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:
I agree that Harry/Cho ship (which, by the way, seemed hopeless to me from the very beginning) was quite an important part of Books 4 and 5. But, to my mind, this relationship was included into the book mainly in order to show Harry growing up, while Cho’s character was left underdeveloped. Ginny is, obviously, a more developed character than Cho, but still, Harry is portrayed in much greater detail. This “inequality” is what makes the Harry/Ginny ship “lose” to Ron/Hermione ship in terms of literary prominence for me personally, of course :))) In case of Ron/Hermione, both characters are developed to the same extent, which gives the ship more flesh :)))
On the other hand, H/G leaves more space for ficwriters’ imagination :)))
Oh… I am so glad!! Ron is the best… he is very handsome in my mind, because I did fall in love with him… I don’t like the nick “Won Won” because Lavender used this (duh… she is so boring)... Hermione is the best… c’mon… she is clever and so many other things… Ron/Hermione are the best couple in the world… This is my ship since I was 12… because I was Hermione and Ron was my ex-future boyfriens :P… and it is even today… hehe…
I very very love love love love the both of them!! Harry and Ginny are so cute too… but Ron and Hermione are perfect together.
Happy Valentine’s Day people… (in my country we celebrated this day in June 12, but whetever…)
awww… i love ron and hermione together… i think Lupin and Tonks should b on there tho… and obviously Snape and Lily… Ive never liked James srry but idk y i think Snape and Lily r seriously the cutest couple EVER!!
so happy about this! EXTREMELY happy…it made my week!
Oh, and someone said before how could a couple from ‘battlestar gallactica’ could be with one like ‘Romeo and Juliet’...simple: it’s all fiction, not iconic or something. Very cool list, too bad there’s no HG :-( , but I guess they had to choose, and RHr has been going on for a VERY long time! more than HG!
How cute! I loved the comment about the Ship Wars, it was so true.
After finding R/Hr, I scanned through the rest of the list looking for my other favorite fictional couples. I found one – of course, I knew that Elizabeth/Darcy would be on there, but I had to find it for myself. Heh.
Oh, and also, with regards to their listing for LotR… Beren/Luthien > Faramir/Eowyn > Aragorn/Arwen. Anything but that should have been included. gets off purist soapbox
Yes, he had liked Cho for ages, but whenever he had imagined a scene involving the two of them it had always featured a Cho who was enjoying herself, as opposed to a Cho who was sobbing uncontrollably into his shoulder.
Hooray!
Well deserved.