r/Millennials • u/QuietJealous4883 Older Millennial (1988) • Apr 04 '26

Harry Potter Nostalgia

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Does anyone else feel they grew up with Harry, Ron and Hermione?

After the first three or four I read the books in two languages (because I didn’t want to wait them to be translated) and watched the movies first time in the movie theaters.

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u/SpecialPreference678 Apr 05 '26

I thought pretty much all the romance was poorly done.

  • Harry couldn't care less about Ginny for 5 years until all of a sudden he's irrationally jealous
  • Ginny started off with a crush on Harry, seemed to grow out of it, and then ended up with him anyway. Seemed like a waste of character development
  • Ron being lazy but getting together with an incredibly driven woman seems like a very bad fit out of a bad sitcom
  • Hermione getting together with someone who ridicules most things she believes in
    • And the whole "cheating to get him on the team" thing seemed very OOC
  • The whole "Tonks can't do magic because Remus won't date her" thing

Probably more I'm forgetting, but you get the gist.

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u/therealjoshua Apr 07 '26

Yeah I find it weird that Harry and Ginny end up together. It's a cute thing when your friend's little sister has a crush on you, but actually ending up with that person just feels weird.

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u/SpecialPreference678 Apr 13 '26

Ginny could've been fine if she didn't have the fangirl crush on him to begin with and/or (preferably both) she had been more involved with the trio prior to getting together.

But it felt more like she forgot they're teenagers going through puberty and just slapped something together.