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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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sailorlum
2014-02-04 08:16 pm UTC (link)

Yeah, IA, there are peeps on both sides of the ship war who have a super rosy view of relationships or how they should be, and think that's the only way a ship should be shipped. :/

The people who think that it has to be all fluff all the time, for anyone to like it, are being closed minded and unrealistic, IMO. (Same as if someone thought it had to be all angst all the time, or always had to be a rapid constant cycle of fighting and making up, or had to be some particular mix of fluff/angst, for anyone to find it interesting.) For me, truly "happily ever after" doesn't equal "no troubles", only that the couple made it through/keeps making it through and is ultimately/overall happy and healthy. Personally, I tend to like to see some fluff, with occasional angst, a good balance of the two, although sometimes I'm in more of a fluff mood and others more of an angst mood, if it isn't too unrelenting, either way. Too much angst maxes me out and becomes unenjoyable, too much fluff gets boring, after a while. Monica/Chandler on Friends are probably my ideal mix of fluff/angst (not that I always want that ideal mix). I like Ross/Rachel, too. Heck, I ship Snape/Lily (in an AU where Snape starts making better choices, before it's too late for the ship to set sail and ultimately be happy and healthy), so it's not like I don't find overcoming some serious shit to be interesting and enjoyable to read/write about. But I digress.

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