BE A GOOD PSYCHOLOGIST
BUT I’M NOT HOLDING MUCH HOPE YOU DUMBFUCK Moving on to the “intellectual compatibility” nonsense
“So if we believe that Hermione values intellectual pursuits”
I’m pretty sure Hermione values HER intellectual pursuits
but not those of others
remember when Harry was in a snit about the Deathly Hallows
Hermione sure wasn’t all “omg!!! magical ancient artefacts!!! totally must find them!! think of the HISTORY!!! harry you beautiful intellectual beast make love to me”
@ronandhappiness
“harry you beautiful intellectual beast make love to me”
STOP @vivithefolle
she was all “wow harry you’re gonna believe a kid’s tale. 100%. your stupidest idea yet. you dumb fuck. i can’t believe you’re not dead yet. if it weren’t for me and Ron you’d never have survived ever.”
MEANWHILE Ron is all “eeeeeeeeeeeeh maybe harry’s right and the hallows exist but mate we gotta sort out our priorities, we can go Indiana Jones-ing magical artefacts later” @ronandhappiness
And then they called Ron useless and dumb lmaooooo fuck off
@vivithefolle bitch
and Ron ACTUALLY makes Hermione laughs and guess what
HUMOUR IS A PART OF INTELLECTUAL STIMULATION
I KNOW. MIND-BLOWING.
LAUGH IS ACTUALLY A RESPONSE FROM OUR BODY TO INTELLECTUAL STIMULI.
CAN
YOU
BELIEVE
IT
@ronandhappiness
“no no i don’t hate ron I just think insert bullshit about ron being so bad for perfect goddess hermione”
Really?
@vivithefolle
also fuck off but chess is like the most intellectually stimulating game in the fucking world and Hermione is shit at it while Ron is brilliant so
I think that Sapiosexual!Hermione’s gonna go for that sexy freckled arse in any possible universe if you catch my drift
@ronandhappiness
Exactly.
Honestly, at the end of the day, I blame that stupidass “emotional teaspoon” line.
Because anti romiones see that as “proof” that their precious Hermione isn’t on the same “level” as nasty ron
While those of us who have brains and can think, know that this is just an example of Hermione’s hypocrisy
@vivithefolle Sapio!Hermione: *jumps at Ron after he trounces her at chess* You beautiful fucking asshole how dare you be so intelligent and not show it more.
Ron: *blushing* Her-Hermione, we’re in the common roo- AH!
S!Hermione: *straddling him* I’m going to ravish you so badly you have no fucking idea. Our kids will be geniuses. More clever than Albert fucking Einstein. My grades and your chess brain. My academical power and your ability to make everyone laugh themselves to Heaven. Oh my god even your freckles are puzzles how are you so damn sexy.
So what did we learn?
We learned that Vivi has the biggest potty mouth when she’s tired and that she floods poor Ayesha’s chatbox
Also that Romione is canon forever but was there ever any doubt?
YOU FORGOT THE NEXT PART WHEN I ASKED YOU NOT TO POST THIS BECAUSE YOU ARE MINE AND I WANT YOU ALL FOR MYSELF (Nah, I kid. It’s your masterpiece, therefore you can do whatever you want with it, and the world deserves some Hermione pouncing on Ron.)
BUT THIS IS THE BEST “ROMIONE PLAYS CHESS AU” I’VE EVER READ.
LIKE EVERYONE TALKS ABOUT HERMIONE BEATING RON AT CHESS AND BEING BETTER THAN HIM
my dude my man…..stop
I’ll bet Ron plays even HARDER when he’s playing chess with Hermione and I’m sure Hermione finds that even more intellectually stimulating.
Anyways I love Vivi and her enthusiastic commentaries and her potty mouth.
@vivithefolle@ronandhappiness You two are just the best and it’s a privilege to know you both. I swear, I couldn’t stop laughing towards the end of this post. You two really put a smile on my face.
Although I personally think Ron is the sapiosexual one of the two, I can get behind the idea of Hermione being super into Ron’s strategic mind, and having to restrain herself when he beats her at chess because she’s so attracted to him.
Pure fucking gold
Wow, @vivithefolle going full-on Ronmione smut on main 😉
@lytefoot Couldn’t keep this masterpiece all to myself now could I 😉
@headcanonsandmore – as someone who is Sapiosexual (it’s inside the Demi but I digress) that kind of intellect is, not so much an aphrodisiac but a “I won’t have anyone who can’t abcd intellectually.” I turned down quite a few dates in my time because the person wasn’t smarter than I was.
It’s rude to admit (’course this was before I got married to a brilliant man) but every single person I dated (not just guys, either, even if they were more platonic dates and still are!) is in one way or another, smarter than I am.
I can sooooo see Ron being Sapio (even if @vivithefolle has me seeing him kinda prudish too, now!) but also demi (where once he knows the person, they turn him on, brains being a bowl of pudding on top.)
But dating? Casual affairs? I don’t see it (not the way he’s written in canon.)
@diva-gonzo Whoops, sorry; I didn’t mean to imply that. Beg pardon.
Yeah, I can easily see Ron as Sapio, since he seems (at least, with Hermione) to admire intelligence and wit in a person. And I see him as Demi too, since he (aside from adolescent crushes and attraction brought on by Veela-powers) rarely has any interest in someone that he doesn’t know very well.
Hello it’s me again!! The same guy who wrote voice of an angel and the insecure life and I’m here with something that’s NOT a headcanon but an analysis of something that has been discussed before but I want to also put my own opinion and take on things. If possible please accept and post thank you so much!!
Now here’s the thing I actually think the Ron and Lavender romance wasn’t bad. I know it’s easy to hate lavender but I have come with an explanation as to why the romance was a good way to mature both Ron and Hermione. When I first read Goblet of Fire and I arrived at the yule ball scene, my thoughts were “Ron’s being immature and Hermione is allowed to date anyone she wants to” and It was the same thought for Half-Blood prince just reverses “Hermione’s being immature and Ron can date anyone as well.“ In Half blood Prince Ron is not at fault because he’s dating Lavender because he just wants to be loved (and don’t we all?) at the point in the book where Ginny says that Hermione kissed Krum then Ron decides to give up on pursuing a relationship with Hermione because clearly she doesn’t like him that way. Hermione releasing the birds is herself being immature about the whole thing and complaining about not getting what she wanted. This is an unpopular opinion to most of the HP fandom but really….. Hermione is more immature then Ron. Ron after the Yule Ball talked to Hermione and resolved the drum incident afterwards and he never really got stared a huge argument after and the whole Krum argument took about 1-2 chapter and a Christmas Eve . In Hermione’s case Ron had to nearly die for Hermione to realise she was being an Idiot.
But this is why I like the Romione relationship and why I think it’s the best romance in all of fiction. The fact is the Ron x Hermione relationship is REAL. There is no love at first sight, vampire hotties, or kinky sex stuff. The girl and guy are not even in love when they first meet. Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger go through life as best friends and only at the end when they have matured do they love each other. Viktor Krum and Lavender Brown were necessary to show that love sometimes is not at first sight. Ron and Hermione had to grow and realise that they were both immature. In deathly hallows they both realise their immaturity and selfishness and decide to put it behind them, that’s what makes the kiss all the more sweeter because they finally grew up. The kiss at the end of Deathly hallows is more than an expression of love but a sign to show that Ron and Hermione are done with immaturity and petty feuds that they love each other and that’s it. This is also why I don’t believe JK Rowling when she says that Ron and Hermione need a counsellor for their marriage because they are already done with the immature part of their like and their love is real even though it took Vicky and Lav-Lav for them to realise that.
Thank you so much, anon! This is some really great analysis.
I very much agree that Ron is more mature than Hermione is; he acts more mature at the age of fourteen (after the Yule Ball) than Hermione does at the age of seventeen (during Ron’s relationship with Lavender). @ronandhappiness and @vivithefolle, this seems up both your streets; thoughts?
For a bloke who’s apparently unpopular with women (according to JK Rowling), Ron’s sure got a lot of girls holding torches for him. Hermione, Lavender, Luna, this unnamed girl….
You know it’s funny because it’s just an extra having a daydream about Rupert Grint but that’s exactly how girls reacted to Ron
Since @vivithefolle asked me to translate something I just said to her on discord, here I am, actually posting for the Ron Weasley defense squad.
Alright then. Answering to one of the countless posts that said Ron “I bet McGonagall’s chessboard when I was in first year” Weasley was too dumb for Hermione Granger, I mentioned one important thing.
Empathy is a form of intelligence.
That sounds like Ron, doesn’t it?
I invite other Ron Weasley’s proud defenders to add examples for each points as I wouldn’t do him justice by doing it myself as I have not studied the subject as extensively as them.
But Ron isn’t scholarly dumb either. He’s above average; he got passing grades in all of the subjects but two, and even got SIX E. That boy isn’t dumb. And he doesn’t even work that much; of course, he does study, and he always does his homework, but he’s not like Hermione who seems to be considered the norm by fans.
Hermione isn’t the norm. Hermione spent hours studying and even used time travel to take extra class. That isn’t the norm.
Ron wasn’t any more dumb because he didn’t like school or studying as much as Hermione, and was actually closer to pretty much anyone who would gladly prefer to be on holidays to do fun stuff rather than go to school, but did anyway. Most of the Hermione-fans are people who deeply relate with Hermione’s love of scholar subject, making it sensitive to criticize Hermione: but if you look around you, you’ll easily notice that the norm isn’t, were it possible, time traveling to take extra classes.
Now that I think of it, Hermione’s way of working is very close to the Korean/Japanese school system… Where most students are so pressured to do well the suicide rate is incredibly high… Perhaps because literal children shouldn’t be forced to work 15 hours a day? But I digress, my subject wasn’t Hermione.
Ron doesn’t have O everywhere, unlike Hermione, but it doesn’t mean he’s dumb. People aren’t expected to have O everywhere. Otherwise what use would have all the others passing grades? It’s normal not to have O everywhere. Most of the people I know pass their exams with only a bit above the passing grade.
Despite having been considered intellectually gifted for most of my childhood, I passed mine without being far above the passing grade. Do you want to know why, someone who was considered so clever my teachers offered several time to my parents to make me skip TWO years, just got a bit above the passing grade?
Because I don’t give a single fuck about school.
That’s right folks.
Since I didn’t study at all (and I mean, really), I didn’t get that good grades. And I know a lot of people who are like this.
My point?
Grades don’t measure intelligence. At all.
Especially in a system of grades we know NOTHING about.
What is the equivalent of an O? I’ll use the french system, which is a scale of 0 to 20, 20 being nearly impossible to achieve, 10 being the passing grade. Is it a perfect grade, a 20? Is it a 18? Is it a 16, which for the final exam of HS is considered to be “very good”? What is an E? A would be a 10, but what would be an E?
Do you see the problem here? How do we evaluate what the grades mean?
Hermione is considered very clever because she has an outstanding memory which is like a sponge absorbing everything, she reads a lot, and she studies a lot. Perfect memory+interested by school in general+works a lot=good grades. But that’s not how you measure intelligence.
I’m not saying Hermione isn’t intelligent; she is, she is clever, she is bright. I’m not devalueing her. But what I meant is her grades isn’t what calculates her intelligence. Her intelligence isn’t the only form of intelligence that exists.
And Ron Weasley has a very solid form of intelligence: emotional intelligence. Empathy.
Ron is the heart of the trio. He’s the emotions. And just because emotional intelligence doesn’t matter that much at school, doesn’t mean he’s dumb.
And that skips entirely the fact that he is a chessmaster, but that is another subject.
this post invites Ron defenders to give examples and I consider myself a Passionate Ron defender so let’s have some fun
First of all , let us establish a ground rule that Ron was not even academically weak (as mentioned above ) but since that is apparently not enough for some people here’s a list that proves Ron is intelligent in so much more ways than academically
They are clear about their life purpose and values : that sentence does not only describe Ron but the entire Weasley family. Each and every weasley has a clear life goal and we see Ron’s in the first book when he looks in the mirror of erised , of course that goal changes after a while but he was an eleven year old who had a goal , that’s my point .
They cultivate self-awareness : this might be the least present in Ron’s personality but it happens very slowly . In my opinion, Ron’s self awareness reaches it’s peak when he realises how good he is at quidditch and starts admitting his feelings for Hermione . That’s when we see ron fully aware of his own emotions and capabilities
They show empathy : RONALD BILLIUIS WEASLEY = UNDERSTANDING OTHERS . We might see behavior like Harry’s self pitty bubbles or rage or Hermione getting so angry with others she’s actually physically violent but Ron is always there to understand( or try to) and absorb he even gets hit himself !!! Part of the reason Ron takes so long to reach full Self-awareness is because he’s so busy worrying about how everyone else feels !!!!
They focus on the positive: this sentence is only true if Ron is the only one at risk . I mean sure Ron can crack a joke while he’s injured but god forbid something might happen to anyone he loves then he turns into overthinking mom (which isn’t a bad thing) nevertheless Ron can stay focused during a crisis and think of a way out. E.g. : finding basilisk fangs in the chamber of secrets , thinking of house elves in the middle of the battle , getting them out of the devils snare, sensing magic like the tom riddle dairy or the voldemort taboo , figuring out how to use the delluminator to get back to Harry and Hermione
They are great listeners : as long as you’re not disrespecting somebody he loves , Ron will sit and listen to you rant all day . How do you think he loves Hermione? He’s the only person who is fascinated by her factual rants , he’s also very good friends with luna who is quite talkative #justsaying
They are stress resilient : AGAIN the devil’s snare , in the Shreiking shack he got over the stories he’s been hearing his entire life about werewolves in 10 seconds and focused of protecting harry , Got over his arachnophobia and followed the spiders for Hermione , worried about ginny while no one else noticed her weird behavior , beat a chess set designed by Mcgonogal in what I can only imagine was the most stressful 30 minutes or so of his life
They keep good company and encourage others : Ron does chose his friends very carefully for example he didn’t want to become friends with Hermione at first because she was very negative towards him , hell, he even tried to choose the best boyfriend for his sister !! Ron is definitely a source of encouragement for many characters ( and readers) I trust I don’t need to mention the countless times he helped Harry , Hermione or even sometimes Neville get their shit together and believe in themselves just by being himself . Also , i strongly believe Ron is Ginny’s inspiration till her third year at hogwarts not to mention he’s a good chunck of the reason she got over the whole possession thing
Anyways, point is : Ron is definitely academically intelligent, even if it’s not as much as Hermione and what he lacks in school (which is actually caring) he makes up for with his social and emotional intelligence which , if i may say, Hermione is totall shit at
Feel free to correct, contradict or add to any of my points
Okay so me and my Tumblr wife Ayesha were chatting and we saw a ridiculous “Hinny is Oedipus Complex and Romione isn’t intellectually compatible” post and it being the morning for me (yeah 12:55 AM is the morning sue me) I kinda went off on a tangent…
Anyway here you go lovelies
@ronandhappiness
a dude accidentally fucked his mom (and then when he found out, was so traumatized that he killed himself) and this twat Sigmund Freud being a crusty dude that he is assumed that he must have enjoyed it @vivithefolle
Exactly
Well, actually, Oedipus didn’t exactly kill himself
@vivithefolle He was prophesized to kill his father and fuck his mother
So his father and mother sent one of their servant to drown him as a baby
But the servant took pity on baby Oedipus and instead raised him as his own son (note: sometimes Oedipus is taken in by the King of Corinth) @vivithefolle
Then Oedipus one day heard about the city of Thebes that was plagued by a Sphinx, who devoured the travellers who didn’t answer her question correctly (and also devoured Thebes’ citizens on a whim)
So Oedipus starts walking towards Thebes and comes accross this old noble dude
And Old Noble Dude is being kind of a bitch to Oedipus so Oedipus kills him, because that’s how it worked back then, you just don’t wait for the police, you ARE the police
Then Oedipus finds the Sphinx, answers her riddle correctly, and the Sphinx dies mad about it (literally)
And the prize for killing the Sphinx was… the Queen of Thebes
So Oedipus marries the Queen of Thebes and they start having children and it’s great for a while
But then Thebes is plagued by… well by the Plague, funnily enough
And Oedipus asks the oracles why the fuck is his city being plagued @ronandhappiness
Oh so the Queen is his mom
@vivithefolle
And one of the oracles, Tiresias, a blind seer, tells Oedipus “bro you’re not gonna like this”
@ronandhappiness
Lmaoo @vivithefolle
And Oedipus is all “fuck u dude, tell me what’s going on with my fcking city”
And Tiresias says “Well, let’s imagine, just imagine, that one man has killed his father, then married and fucked his own mother”
Oedipus goes “holy shit who’s that sick son of a bitch”
“In psychology classes, you are taught that “Opposites Attract” only applies to flings, short passion-filled fun things that are in no way serious or hoping to be permanent”
…
um
sorry buddy but
MAYBE PSYCHOLOGY ISN’T ALWAYS 10000% CORRECT?
LIKE BITCH YOU TALK ABOUT FREUD AND THE OEDIPUS COMPLEX DINGUS EVERY FUCKING PSYCHOLOGIST IS LAUGHING THEIR BOLLOCKS OFF AT FREUD’S THEORIES
IF YOU HAD A SMIDGE OF CRITICAL THINKING PERHAPS YOU’D BE A GOOD PSYCHOLOGIST
BUT I’M NOT HOLDING MUCH HOPE YOU DUMBFUCK Moving on to the “intellectual compatibility” nonsense
“So if we believe that Hermione values intellectual pursuits”
I’m pretty sure Hermione values HER intellectual pursuits
but not those of others
remember when Harry was in a snit about the Deathly Hallows
Hermione sure wasn’t all “omg!!! magical ancient artefacts!!! totally must find them!! think of the HISTORY!!! harry you beautiful intellectual beast make love to me”
@ronandhappiness
“harry you beautiful intellectual beast make love to me”
STOP @vivithefolle
she was all “wow harry you’re gonna believe a kid’s tale. 100%. your stupidest idea yet. you dumb fuck. i can’t believe you’re not dead yet. if it weren’t for me and Ron you’d never have survived ever.”
MEANWHILE Ron is all “eeeeeeeeeeeeh maybe harry’s right and the hallows exist but mate we gotta sort out our priorities, we can go Indiana Jones-ing magical artefacts later” @ronandhappiness
And then they called Ron useless and dumb lmaooooo fuck off
@vivithefolle bitch
and Ron ACTUALLY makes Hermione laughs and guess what
HUMOUR IS A PART OF INTELLECTUAL STIMULATION
I KNOW. MIND-BLOWING.
LAUGH IS ACTUALLY A RESPONSE FROM OUR BODY TO INTELLECTUAL STIMULI.
CAN
YOU
BELIEVE
IT
@ronandhappiness
“no no i don’t hate ron I just think insert bullshit about ron being so bad for perfect goddess hermione”
Really?
@vivithefolle
also fuck off but chess is like the most intellectually stimulating game in the fucking world and Hermione is shit at it while Ron is brilliant so
I think that Sapiosexual!Hermione’s gonna go for that sexy freckled arse in any possible universe if you catch my drift
@ronandhappiness
Exactly.
Honestly, at the end of the day, I blame that stupidass “emotional teaspoon” line.
Because anti romiones see that as “proof” that their precious Hermione isn’t on the same “level” as nasty ron
While those of us who have brains and can think, know that this is just an example of Hermione’s hypocrisy
@vivithefolle Sapio!Hermione: *jumps at Ron after he trounces her at chess* You beautiful fucking asshole how dare you be so intelligent and not show it more.
Ron: *blushing* Her-Hermione, we’re in the common roo- AH!
S!Hermione: *straddling him* I’m going to ravish you so badly you have no fucking idea. Our kids will be geniuses. More clever than Albert fucking Einstein. My grades and your chess brain. My academical power and your ability to make everyone laugh themselves to Heaven. Oh my god even your freckles are puzzles how are you so damn sexy.
So what did we learn?
We learned that Vivi has the biggest potty mouth when she’s tired and that she floods poor Ayesha’s chatbox
Also that Romione is canon forever but was there ever any doubt?
YOU FORGOT THE NEXT PART WHEN I ASKED YOU NOT TO POST THIS BECAUSE YOU ARE MINE AND I WANT YOU ALL FOR MYSELF (Nah, I kid. It’s your masterpiece, therefore you can do whatever you want with it, and the world deserves some Hermione pouncing on Ron.)
BUT THIS IS THE BEST “ROMIONE PLAYS CHESS AU” I’VE EVER READ.
LIKE EVERYONE TALKS ABOUT HERMIONE BEATING RON AT CHESS AND BEING BETTER THAN HIM
my dude my man…..stop
I’ll bet Ron plays even HARDER when he’s playing chess with Hermione and I’m sure Hermione finds that even more intellectually stimulating.
Anyways I love Vivi and her enthusiastic commentaries and her potty mouth.
@vivithefolle@ronandhappiness You two are just the best and it’s a privilege to know you both. I swear, I couldn’t stop laughing towards the end of this post. You two really put a smile on my face.
Although I personally think Ron is the sapiosexual one of the two, I can get behind the idea of Hermione being super into Ron’s strategic mind, and having to restrain herself when he beats her at chess because she’s so attracted to him.
For a bloke who’s apparently unpopular with women (according to JK Rowling), Ron’s sure got a lot of girls holding torches for him. Hermione, Lavender, Luna, this unnamed girl….
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