#for almost every piece of harmione content i’ve come across there were romione shippers hating

[lunar-skylar]

See, I get what you're saying about how shipper culture influences a ship’s perception (I have had many ships ruined for me by obnoxious shippers, though I do eventually get over them over time because I won’t let some stranger influence what it is I like and whatnot) and I won’t pretend to know all the past drama or dismiss how it shaped things, as I wasn’t even there to witness any of it. If Harmione shippers were the ones who "cast the first stone" back in the day, I can understand why that would leave a lasting impact. As a Romione shipper myself, I don’t blame other Romione shippers for pushing back if they were constantly put down for the ship.

That said, my issue isn’t with Romione shippers disliking certain Harmione shippers—it’s that so many openly hate the ship itself like it’s some kind of irredeemable concept. It feels like, even if a Harmione shipper were completely respectful and just enjoyed the pairing quietly, the ship would still get aggressively dismissed. That’s where I think the negativity is overdramatic. Every ship has its bad apples, but the existence of toxic shippers doesn’t make the ship itself inherently bad or offensive, yet so many love to claim that it is.

So while I do understand where the negativity stems from historically, I still think the way Harmione as a ship is treated is unnecessarily harsh.

The hate that Harmione gets is actually so funny and over-exaggerated 😭

It’s quite literally one of the most innocent and non-problematic ships there is, yet it constantly gets dogged on so hard by so many people (typically Romione shippers) and treated like it’s the most immoral and disgusting ship out there.

I could totally understand people disliking the shippers (there are obnoxious shippers for every ship) or the fact that Ron, for whatever reason, gets heavily bashed in the fics, as I also absolutely hate that, but the ship itself is completely harmless and fine. Nothing is wrong with the ship; people are just overly dramatic and childish.