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Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger Named Among EW's Favorite Fictional Lovers

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Posted by: Edward
February 14, 2008, 05:03 PM

Just in time for Valentine’s Day, Entertainment Weekly has released a list of Pop Culture’s Best Couples, a ranking of 26 of our favorite true (fictional) lovers. The fictional pairing of characters Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger from the Harry Potter series are included on the list. Along side such iconic fictional couples as Superman and Lois Lane, from the Superman comics; Ricky and Lucy Ricardo, from the classic TV show ‘I Love Lucy;’ and Ross and Rachel, from the TV sitcom ‘Friends;’ Ron and Hermione come in at number 8 with the following description:

RON WEASLEY AND HERMIONE GRANGER
The Harry Potter cycle
Jealousy, betrayal…love potions: That’s teen wizard romance for ya. Harry Potter’s best friends didn’t officially become a couple until Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows but their love/hate relationship turned soap opera in Goblet of Fire. At times they’ve been controversial (Ron/Hermione fans still have scars from their online wars with the Harry/Hermione faithful), but that’s as risqué as this teen duo gets.

Congratulations to our favorite Won-Won and Hermione on this day of love. :)

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171 Comments

Rachel

For anyone who doubts Ron’s love for and devotion to Hermione, here’s three words:

“Take me instead.”

That’s not lust, it’s love.

Posted by Rachel on February 18, 2008, 12:17 AM report to moderator
Namia

Ok H/G aren’t there > They re not the main couple > I like them but R/Hr is the main romance of this fantasy book …

Posted by Namia on February 18, 2008, 12:49 AM report to moderator
mollywobbles23

Ron and Hermione completely deserve this fun little honor. Whine all you want. It’s not going to change the fact they’re canon and lots of us are tickled pink about it.

Posted by mollywobbles23 on February 18, 2008, 01:14 AM report to moderator
sherrilina

“This list doesn’t make a whole lot of sense to me. How can you have such Iconic characters as Romeo and Juliet, Darcy and Elizabeth Bennett, etc., on the same list as the couple from Battlestar Gallatica. I know it’s a popular show, but come on!”

Yeah I know it is pretty weird….or like how they have Jim/Pam from the Office, but not Booth/Brennan from Bones….it’s a pretty random list in general…(Like Titanic wasn’t mentioned either!)

Or the fact that they have R/Hr period on the list—come on! rolleyes Just because HP is popular doesn’t mean that the most prominent couple in the books (no matter how awful they were) should qualify!

Or how about that nonsense about “still bearing scars from online wars with the Harry/Hermione faithful”—give me a break! As if Herons were the picked on minority rather than the other way around….rolleyes What a load of rubbish, as Ron himself would say!

Posted by sherrilina on February 18, 2008, 02:13 AM report to moderator
free

^ Oh get over it will you? People at EW obviously liked R/Hr. Why is that so hard for you to comprehend? So what that your pairing wasn’t in the books? Why can’t you just move on? Go read fan fiction.

Posted by free on February 18, 2008, 05:55 AM report to moderator
luna

“Ok H/G aren’t there > They re not the main couple > I like them but R/Hr is the main romance of this fantasy book …”

Exactly. :) R/Hr have the romance of the books. They had the obvious one that flowed through the whole series and finished off with a swept-off-her-feet kiss!

Posted by luna on February 18, 2008, 06:01 AM report to moderator
DramaXOXQueen

Totally fab that they included Hermione and Ron. They shoulda included harry and ginny and Molly and Arther!

Posted by DramaXOXQueen on February 18, 2008, 06:37 AM report to moderator
joyce

@mollywobbles23: i totally agree with you.. they could whine all they want, and it wouldnt change a thing.. it’s already there,printed

Posted by joyce on February 18, 2008, 06:56 AM report to moderator
mione

I still can’t believe there’s h/hr shippers. And there are heaps of draco/hermione shippers!!! Gosh. some of my friends that don’t read the books thought that harry wiill end up marrying hermione…i mean y do they all think it’s harry and hermione…and i tell them hermione married ron and harry married ginny…then they say harry should have married hermione coz she’s better then ginny. I mean ron deserves hermione not harry. RON AND HERMIONE FOREVER!!!!!

Posted by mione on February 18, 2008, 12:50 PM report to moderator
Rachel

I’m just glad no one on this site is propoting Hermione/Snape

Posted by Rachel on February 18, 2008, 04:51 PM report to moderator
aj

Haha- that’s a good one Rachel! (Me too) I’m so glad Ron finally got Hermione. I stuck with them all the way!!! :)

Posted by aj on February 18, 2008, 08:29 PM report to moderator
Sarah

awhh! that is soooo sweet!! they should have been before superman!! lyra and will are first in my book! and edwerd and bella

Posted by Sarah on February 18, 2008, 10:03 PM report to moderator
Kelly

As if Herons were the picked on minority rather than the other way around….rolleyes What a load of rubbish, as Ron himself would say!

Err no I’m quite sure Ron himself would not agree with you!

As for the first part of your statement, aren’t the H/Hr fans the ones who threw the hissyfit in this thread?

Posted by Kelly on February 19, 2008, 09:25 AM report to moderator
elena

I (personally) was VERRY happy when in book 7,I finnaly read what I was waiting for since I realised that there were Ron and Hermione being characters.And it’s verry good to see (for real) what they meen to each other,at first place. Still, Don’t you think it,s just a bit stupid to make comparasion between SNAPE and Hermione?! Or evan HARRY?! Gosh.. I mean,wasn’t it obvious that Rod and Hermione will end up togather since the moment she told him that he has a dirt on his nose??? Come on people… Isn’t J K Rowling sopose to be worring about the characters SHE is making,and you just have to be there to support her -NOT to tell her what to do???? Give her a rest. She has all ready done a LOT with just whriting the book and giving us the opportunity of reading it! Ask yourself : Just how many books as good as HARRY POTTER have you ever read??? I bet not many!!!

Posted by elena on February 19, 2008, 11:28 AM report to moderator
franlock

Right on.

I like it how the little blurb mentioned the Shipping Wars. Those were hard times. I think my blood pressure rose a bit during those times. The Ron/Hermione kiss in Deathly Hallows helped it go significantly down thankfully.

Posted by franlock on February 19, 2008, 12:52 PM report to moderator
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