Board Thread:Shipping Discussion/@comment-4051652-20140202215300/@comment-101.184.40.89-20160915121229

202.156.182.49 wrote: I'd think that Hermione and Ron are brilliant together. From the first book, it was obvious. Ronmione is a depth-full couple, and I truly think they really deserve each other. If you still don't agree, look at what would have happened in Harmione was real. They would either be like this: Harry shows no interest in Hermione, leading me to think that this is a very one sided love, and Harry would reject her, leaving her depressed and obviously confused, and she would leave the group. OR They get together, but what about poor Ron? He would forever be a third wheel. He would leave the group then. But this is you: "Who cares if they leave?" Well, random person who bothers to read this, Harry would be losing his two pillars of support, also known as the sacred triangle of friendship. He wouldn't be able to defeat Voldemort and would die. Congrats, person! Now, do you really think he and Hermione should be together? Also, LOOK AT THE SIDE OF THIS WEBSITE! Ronmione's there! Ha! You have a strange idea of what Harry's character is. You think he'd just ignore Hermione? And that's worse than the things Ron did, huh? Harry, if he was to fall in love with Hermione, would be MUCH more loyal than Ron ever was - to anyone. And where the hell did you get the idea that if Harmione had happened that Harry would just up and leave her? If memory serves, RON did that, not Harry.

"Harry shows no interest in Hermione." True. But for a LONG time, neither did Ron - and you're claiming that Ronmione was "obvious" from the beginning. Can't have it both ways. And anyway, so what? Ships have been shipped on less than that. It's not "proof" that Ronmione is better. It's just proof that J.K. wasn't thinking Harmione as end-game. And she regrets A LOT of what she made end-game, so your argument that it couldn't happen because it didn't happen is moot.

Hermione and Ron are polar opposites - they had NOTHING in common and he never understood her the way Harry did. They're argument during the Yule Ball was just one example. (Just in case you mention it: that "opposites attract" is garbage - it means nothing for a long lasting relationship. It's just hormones, and THEY don't last.)

If your entire argument for why romione is so good is because otherwise Ron would be a third wheel and Harry wouldn't have been able to defeat Voldemort, then your argument is a joke. HOW would Harry and Hermione having developed any kind of feelings for each other prevented Harry from killing Voldy with the power of LOVE? And on top of that, Ron had to return to Harry and Hermione after he ran off because of the storyline, NOT because of any romance. It was important for all three of them as FRIENDS that they finish things together. Shipping had nothing to do with it.

''"LOOK AT THE SIDE OF THIS WEBSITE! Ronmione's there! Ha!" ''An infantile remark, considering the rest of the pairing on the panels on the side have NOTHING to do with this discussion. I guess you think it's "proof". But it's not. Ronmione was nothing more than convenience, story-wise, and J.K's naive determination to keep her original plans intact regardless of the fact that her characters DEVELOPED and CHANGED so much over the 7 books that they weren't the same at the end that they were at the beginning. The interactions of Harry/Hermione/Ron were very different at the end - and during each book, they all had their ups and downs. Harry took Ron's side over Hermione's. Ron let his jealousy almost DESTROY his friendship with Harry. If any of those three was the third wheel during the years, Hermione was. But in the end, Voldemort was defeated, right? Despite the existence of one of the Golden Trio being a third wheel at any given point, right?

More reasoning for you:

Hermione nags Ron likes she's his mother, in the epilogue. Because he's still ACTING like a child, the way he spoke about Draco on the platform was not remotely mature. There was no character development for him from the combative personality he was still holding onto from the end of the Battle at Hogwarts. And a mother/child relationship is NOT a healthy relationship among adults. Ron and Hermione were the LEAST right for each other pairings the series ended with, and that's saying something.

I'll see your baseless "OMG they're so right for each other" and raise you a "they would've driven each other mad and realistically, broken up". Because frankly, Hermione deserves HAPPINESS after everything.