SHIP: Would Ron really be the one for her?

[phoenixgod2000]

No: HPFGUIDX 125613



> Betsy:
> Ugh, you've totally put me off R/Hr, Tonks.  Another Molly and 
> Arthur?   What a horrid fate for poor Ron and Hermione. I'd like 
>to think that Ron ends up in a marriage where he's actually 
>respected by his wife and is not forced to hide out in the garden 
>shed.  And I'd like to think that Hermione will *grow out* of her 
>bossiness and not continue through life thinking her way is the only 
>way.

Phoenixgod2000:
Wow, I could not agree with this point more, Betsy. I see the 
Molly /Arthur and the Ron/Hermione ship exactly the same way as you. 
I think it probably is a ship that's going to happen because the 
story is leading to it, but I like Ron too much to want to subject 
him to Hermione for a lifetime.  Although I'm not sure Hermione 
would be able to run as roughshod over Ron as Molly does to Arthur. 
Ron seems like a pretty strong willed individual to me and I doubt 
he would hide in his woodshed like his father.  Oh, the fights they 
would have.

Thats the same reason why I don't ship H/G. Ginny in OOTP reminded 
me a lot of Molly at her most domineering. A lot of the scenes that 
fans seem to love where Ginny puts Harry in his *place* like at 
Christmas time kinda made me mad.  I don't understand how anyone 
could read the way Ginny confronts Harry in OOTP as a postive in any 
way. IMO, Harry needs someone either purely fun-loving but mature 
like Tonks (the character) or gentle, like Luna or one of the 
Hufflepuff girls (Hannah or Susan) instead of someone as abrasive as 
Ginny, who seemed to almost be too overly confrontational in OOTP--
like she wanted to make up for being so passive earlier in series.  

I'm amazed Ginny could fly as well as she could considering the chip 
on her shoulder.

> Betsy:
> Molly is *not* strong.  She's the weakest member of the Weasley 
> family.  She doesn't handle stress well, taking her fears out on 
> those around her (OotP).  Molly also believes that ignorance is 
the 
> best policy (PoA with Harry, OotP with Harry again, and everyone 
> else), which is not a policy of strength.   Arthur has a lot more 
> strength than Molly, but because he's so non-confrontational, 
Molly 
> walks all over him, to the detriment of the family.
> 
> Betsy, who really likes Ron/Luna, though she's not sure it'll 
occur 
> in the books.

Phoenixgod2000:
I think you're readiny my mind, Betsy, because I see Molly the same 
way. I like Ron/Luna as well, Just not as much as I like Harry/Luna. 
That scene at the end between them really got to me and sold me on a 
the possibility of a ship between Harry and Luna. Although I 
wouldn't mind Ron/Luna either.  Whoever, if anyone, ends up Luna is 
going to have a powerful asset in the form a girl with absolute and 
unwavering faith in whoever she chooses to date. She would be their 
number one cheerleader, just like she's her father's number one 
cheerleader. That kind of faith is powerful.

And that's why I like Luna. 

Phoenixgod2000, whose favorite Fanon ship is Harry/Bellatrix, 'cause 
I like my Harry powerful, slightly dark, and under no ones 
control...