Ron and Hermione are friends, you know

[rynne]

I don't understand why people keep saying that Ron and Hermione fight all the time.

Er, what? So they've had their big Cat-Rat fight in PoA, and the Yule Brawl, but I think all the bickering is exaggerated. All the times they get along and encourage each other and have fun with each other seem to outnumber all the times they argue with each other (not counting friendly arguing like their debate about what to get Harry in Honeydukes right before he pops up himself).

And besides that, no matter how often they bicker, they still seem to be really good friends, you know? They aren't friends with each other just because they're both friends with Harry--if that were true, they wouldn't be able to enjoy each other's company the way they do when Harry's not around (take that first trip to Hogsmeade, for instance--they both came back from it, exclaiming over how much fun they had, and I'm assuming they were together through the whole trip). Harry's not the glue that holds the Trio together; the whole Trio is the glue, because all of them are friends with each other and like it that way.

Ron and Hermione are good friends both because of and in spite of their "fights". If they've been having them for five years now and have just grown closer as friends (as Harry's grown closer to both of them as well), then I highly doubt their (not very) "constant bickering" is going to tear their friendship apart.

Take this however you want, as arguing for a friendship or arguing for a relationship; I don't care as I like both. I just hate it when people demean Ron and Hermione's friendship and reduce it to "constant bickering". It's so much more than that.

(Pssst! LJ's spellcheck wanted to change "Hogsmeade" to "Orgasmed". *snickers*)

Comments

[lyotto.livejournal.com]

All I can think to say is thank you. You just said everything I've wanted to say for a while now. I think the "constant bickering" is part of why I can't generally stand Trio fics.

Also. You should write a ficlet about a Hogsmeade trip or something and then use the LJ spellcheck on it and see what it turns into. My friends and I used to do that all the time and you can wind up with some pretty priceless moments.

[thistlerose.livejournal.com]

I'm too tired to give a detailed response, so basically, yes, yes, YES!

And don't forget they spent most of the summer between GoF and OotP together...without Harry. And it's implied in other books that they correspond over the summer...without Harry. Which is not to say Harry is unimportant. But no, he's not the glue.

[ariastar.livejournal.com]

*so much applause* Thank you for that. So much.

(LJ's spellcheck? Priceless. *g*)

[ceilidh]

Amen. (whether you ship them or not, man).

I mean, they *do* fight, but its not as nasty as people make it out to be. And they do spend time with each other without Harry, like you said.

Harry's not the glue that holds the Trio together; the whole Trio is the glue, because all of them are friends with each other and like it that way.

Yes! *has trioshippy fuzzy moment* :">

[marauderthesn.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I don't understand why some people seem to think that Ron and Hermione are on the verge of killing each other.

[rowena742.livejournal.com]

(Here from friends of friends)

I think a large aspect of it is projection. People associate Ron and Hermione's interactions with relationships they've been in or been witness to that consisted of nothing but fighting, and fail to look at the actual context (for instance, Harry snapping at them for "always having a go at each other" when he's on edge for reasons that have nothing to do with them).

I can accept not liking all the arguing, but trying to claim that Ron and Hermione are damaging each others' self-esteem, as some do? Nope. The text doesn't support it. They're friends as much in their own right as they are with Harry.

[littlesnowman.livejournal.com]

I completely agree with you, darling. :D Ron and Hermione are great just as friends (but so much better as a couple)xo, H