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Thoughts on Ron and Hermione as a ship?

thank you very much for the ask, @thesilverstarling!

i’ll state my position straight away: book ron and hermione are the best of the canon couples.

they will have a long and extremely happy marriage made rich by great and stalwart love, lust, fun, and faithfulness, rather than held together by duty and couples’ therapy like so many readers and authors (including jkr, who seems to have decided to spend the years since the conclusion of the series failing to understand anything about her own characters) tend to think.

i will state another position straight away: lest i seem like i’m just a fan with blinkers on, i think this even though hermione is, by far, my least favourite member of the trio. if she were real i would detest her, and i dislike how she is treated by the narrative as always justified in her negative characteristics. i like fanon hermione - perfect and preternaturally good - even less.

as a result, i think that it’s ridiculous that jkr has said that she thought ron needed to ‘become worthy’ of hermione. they belong together as equals - which is what they’re set up in the narrative as being from the off - and i hate seeing that undermined.

because ronald weasley? he’s an icon. and he doesn’t get anywhere near the respect he deserves in fandom.

there are multiple reasons for this - ron’s narrative purpose is to be the everyman sidekick, and so he is able to be less special than harry or hermione (the helper-figure); the amount of aristocracy wank in this fandom means that the weasleys’ ordinariness is less appealing to writers than making harry have twenty different lordships and call himself hadrian; the narrative interrogates ron’s flaws - especially his capacity for jealousy - much more intensively than it interrogates either hermione’s (cruel, inflexible, meddling) or harry’s (reckless, self-absorbed, judgemental) - but one i feel is particularly significant is that ron is such a british character that many of his traits are not understood as intended by non-british readers.

in particular - as is outlined in this excellent meta by @whinlatter - ron’s sense of humour isn’t indicative of immaturity or a lack of seriousness, but is, in fact, evidence that he’s the most emotionally aware of the trio.

ron is shown throughout the series to understand how both harry and hermione need to have their emotions approached - and i think there is no piece of writing which says this better than crocodile heart by @floreatcastellumposts:

That was what she liked most about Ron, she thought vaguely. He was very good at being suitably outraged on your behalf. For Harry, for her, for Neville. That sort of thing mattered, when you were hurt or embarrassed or wronged in some way. You needed to have someone else on your side, to be as emotional as you felt, maybe even more so, so that you might feel a bit more normal. It was very decent of him, and she was not sure he realised he did it.

ron’s inherent emotional awareness is an enormous source of comfort to other people. he does the work which isn’t flashy or special - he makes tea and tells jokes and is just there - but which is needed in healthy human relationships far more frequently than a willingness to fight to the death for the other person.

[as an aside, this normality - even though i think it is assumed rather than justified by the text - is also what ginny provides for harry. if you believe that hinny are a good couple but romione aren’t… i can’t help you.]

but let’s look at some specific reasons why ron and hermione belong together:

their communication styles mesh perfectly. ron is the only person hermione knows who feeds her love of being challenged and debated, and who is able to engage in this way of communicating without becoming irate when she refuses to back down. ron is good at picking his battles, but he’s also good at recognising that hermione’s tendency to argue isn’t intended to be confrontational a lot of the time - it’s just the way she works through feelings and problems. he’s far more easy-going about her tendency to nag, interrupt, try to provoke arguments, or speak condescendingly than he’s given credit for - and hermione evidently respects this, since when he does tell her not to push a situation (above all, when she’s trying to needle harry into talking about sirius), she listens to him.

that ron and hermione’s tendency to bicker is taken by fans to be a bad thing is because it’s something harry - from whose perspective the narrative is written - doesn’t understand. harry is extremely conflict-avoidant - he tends to take being pushed on views and opinions he has to be insulting; and he has a tendency to assume that he is right which is just as profound as hermione’s. he and ginny communicate not by debating, but by ginny having no time for his rigidity and refusing to indulge it - but ron and hermione bickering about everything is not a negative thing within their specific emotional dynamic.

[as another aside, this glaring chasm in communication styles is why harry and hermione would be a disaster as a couple.]

they each provide validation the other needs. it’s clear - reading between the lines - that hermione is a tremendously lonely person. the friendlessness of her initial few weeks at hogwarts seems to be a continuation of her experience as a child, and - outside of ron and harry - that friendlessness endures through her schooldays. i’m always struck, for example, by the fact that, when she falls out with ron in prisoner of azkaban, she has no-one else to spend time with, and that this is only avoided in half-blood prince because harry decides not to freeze her out. i don’t think her friendship with ginny is anywhere near as close as fanon seems to imply (ginny has no interest in being nagged either), nor do i think that she’s anywhere near as close to neville (not least because she is so condescending to him) as she’s often written to be.

and this loneliness seems to stretch beyond hogwarts. the absence of hermione’s parents’ from the narrative is - in a doylist sense - clearly just a device to maximise time with the trio all together, but the watsonian reading is that she doesn’t have a particularly good relationship with them. hermione’s obviously upper-middle-class background - the name! the skiing! the holidays in the south of france! - can be presumed, i think, to come with a series of expectations from her parents which she feels constantly that she’s not entirely meeting, particularly expectations attached to academic success.

[for example, the grangers - were she a muggle child - would undoubtedly have ambitions for her to attend an elite university and then go into a prestigious career. tertiary education of the type that they’re familiar with doesn’t seem to exist in the wizarding world - most careers seem to be taught by apprenticeship - and this, alongside all the other divides between the magical and muggle worlds which contribute to the distance between them, would be one very obvious area in which she felt the need to prove herself to them.]

ron, too, has quite a difficult relationship with his position in the family - voldemort’s locket is not wrong to point out that he seems to receive considerably less of his mother’s emotional attention than ginny or the rest of his brothers - and he too is constrained by expectations which he doesn’t know how to explain he has no interest in - above all, molly’s desire for her sons to achieve top grades and go into the ministry.

he also suffers while at hogwarts from being ‘harry potter’s best friend’, something which harry never appreciates. but hermione does. she recognises ron’s jealousy and never allows harry to minimise it (and she and ron are very much aligned on having no respect for harry’s saviour and martyr complexes). she appreciates ron’s strengths - above all his kindness and his sense of humour - and makes him feel as though he’s achieved things with them. and ron does the same for her; he is hugely observant when it comes to her, and he challenges and defends her.

the two of them clearly spend a lot of time together one-on-one while harry’s involved in his various shenanigans (including outside of school - hermione has often arrived at the burrow days or even weeks before harry, and they seem to write to each other frequently when apart). they do this within a relationship which is fundamentally equal. one issue with hinny is that, post-war, harry is going to have to get used to seeing ginny as a peer, rather than as someone he has to protect. but ron and hermione never have that issue - equality is baked into their relationship from the off.

because, to be quite frank, fandom overstates the role that jealousy plays in their relationship. it’s true that ron certainly doesn’t acquit himself brilliantly when it comes to hermione’s relationship with viktor krum (it’s because he’s bi and doesn’t know it yet), and a tendency to externalise his insecurity into trying to make others also feel insecure is one of his primary negative traits (hermione does this too, via her patented lofty voice when she’s trying to condescend to people). but this is often taken as the initial red flag for how the relationship would crash and burn, and ron’s toxic jealousy is often used in fan-fiction as the trigger for emotional and physical violence towards hermione which, frequently, seems to drive her into the arms of either draco malfoy or severus snape… who are, of course, the first people we think of when we hear the words ‘not prone to jealousy’...

but i think it’s important to point out several things in defence of ron’s jealousy over krum. firstly, hermione evidently regards his jealousy as ridiculous - she’s upset by it, yes, but her upset must be understood as being caused by the fact that she wanted him to ask her out. she doesn’t think he’s being possessive, she thinks he’s being stupid. secondly, hermione is equally as jealous over ron’s crush on fleur delacour and relationship with lavender brown. she behaves just as cruelly when it comes to lavender as ron does when it comes to krum - and the narrative only treats her actions as more sympathetic or justified both because harry dislikes lavender too, and because, by that point in the series, jkr has dispensed with any inclination to ever criticise her.

but, outside of this teenage pettiness, ron is never jealous of hermione over things which matter. he is never jealous of her intelligence or competence or ambition or success (indeed, he defends her constantly from attacks designed to undermine her in these areas). for someone who struggles with being overshadowed by harry, he is never upset at being overshadowed by her. he is clearly going to be happy to support her in any of the career ambitions she can be written as having post-war.

and, on this point, i think it’s worth interrogating why so many readers still seem to feel uncomfortable with the idea of ron and hermione having a dynamic where she is the more ‘powerful’ one. [it’s always a bit trite to say ‘but what if the genders were reversed?’, but actually that’s not irrelevant here]. if hermione ends up taking the ministry by storm and ron becomes a stay-at-home father or has a job which is just to pay the bills, what, precisely, is wrong with that? why, precisely, should hermione regard ron making that choice for himself as a negative thing? hermione so often seems to leave ron in fan-fiction because of a lack of ambition - something which seems to be particularly common in dramione - but, in canon, she is shown to not particularly care if ron and harry do the bare minimum when it comes to studying etc. she nags them to do their work so they don’t get in trouble. she doesn’t nag them to do it to the same standard that she would.

and, actually, i think that ron being less ambitious than hermione is something which is key to how well they work. because ron provides not only emotional support, but emotional clarity.

hermione is shown throughout canon to - just as harry does - have a tendency to become obsessive to the detriment of her own health. she is also often - as harry is - emotionally or intellectually inflexible, and finds it hard to move on when what she feels or believes is proven to be wrong. both she and harry are micro-thinkers, who lean towards knee-jerk assumptions and stubborn convictions (and, indeed, hermione has a remarkably hagrid-ish tendency towards blind loyalty).

ron is none of these things. ron is a big-picture thinker (it’s why he’s so good at chess). he’s a pragmatist. he’s the least righteous of the three. he understands that faith and loyalty are choices, and that sometimes these choices will lead to outcomes which are bad or hard. he is the one of the three most willing to own up to having made mistakes. he is the one least likely to act on gut instinct (and, therefore, the hardest to fool - i think it’s worth emphasising that he clocks that tom riddle is tricking harry immediately, the only one of the trio to do so). he understands that things are a marathon, not a sprint. he is the least obsessive.

and these traits contribute to aspects of his character which are underappreciated. ron worries about hermione making herself ill during exams, or when she is using the time-turner, and makes an effort to get her to set healthy boundaries and redirect her anxiety. ron stands on a broken leg in front of sirius or goes into the forest to fight aragog not out of righteousness, but out of choice. ron takes over the burden of preparing buckbeak’s defence when it is clear that hermione is approaching burnout. ron is completely right that harry hasn’t done any long-term planning for the horcrux hunt, and his anger does force harry to tighten up after he leaves the trio. ron has a clear head in the middle of battle. ron makes harry and hermione laugh. ron is unafraid of human emotion. ron arrests harry’s tendency to brood over the little things by looking at the bigger picture. ron will always come back.

ron is bringing his politician wife regular cups of tea and making sure she doesn’t work all night. he is helping his lawyer wife to feel less upset over losing one case by reminding her that she’s won ten others. he is noticing stress creeping in and whirling her off for a dirty weekend, or even just a takeaway on the sofa. he is teaching his daughter to be proud of her ambition and his son to treat women as equals and both of his children that all you can do when you fuck up is apologise and try to do better. he is making hermione smile on the worst days of her life. he is helping her strategise her long-term goals when she gets stuck on the short-term ones. he is telling her straight when she needs to get it together. he is seeing a misogynistic head of department call hermione a ‘silly little girl’ and choosing to tell him exactly what he thinks of that.

ron is the ultimate wife guy. hermione is a very, very lucky lady.

#ron weasley #romione #ron x hermione #hermione granger #pro ron weasley #ron weasley is awesome #ron weasley defense squad

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Krillin becoming a Cop KINDA reminds me of the ‘Marvel’ method of superheroing.

In essence, Goku and Vegeta are your cosmic level heroes. Your Captain Marvel, your Sentry, your Gladiator, Thor etc. in Marvel comics, they’re on levels far and away above everyone else. They can handle threats none of your typical heroes could even DREAM of touching.

But then you have folks like Piccolo and Gohan, who would be more the Iron Man, the (typical) Hulk, the Drax, the Colossus, etc. They can still handle HUGE threats, though not as big as, say, Thanos, the Beyonder, The Void, etc.

Then you have your lower, more street-level heroes. Characters whose powers, or even sometimes lack thereof, would limit them against those kinds of threats, especially on their own. They handle the sort of things they handle, the moderate-to-high power villains, the Rhinos, Bullseyes, Kingpins, Venoms, Sabertooths, Maggia, etc. Because they’re typically threats too inherently small for beings so powerful to deal with, especially as they’re more frequent and would prevent them from having the time to deal with their greater threats.

And that’s where Krillin being a cop comes in. He’s got that Spider-Man sort of mentality: ‘I may not be as strong as these guys here, but I was given my power for a reason, and I’m going to use it to do good where I can’. Now against beings like Cell, Freeza after his power-up, Majin Buu, Beerus, Black, etc. he wouldn’t be able to keep doing much good. But against your common criminal, your occasional supervillain? His power would make him a near-unstoppable force. And that’s why he chose to go into that job.

It’s both a realistic acceptance of his limitations as well as a respectable refusal to just sit back and do nothing, and I believe it was a very wise choice for his character. (That totally deserves a spinoff. lol)

#krillin #dbz #dragon ball super #dragon ball #dragon ball z

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He is one of the best characters in comics and cartoons.

He is but a man, a human surrounded by superpowered aliens.

He was sort of raised by a much older father/mentor figure who is technically retired from action but still dangerous.

He got to be one of the most dangerous men on earth by training over decades, honing his skills to rival that of his companions. One of which is a powerful alien who came to earth as a baby and whom he originally hated. Another of his closest companions is a scientist/engineer who creates insanely high tech items that help the hero with his quests.

He thinks his way through battles - always a pragmatist - going up against Aliens, gods and superpowered beings able to destroy worlds.

He is sometimes a father figure, especially to children who are unfortunately forced to fight. He has canonically fathered one biological child with an incredibly attractive and powerful female villian.

He has also died and been resurrected several times.

Quick- Batman or Krillin

#krillin #batman #dbz #spider man #dragon ball #dragon ball z

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I am surprised by the random thought that hit me regarding both Tobey's and Andrew's versions of Spider-Man.

At the end of the original Spider-Man, when Norman died, he last words were : "Don't tell Harry". In a way, Tobey did keep those words, even though it might have been better to tell Harry. Why? Because keeping how Norman died a secret from Harry, resulted in the friendship between Harry and Peter breaking down to the point that by Spider-Man 3, Harry goes all out in his quest for revenge.

Similarly, in the Amazing Spider-Man, Captain Stacy makes Peter promise to leave Gwen out of his crusade. Peter tries to honor that promise but breaks it as we see him dating Gwen in the sequel. Now, he struggles with keeping the promise because it hurts Gwen, and he tries to follow through, and decides to break it and pursue her. It ends sadly in Gwen's death at the hands of Goblin.

Tobey's Peter showed the consequence of keeping a promise and Andrew's Peter showed the consequence of breaking a promise. And both events resulted in consequences that are heart breaking for them. In both cases, if the opposite action was taken, they might have had a different ending.

#spider man #spider man trilogy #the amazing spider man #tobey!spiderman #andrew garfield #andrew!peter parker #tobey maguire #tobey!peter parker #tasm peter parker #tasm 2 #spider man 3

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So…

I ship Romione, I’m not a huge fan, I’m more neutral about it, HOWEVER, with that being said, I absolutely love Ron being street smart and Hermione being book smart, I feel though as if it complements each other. Ron brings practically and intuitive approach to situations while, Hermione’s knowledge and research skills come in handy. I feel though as if they balance each other out in a way ❤️❤️❤️

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I went to watch Kung Fu Panda 4, and here are some thoughts that have occurred in my mind.

"Spoilers for KFP4"

Master Oogway's quote of "One often meets his destiny on the road he wishes to avoid" came true for Po. This quote by Master Oogway, made to Shifu now came true for Po. In the first movie, Shifu sent Zheng to the prison where Tai Lung was imprisoned, which resulted in Tai Lung's escape. This time, Po in an effort to avoid taking Oogway's position as the spiritual leader, ends up meeting his destiny. First, he gets a vision of what Chameleon will do if she gets her hands on the Staff of Wisdom, then he is able to save Zhen and himself in the prison without using his words and finally he lets Zhen defeat Chameleon, and makes her the new Dragon Warrior.

Chameleon's backstory is a little mixed for me. On one hand, it is sad that she could get to learn kung fu because of her abilities and was turned by various masters. This makes it somewhat similar to Shifu refusing to teach Po, till Master Oogway passed and he figured out that he can use food to motivate Po, suggesting that the other masters were incapable of adapting their training to her abilities. But, this also makes no sense when you have Mantis and Viper, who show they are capable of Kung Fu. We don't know whether the other masters were that rigid? Or were there other reasons.

Po's fathers helped him once again. Both helped him understand that change is not all bad, and even though he screwed up, he can set things right again, helping him understand his new role as well.

The universe in a funny way answered Po, when he asked regarding his successor. In the scene where the petals start blowing, it seems like a comic setup as Po ends up eating and spitting the petals, immediately post that Zhen enters in an attempt to steal something, implying that this was an answer to Po's question.

It was nice to see Tai Lung again, and he sort of seems to have made peace with Po. But he should have gotten a scene with Shifu as well. It would have been interesting to see them interact and have one last conversation.

I found this one out because of behind the scene issues regarding the Furious Five, but they should have been present as well. It would have been nice to see them help Po come to terms with his role and help him. Also, it would have been interesting to see their reactions on Zhen and Po's decision.

#kung fu panda #kfp 4 #tai lung #po the panda #po the dragon warrior #zhen #master shifu #master oogway #kfp chameleon #mr ping #li shan #thoughts #spoilers

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It's hard to believe that Akira Toriyama, the author of Doctor Slump and Dragon Ball has passed away.

Dragon Ball Z was one of the first anime I used to watch, and it is what helped me find friends with whom Dragon Ball Super was a major discussion point. We would analyze every episode, discuss how good or bad it would be.

The impact that Dragon Ball has had on the lives of so many people across the globe feels really indescribable. Every character has received so much love from the fans.

Rest in peace, Akira Toriyama. Hope the Other World is as beautiful as you described it in your manga.

#akira toriyama #dragon ball #dragon ball super #dragon ball z #dbz

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daily reminder that ron deserting harry because he was “jealous” was hermione’s interpretation of what had happened. harry himself was shocked and didn’t believe it when she first brought it up, but of course we as readers are supposed to believe her, because has dear hermione ever been wrong?

‘Oh, hello,’ said Ron. He was grinning, but it looked like a very odd, strained sort of grin.

‘Oh, right,’ said Ron. ‘I thought you might’ve told me if it was the Cloak… because it would’ve covered both of us, wouldn’t it? But you found another way, did you?’

Ron’s eyebrows rose so high that they were in danger of disappearing into his hair. ‘It’s OK, you know, you can tell me the truth,’ he said. ‘If you don’t want everyone else to know, fine, but I don’t know why you’re bothering to lie, you didn’t get into trouble for it, did you? […]’ ‘I didn’t put my name in that Goblet! said Harry, starting to feel angry. ‘Yeah, OK,’ said Ron, in exactly the same sceptical tone as Cedric. ‘Only you said this morning you’d have done it last night, and no one would’ve seen you… I’m not stupid, you know.’

ron was not jealous of harry for being the centre of attention, ron was mad at harry because he thought harry was lying to him. he didn’t care that harry was the champion, he cared that harry didn’t tell him about entering, and after the fight started things got admittedly out of hand because gee fourteen-year-olds feelings. they had talked about entering the tournament together before and yeah, he was still wrong for not believing harry but that lasted a total of, like, twenty days, give or take. ron was never a bad friend.

#ron weasley #ron weasley defence squad #harry potter #goblet of fire #hp analysis

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Recently, I saw posts on different social media saying that Ron stayed with Harry out of popularity. I feel those posts missed the mark completely.

Harry's popularity has a tendency to vary in the books. He can go from popular to unpopular in an instant. The seven books have more than enough examples to show that. Harry lost 50 points for Gryffindor in Philosopher's stone, being suspected as Slytherin's heir and the whole smear campaign in OOTP, or he can be the "Chosen One".

Ron stayed through those instances. Just because he had an argument with Harry in GOF, which is solely because of miscommunication on both sides (and seriously, how was Ron expected to figure out the Goblet was fooled into letting Harry compete) and he left in the Horcrux hunt (he wanted to cool off and then came back but got lost), does not mean he is disloyal.

Arguments can happen, but Ron apologized to Harry, and after that Harry was more than happy to have Ron around.

You can even understand it from how Harry's mood goes down when Ron left in those two instances, and his mood uplifts when Ron comes back after that.

This argument needs to go down that Ron stayed because of popularity.

#ron weasley #harry potter #ron weasley love #ron weasley is awesome #pro ron weasley #ron weasley defense squad #pro ron

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Yup,

I remember him. His show was one of my favorites. The opening theme that they gave his show after Richie became Gear is one of my favorite themes.

Reblog if you remember this motherfucker:

#static shock #comics #wb #static #virgil hawkins #dc animated universe

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Okay, now with Across the Spider Verse out, I had to get this. Miguel says that the spider that bit Miles came from Earth 42, that’s true and Peter Parker of Earth 1610 is dead because of Miles. Now, regarding the Spider, recalling from Into the Spider Verse, the spider bit Miles before the collider incident, because Miles was bitten when was painting near the area with his uncle Aaron, which to me seems that the Spot and Olivia were working and had probably brought the spider from its Earth.  After Miles exhibits his powers, he goes to find the spider and that’s when he witnesses the battle that led to the initial collider bringing the other Spider people, so I am not sure, if Miles can be blamed for the death of Peter Parker of Earth 1610, or for the Spider biting him, he just happened to be at the right place at the right time, or the wrong place at the wrong time. This is just a thought I had, and I needed to share it. 

#miles morales #into the spider verse #across the spiderverse #miguel spiderman #miguel o'hara #miguel probably had a point but miles still comes across as innocent #wanted to share #just a thought #spoilers #across the spider verse

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I keep coming back to the live action Spider-Men, because of observations. 

I know Tobey’s Peter was not shown as a creative guy till No Way Home, but he is shown to be a student who listens in class, and that is equally important, because it shows that he is willing to be a good student. In the deleted scene from Spider-Man 2, where he worked out that Otto’s experiment was dangerous, it showed he is smart and it was clear that Otto had miscalculated. 

Andrew’s Peter on the other hand was shown more on the experimental side, with the web shooters, the cables and webs, and magnetizing his web shooters to fight Electro, but he was not shown to be studying. He shows the more creative side of Peter.

Tom’s Peter was essentially shown to be doing both, studying and experimenting with webs. In his portrayal, in Homecoming at least, there was a balance on both sides.

I am saying this because Peter is creative and wants to do well in school or college, so both sides should be shown, because Spider-Man causes problems for him on education side, as seen in the movies, and he wants to do well in both sides. 

#spiderman #spider man #spider man trilogy #amazing spider-man #mcu spiderman #mcu spider man #tobey!peter parker #andrew!peter parker #tom!peter parker

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I found it hilarious

As a Vegeta fan this has me heated

#vegeta #dragon ball #hilarious #he's one of my favorites

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Regarding the live action Spider Men, I feel there is a strange similarity between Tobey’s Peter (Peter 2) and Andrew’s Peter (Peter 3), which I got after an analysis video. Its the way both used their powers at first. Peter 2 wanted to use his powers to get a car for MJ, essentially using it for him self, while Peter 3 used his powers to catch the burglar who shot his Uncle Ben, but its only to catch the burglar, not to make the city better, essentially he too was using his powers for himself. Its an interesting parallel, before using their powers for protecting the city.  

#spider man #spiderman #spider man trilogy #amazing spider-man #tobey maguire #andrew garfield #no way home #no way home meta

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Hi,

Firstly wishing you a happy new year. Hope you are doing well.

I was reading one of your metas about Pet Project, and about that episode where the Vreedle brothers came to collect Ship, from there I got this weird thought. Given the fact that Ship can prove to be a danger, wouldn't the Plumbers come after Ship out of fear of destruction Ship can cause if it fell into the wrong hands, I know Ben, Gwen and Kevin were placed in charge of earth, but who's to say the Plumbers might not try to go after Ship.

I am asking this because I am not fully aware on the Plumbers law, but given the sub atomic energy episodes, this could be possible. Plus, that means that Julie will only be allowed to keep ship if she can vouch for it, but her word might not be considered, and Julie might even be accused of harboring alien tech illegally , so Ben, Gwen and Kevin have to vouch for it. But again, I am not sure considering Plumbers laws, hence I state this thought as weird.

I would like your thoughts on this.

You do make a good point. Julie is literally in possession of alien technology. This is undeniable. She thinks of Ship like a pet, but he most likely isn't regarded as such in the eyes of galactic law. Or at least, most of it.

I don't know how reputable Judge Domstol is since we don't know much about his background (and I mention that because we do know that Kevin knows him from his criminal days, which has some implications), but the only scene which refutes this is when Baz-l took Ben and the team to court to settle the repossession of Ship, and Domstol ruled that what Baz-l did was hire the Vreedles to "take away some kid's dog," making him ethically in the wrong. That's why Julie's allowed to keep Ship - because he's (or was, at the time) a part of Ben's team, and Ben is regarded very highly throughout the galaxy.

And if he's got the authority to have that much of a say, I would say it's not so much Julie's word, but Ben's on who is in the possession of Ship. Ship was left with Ben after Pier Pressure. Julie just so happened to take more of a liking to him because she needed some kind of powers to be relevant and Ben is already powerful enough as is.

Ultimately, if this legal debate was ever brought up again (off screen or something) then that would likely have a big influence. Ben has the authority, is trusted with the Omnitrix, and has already proven to use Galvan technology - Galvanic Mechamorph powers included - responsibly. If Ship is accepted as part of his team, the law wouldn't interfere any further. And even if Ben and Julie are broken up now, it would probably still be up to Ben who gets to keep possession of the tech.

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Hi,

I was thinking about the Horcrux hunt, and I had this thought, this is a headcannon but I had to share it, there is a small parallel between the argument of Ron and Harry to that of Aberforth and Albus. Dumbledore said to Harry that "reality returned in the form of my rough, unlettered and infinitely more admirable brother", and Aberforth shouted truths that he was not willing to hear. Something similar happens with Harry and Ron, in a way Ron was shouting the truth that Harry had no plan and he had no idea what he was doing, and Harry got angry, in a way he did not want to hear that. This is just a little thought I had, I would like your thoughts on this.

Hellooo! Sorry it took so long to answer you, I had to make a deep dive into my blog to find a related post (from @aliferousdreamer)and I didn't get the bright idea to search my "albus dumbledore" tag until like five seconds ago.

The thing is, Albus does think Aberforth was wiser than him on this one, but he still looks down on him (he feels the need to still point out that he's "rough, unlettered" even though he admits later that Aberforth was right).

Albus has a love-hate relationship with his brother. He simultaneously admires him for his devotion to Ariana, and hate him for having had the strength of character to choose Ariana over everything else unlike Albus himself. Though it's probable that Albus suffered from caregiver burnout; there's a reason why there's special training to become a full-time caregiver, and why it's also an actual job. You can be the most devoted, most loving family-oriented person ever and still end up with caregiver burnout simply because it's incredibly demanding.

... I do believe Dumbledore might have some of that subtle disdain towards Ron because Ron would remind him of Aberforth. Ron has that dream of being recognized above his brothers which Albus can 100% vibe with, but then he... doesn't try to pursue his ambitions and instead takes Harry and Hermione under his wing, accepting to be confined to the shadows instead? It's Aberforth all over again and it's kind of a sore point for Albus.

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Ok ya know that one thing thats like “i cant believe harry and ron didn’t wanna do their magic homework” like istg homework itself just sucks ass. Like odds are you’d complain abt it too eventually. Like yeah the subject’s are interesting as shit but homework sucks no matter what. Like im taking a chem class and i love chemistry. I fucking do chemistry for fun but I still wanna kill myself every time i open the homework. Its the vibe.