Calling it a fact that Ron and Ginny "tried to talk to Harry" is a pretty bold claim. What we actually see in the book is Harry shutting himself in his room, refusing to come out, and avoiding everyone. We don't see Ron and Ginny making repeated attempts to reach him after that. What we do see is them contacting Hermione because they know she's the one who can get through to him.
And what does Hermione do? She drops everything. She cuts her Christmas with her parents short and comes back immediately because she hears Harry is suffering. No hesitation. No excuses. No "maybe later."
Funny how actions always seem to speak louder than fan interpretations.
People love to reduce love to chest monsters, awkward flirting, and jealous bickering. Personally, I have a higher standard. Love is putting someone else's needs above your own. Love is showing up when they're falling apart. Love is carrying someone's pain without asking for anything in return.
That's exactly what Hermione does.
Now let's talk about the idea that Harry somehow owed Ginny a conversation.
First, whether Harry confides in someone is entirely his decision. Ginny has no moral right to act as if he owed her an emotional confession.
Second, Ginny's experience and Harry's are fundamentally different. Ginny was possessed by a Horcrux. Harry is a Horcrux. Those are not remotely the same thing. She has absolutely no idea what it's like to literally carry a fragment of Voldemort's soul inside yourself. Those situations are about as comparable as catching a cold and living with a chronic illness. Similar villain. Completely different reality.
Third… and this is conveniently ignored…..Ginny herself admits in that very conversation that she barely remembers what happened while she was possessed. So... what exactly was Harry supposed to gain from talking to someone who openly says she doesn't remember the experience everyone claims made her uniquely qualified to help him?
If she doesn't remember it, then she can't possibly offer the insight people claim she could. Harry wasn't wrong for not going to her.
Then there's the classic, "Harry and Hermione aren't romantic soulmates."
That's not an argument. That's your interpretation.
I see far more emotional intimacy, trust, vulnerability, and partnership between Harry and Hermione than I ever see in the canon romances, which often read like the author deciding that every main character needed to be paired off before the epilogue.
Ron as Harry's emotional anchor? Ginny? That's honestly hilarious.
Harry barely thinks about Ginny for huge stretches of the series unless the narrative reminds him she exists. Even when they're together, he constantly hides his fears, grief, and tears from her.
She's the person he vents to about Dumbledore. The one he shares his frustrations, fears, and thoughts with. She's there for the Tournament, for Dumbledore's Army, for Sirius, for everything. She's the person in front of whom he cries without pretending to be fine. She's the one he discusses Lily's letter with even while Ron is sitting right there. At Bill and Fleur's wedding, his eyes immediately search for Hermione, not Ginny.
So yes, Hermione is Harry's emotional anchor. The books show it over and over again.
And since Ron inevitably came up...
swear I'm going to write a post one day called “Ron Weasley: apparently flawless, powered by an endless supply of fan excuses”.
The way some fans have practically canonized Ron is incredible. Every criticism is buried under increasingly absurd excuses. Every other day it's "Ron is the heart of the trio." If that's the heart, somebody should probably call a cardiologist.
The claim that Ron left in Deathly Hallows purely to demonstrate how indispensable he was emotionally is nothing more than Ron-fan headcanon dressed up as literary analysis.
Rowling herself has explained that she always knew Ron would leave because it was the natural culmination of his character arc. His insecurities, jealousy, and unresolved personal issues had been building for years, and eventually they exploded into the choice he made. His departure exists because of his flaws, not because the story needed to prove everyone else couldn't function without him. Leaving wasn't some noble narrative device to show how amazing Ron was. It was the consequence of who Ron had become.
As for the old "Harry and Hermione barely talked without Ron" argument...
I honestly wonder whether people stop to think about the context before typing.
These are two seventeen-year-olds hiding in the middle of a war. Their best friend has just abandoned them after weeks of complaining, blaming them, and walking away. They've lost a wand, lost a watch on night duty, lost manpower, lost security, and have absolutely no idea what comes next. Living in isolation. Constantly hunted. No adults. No plan. No idea where the next Horcrux is…….
…….And somehow the expectation is...
...what, exactly? Campfire karaoke? A comedy podcast? Do people expect them to throw parties?
Their silence isn't evidence that they can't function together. It's evidence that they were traumatized, exhausted, grieving, and trying to survive after being betrayed by someone they believed would never leave.
What it does show is something much simpler.
When Harry reached one of the darkest moments of his life, the person who dropped everything and came to him was Hermione. The person he trusted enough to be vulnerable with was Hermione. The person who consistently shared his burdens, his fears, his grief, and his silence throughout seven books was Hermione.
it is the strongest emotional foundation for a romantic relationship in the entire series.
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