To still be annoyed that Hermione married Ron?

[ThomasRichard]

I know, the last book came out years ago, but I’m re-reading them now with DS and it’s got me annoyed all over again. He’s a mediocre, sulky man-child, while she’s a brilliantly talented witch. Why would she ever marry him?!

Snape humiliated people. I know his history was tragic, but he was actively cruel sometimes. I'm not sure who would have been a good match for him. They'd have had to be completely different from Lily, and incredibly patient and caring. Maybe a healer? Although he'd probably have taught the majority of them!

I sometimes wonder about Tonks and Lupin (if they hadn't died). He always seemed to doubt their relationship so much, and I don't know whether one day he'd have just disappeared, thinking he was doing the best thing for them all. I always hope they found each other at some point in the battle.

I can’t actually believe this! Ron Weasley is a fucking god and Hermione G pulled well there

Did someone say jk used to comment on things? I wonder if anyone ever figured out her usernames. I'd be interested to see her anonymous views on what other people took from the characters and stories.

I love book Ginny, she's spirited and fiery and really came into her own in the last 3 books. I love her and Harry together in the books.

Movie Ginny is like a piece of wood with a dead fish glued to it.

I'd assume the reason for the ending was, the writer didn't want to be accused of being too obvious.

Movie Ginny is like a piece of wood with a dead fish glued to it.

That would be more animated and interesting to watch, to be fair.

And anyone, the only goodlooking one in adulthood is Neville. Hermione should have been going for him. He'd have made a less predictable ending and quite a credible one.

I always thought Luna would have been a better match for Harry. And Snape and Dumbledore, obviously.

Anyway, doh! I dunno the spell for typos.

I sometimes wonder about Tonks and Lupin

Lupin is my favourite character - and I CANNOT ABIDE Tonks ... the ending of HBP left me deeply deeply unhappy he can only marry me

or Sirius

It is my long held belief that he never loved Tonks ( she said 'wotcha' for god's sake - how could anyone even stand to be in the same room as her, never mind shag her?) However, his greatness weakness was - his weakness. He was a weak man. He liked to be liked and didn't dare do anything that might turn those he loved against him (understandable in his circs). Therefore he simply let Molly Weasly bully him into it and was too polite to say 'no I don't feel that way about Tonks I'm in love with pretzels ... or Sirius'

I don’t think JK Rowling particularly minds much what people say. She’s said that she’s fine with fanfiction, perhaps finding the really weird ones (eg Hogwarts Castle/Giant Squid) a little disconcerting, but ultimately OK with fanfiction as a genre.
People will always be defensive over their favourite characters and horrible about the ones they hate, and nothing will persuade them otherwise. If we all loved the same characters and hated the same ones, it’d be a very boring fandom.

I'd assume the reason for the ending was, the writer didn't want to be accused of being too obvious.

Is that you, Jo?

Hermione doesn't want to be in a relationship with an equal. Her entire self esteem is based on her intellect. She needs to be with someone she's superior to intellectually to prop up her ego. She'd crumble if challenged, wouldn't know who she was supposed to be if she wasn't 'the brains'.

Yadnbu.

I agree that book Ginny and book Harry make a better match than the planks that got married in the film, but, still.

Ginny should've married Neville.

JK said herself she regrets she married Hermione off to Ron.

Hermione would definitely get fed up with Ron, nothing to do with his intelligence or ambition but definitely all to do with his whining and arguments.

SPOILER -
And what's with Hermione working in the ministry of magic and becoming minister? That's like becoming prime minister here, very prestigious and a hard job but not for the exceptionally talented (sorry Teresa). She'd be fending off whining and arguments all day at work then at home too! Always saw her more as a famed human/wizard rights campaigner, or some sort of researcher/Auror/dark arts investigator, something hugely challenging.

Hermione & Ron - I can see it coming on slowly. She knows he’s the one before he does.

Book Harry & Ginny yes can see it. Film no. Would still have preferred him to marry Luna though. But I think harry married Ginny to get the family he never had. If he’d have married Luna that wouldn’t have that.

Hermione & Harry have married wizarding royalty (even though they aren’t rich)

How do you know this stuff about Neville and Hannah??

Toddle that’s only in Cursed Child. Before it came out, the story was that she joined the Ministry to ensure better rights for house elves, then helped eradicate pro-pure blood laws.
I have a lot of problems with CC, and I just don’t see Hermione as being the type to want to be Minister. She wasn’t really ambitious in that sense. She might have been a good one, but still.

Also think in CC you can see how Ron & Hermione work together.

It’s crap to put a big spoiler in your title. We are only just reading them now. Grrrr.

Deathly Hallows came out in 2007. It’s hardly a spoiler to mention something 11 years later especially when there have been films made.

OMG I’ve been waiting for a thread like this!!! What does it matter that the last book came out years ago HP is life!!!

It was a terrible decision long term for Hermione to marry Ron, although I think it’s realistic that she did. As a young woman (late teens) she’d endured horrible unstable times and he was familiar and safe so it’s totally reasonable she would be drawn to him/ the weasleys. Also, honestly how many of us look back on our school/college love and say ‘oh shucks he really was the one for me!!’ 🤔😂 very few I’m guessing.

I read an incredibly on point fanfic a few years ago and was completely astounded by how spot on and believable I was. Exactly what I think would have happened and it unfolded so naturally.

X Hermione married Ron pretty soon post victory and was happy for a couple of years getting that warm fuzzy safe and loved feeling.
X Ron wanted children but Hermione was her cautious and thought out self so put this off.
X By mid 20’s she’d become incredibly frustrated and understimulated by him.
X Ron realises he’ll always be in hermiones shadow. He lived his whole child/early adulthood in the shadows of her/ harry but now as a war hero and adult he starts to want more for himself than being a general disappointment.
X The argument over children comes to a head which saw Ron blow up and tell Hermione exactly what he thinks rather than just accepting her Critism, they’re break up, they’re amicable but with a little bubbling resentment on both sides.
X Ron quickly strikes up another relationship with a much easier and less demanding girl - for who he can be the hero figure (insert lavender brown...etc)
X Hermione waits, happily single, until she meets a wizard who knocks her off her feet (in this fanfic that used a reformed and remorseful Draco who had seen the error of his parents ways) and challenges her, which at first she is hostile to as she’s simply not used to being challenged.
X They both live happier ever after than they would have done together.

I must admit I like the idea of Hermione/ Draco.
When I started reading fanfic I actively avoided it as I felt it encouraged abuse romanising but actually (in quite a few) it’s very realistic that post war he reformed after all he was a brainwashed child too for the most part and I don’t believe he was bad all the way through he had chances to cause harm and didn’t.
As adults (unless you want to create characters/ expand massively on background ones) he was the one who equalled Hermione best. Ron, harry, reformed Draco .... ???

I’d put my money on reformed Draco

Are people really moaning about spoilers of a book that's 11 years old?

Where have you been?!

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The Hermione / Snape thing is something covered by fanfiction a lot. I’ve only ever read one Fanfiction and it was very good if you can get passed the H/S relationship.

m.fanfiction.net/s/4776976/1/The-Problem-with-Purity

Even - the other link I posted to YouTube shows JKR pairing people up in a family tree. George gets with Angeline, Luna with some explorer.

@Icantreachthepretzels - Snape was always going to be a triple agent. He knew Voldermort would return as did Dumbledore, and so he had to play his part well to remain a Death Eater, even when V hadn’t returned. He punished himself for Lily’s death but could show this openly because that would show him in a different light to the Death Eaters and they’d know he was on D’s side.

Thanks Toffee but even the ministry part didn't sit right with me, too rigid and institutional when even by the end of her school life she was happily sacking off the institution in favour of getting hands on (loved that she still went back to get get qualifications tho).

Just saw her being more active rather than going into politics, somewhere she was pushing boundaries, maybe growing SPEW into as big as the NSPCC is for us, or discovering a magical breakthrough, or campaigning and making the ministry change the laws for her. Ok, am too invested in this