Subject: I have certain peeves with Harry Potter fics, too.
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Posted on: 2012-07-26 10:03:00 UTC

Top of the list are the "Harry/Hermione with Ron-bashing" fics. Yes, Harry cares very much for Hermione, and yes, Ron is sometimes less than pleasant. But you know what? They're all friends who've faced severe danger together, and that has proven to be, in the end, a bond far stronger than teenage romances and fallings-out.

My ultimate peeve with that type of fic, though, is the way Hermione is so often transformed into a weepy, clingy, fragile girl who needs Harry to save her from everything. That's just a "HELL no" from me. She is one of my favourite heroines because she is brilliant, loyal and able to take care of herself and on occasion the people around her. Very often, her smarts are the only way to actually reach and overcome the final challenge each year. She's also an extremely capable fighter; at the age of sixteen she was taking on Death Eaters in the Ministry and by the time she was eighteen she was able, with the help of Ginny and Luna, to take on Bellatrix Lestrange, one of the most terrifyingly able duellists around. In short: she does not need anyone to protect her in case she scratches her finger.

And now I shall stop here before I detail every single peeve with the Potterverse and this ends up taking three posts. :P

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