Bearing in mind the fact that I really do just hate that pairing so much...
That's a lousy reason. The whole "X deserves better than Y" is rarely a good reason. I mean, Hermione and Ron both deserve better, IMHO, in the sense that while Ron might not be ideal for Hermione, Hermione is also made up of a boatload of issues that Ron never really seemed to be equipped to deal with, personality-wise. But it's not the fault of one specific person, just that the pairing itself doesn't work.
It always just rubs me the wrong way to be phrased as "So and so deserves..." when it comes to shipping or not shipping.
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That's a lousy reason. The whole "X deserves better than Y" is rarely a good reason. I mean, Hermione and Ron both deserve better, IMHO, in the sense that while Ron might not be ideal for Hermione, Hermione is also made up of a boatload of issues that Ron never really seemed to be equipped to deal with, personality-wise. But it's not the fault of one specific person, just that the pairing itself doesn't work.
It always just rubs me the wrong way to be phrased as "So and so deserves..." when it comes to shipping or not shipping.