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These things really do go in cycles...
c/p'd from Mousie's hard work:

Emma Watson is guest editing a British magazine that comes out on Thursday.

In it, supposedly JK Rowling shares her regret for making a certain pairing canon over another one.

Nowadays she admits she got it wrong - she should have shipped Harry / Hermione.

ONTD jumps on the bandwagon first with predictable splooge. 2600+ comments and gong. Wank_report anonymouse captured their favorites:

Ron's an asshole! No, Hermione's abusive!
http://ohnotheydidnt.livejournal.com/85367803.html?thread=14993729787#t14993729787

"harry's long fat DADA dick BELONGED in hermione's BEAUTIFUL GENIUS MUGGLEBORN COOCH AND THE FANFIC PROVES IT"
http://ohnotheydidnt.livejournal.com/85367803.html?thread=14993646843#t14993646843

When people don't like ron it's because he's too poor and working class!
http://ohnotheydidnt.livejournal.com/85367803.html?thread=14993204731#t14993204731

Someone mentions Hermione/Draco, spawning a thread about whether Draco is an irredeemable racist. Bonus: passive-aggressive use of "gurl". I guess it's the new "sweetie"? http://ohnotheydidnt.livejournal.com/85367803.html?thread=14993142779#t14993142779

In response to the same Dramione thread, Godwin's Law is invoked! http://ohnotheydidnt.livejournal.com/85367803.html?thread=14993602043#t14993602043

I'm...not even sure what's happening in this thread. But I know I can't look away.
http://ohnotheydidnt.livejournal.com/85367803.html?thread=14993803259#t14993803259

That's just from the first few pages.

Meanwhile, on Tumblr...

YOU HAVE GOT TO BE FU****IN KIDDING ME JK ROWLING YOU REGRET THE THING I BASE MY LIFE ON LIKE JESUS CHRIST YOU MIGHT AS WELL TELL ME THAT I AM ADOPTED
http://ronaldweasley-is-a-father.tumblr.com/post/75318975049/you-have-got-to-be-fu-in-kidding-me-jk-rowling

Dear J. Rowling, If you ever dare to say that Ron wasn’t good enough for anybody I’d be so done.
http://nightinglock.tumblr.com/post/75318100681/dear-j-rowling-if-you-ever-dare-to-say-that

I DON’T WANT TO BASH ANYONE’S SHIP OR ANYTHING, BUT THIS IS NOT SOMETHING I’M CAPABLE OF TAKING.
http://dragonprincessofkeys.tumblr.com/post/75317489747/im-sorry-but-im-not-having-none-of-j-k

reasons why im sad and confused by this bombshell
http://coldnessoflove.tumblr.com/post/75315357947/reasons-why-im-sad-and-confused-by-this-bombshell

For fun nostalgia points, Heidi's excited too:
http://heidi8.livejournal.com/1307412.html?style=mine#comments

And for unfunny nostalgia points, so's Andy Blake (who would like to tell you all about his own magnum opus):
http://andythanfiction.tumblr.com/post/75346872233/your-post-about-ron-and-hermiones-relationship-made-me

The actual article is slated to come out on Thursday. Prepare yourselves for the Second Coming...

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	kijikun 2014-02-02 02:03 pm UTC (link)
	Please everyone knows it should have been Harry/Luna. (Reply to this)(Thread)

	chez_moi 2014-02-02 02:21 pm UTC (link)
	The only Harry ship that made sense to me. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	gerorin 2014-02-02 02:54 pm UTC (link)
	Somebody in the ONTD post mentioned Neville/Hermione, and I went "huh." Never thought that, before, but that sounds like it might work. And HD 4ever, kthanksbye (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	kijikun 2014-02-02 03:52 pm UTC (link)
	Draco/Hermione 4ever (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	risha 2014-02-02 05:00 pm UTC (link)
	The only person I ever really liked Draco shipped with was Ginny. No, Snape/Hermione 4ever pleaz (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	bitca 2014-02-02 05:38 pm UTC (link)
	Draco/Ginny 4eva. Also, Snape/Black imnsho. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	chibikaijuu 2014-02-02 08:27 pm UTC (link)
	NEVILLE BELONGS TO GINNY HDU. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	veleda_k 2014-02-05 12:03 am UTC (link)
	This is what I always thought. Like, the height of my HP shipping was reading book 4 and thinking, "I hope Neville and Ginny don't hook up with anyone, so I can imagine they got together." That didn't work out, obviously. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	pauraque 2014-02-02 03:02 pm UTC (link)
	Even some of my RL friends who know nothing about the fandom shipped Harry/Luna. The groundwork for it was definitely there. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	risha 2014-02-02 03:08 pm UTC (link)
	The fanfic for which is disappointingly thin on the ground. I've gone looking. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	kijikun 2014-02-02 03:53 pm UTC (link)
	I know! It's always surprised me. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	quantumreality 2014-02-02 03:58 pm UTC (link)
	Yeah, there's not that many writers who I can recall - um, there's usually DrT, and ... I think that's kind of it. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	spawn_of_kong 2014-02-04 08:33 pm UTC (link)
	Luna is a hard character to write, I imagine. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	gelasius 2014-02-02 04:34 pm UTC (link)
	The most obvious underrated ship in the series imho. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	soc_puppet 2014-02-02 05:57 pm UTC (link)
	I was going to be all, "But what about Neville/Luna?", but then I remembered that threesomes solve everything, and that comes with bonus Harry/Neville, so. stamp of approval (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	jadeleopard 2014-02-02 07:20 pm UTC (link)
	brilliant! (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	soc_puppet 2014-02-02 09:25 pm UTC (link)
	Now, where do I get my hands on some fanfic for this ship? (Reply to this)(Parent)

	spawn_of_kong 2014-02-02 08:05 pm UTC (link)
	Amen. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	pyratejenni 2014-02-02 09:43 pm UTC (link)
	Neville/Luna! (Reply to this)(Parent)

	_morrigan_ 2014-02-03 07:38 am UTC (link)
	Yep! (Alway happy when I see other Harry/Luna shippers). And Ginny should have ended up with Neville IMO. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	squeakytoy 2014-02-03 11:21 am UTC (link)
	OHAITHAR! Someone else who wanted to see Harry/Luna, Neville/Ginny! :D I did rather like Ron/Hermione, though. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	ladyvyola 2014-02-03 04:50 pm UTC (link)
	Those were three pairings I canonically shipped, too! (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

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	_morrigan_ 2014-02-04 02:11 am UTC (link)
	I'm fine with Ron/Hermione, even if I don't ship it. So I really don't have any problem with them being together. But even though I knew Harry/Ginny was probably going to happen, Harry/Luna and Ginny/Neville just felt way more organic and interesting to me than the idea of Harry/Ginny ever did. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

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	coffee_mug 2014-02-03 10:47 am UTC (link)
	This is true. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	Harry/Luna ihateyouall 2014-08-08 03:25 pm UTC (link)
	That's what I always got from the books. Both quirky outsiders that didn't have many friends but got along together really really well! (Reply to this)(Parent)

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