hi ging! been meaning to ask for a while (but chickened out a lot,,), but what got you shipping fremione? it’s definitely a ship combo i wouldn’t’ve thought of. anyhoo hope ya have a nice day ✨
aw, thanks for asking! (and for being brave enough to send an ask… i know the feeling!) but really, it’s kind of a long story, so strap in!
aeons ago, i saw this image:
and i thought, “huh! neat!” and proceeded to forget about it for… oh, several years, probably. just another useless potterfact. and i was a dr*mione shipper back then, anyway, so it didn’t mean much to me.
and then, in september of 2019, i re-watched goblet of fire. and i lost my whole. entire. mind. i sat down at my desk and i exhaled violently and i turned to my partner and said, “did you know that the twins were supposed to be hot?” and they said, “yes, obviously.” and then i turned to my friend on discord and said, “did you know that the twins were supposed to be hot?” and she said, “yes, obviously.” (i did that several more times to several more friends. all had the exact same answer.) and then i blacked out because i had apparently spent my teenage years with my head in the fucking sand, and i had missed out on appreciating undeniably the cutest and best characters in the whole stupid franchise.
particularly one character, who i had cried very intensely (and a some length) over the death of.
so, i had a new Interest and decided to explore the fred and george side of tumblr a bit. but then i remembered… that post… and i thought, “huh. are… fred and hermione… a thing?”
and the answer is, hilariously, no! that fact is fake!! there’s basically no canon evidence for them, whatsoever, at any point! the whole thing is us just grasping at straws, pepe silvia style!! not that it matters, because canon means nothing and j.k.’s opinion means less than nothing.
but, there are moments…
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tiny, scattered little seconds…
when it seems like either the filmmakers, or the actors…
or the text itself…
had the slightest, tiniest scrap of intent…
of a relationship between hermione and fred.
and really, that’s all it took for a brain like mine. i started reading fic, and that basically sealed the deal for me. they’re two characters that i’ve always loved and connected to, and it just made sense to put them together in a shipping context. they each provide a nice sense of balance for the other, and they have something that the other lacks (and needs). they have the tol/smol dynamics!! the jock/nerd dynamics!! the right brain/left brain dynamics!! they have it all!!
there are enough little moments to cobble together an interesting backstory, if you fancy. or if you don’t… well, there’s always the future!
(because fred lives a long and happy life!!!! i know this for fact.)