While their relationship has had its ups and downs, it was great to watch because you could see how real it was. Although J.K. Rowling has admitted to wishing she paired Hermione with someone else, I still think these two are great together and make sense being together. Call me crazy, but throughout the years, Hermione and Ron should proudly be called a "power couple." And here's why.

15. Their love story drives a lot of the series. 

Believe it or not, a huge part of the series revolves around the relationship between Ron and Hermione. Throughout the seven-book series (eight if you count The Cursed Child), we see that Hermione and Ron have a special relationship that's just below the surface of what Harry can see. So the readers have to read in between the lines a bit because we're seeing things from Harry's perspective.

For the last four books, the subtext between the pair becomes the main text, and becomes a story that you can't help but get invested in (whether you ship Ronmione or not).

If you really think about it, the incident with the troll that solidifies the Golden Trio's friendship kicks off because Hermione heard Ron calling her a nightmare and ran off crying. Sure, this wasn't stellar behaviour on Ron's part, but he makes up for it going forward. The movies tended to play up Ron's meanness towards Hermione, but the books strike a pretty good balance between good friend and person who was just annoyed.

14. They were protective of each other from the beginning. 

From the beginning, Ron and Hermione went out of their way to protect each other. Think about that first duel between Harry and Draco in the second book. Hermione basically freaks out and begs Harry and Ron not to go through with it. While it's normal for a friend to be concerned if they think another friend is going to do something stupid, Harry notes how weirdly out of character this is for her. She might have already been trying to protect Ron, to begin with.

Then there's the first book when Ron gets hit by the White Queen in the big chess game at the end, and Hermione actually screams. She's not really known for straight-up panicking except when it comes to Ron. But when it comes to Ron protecting Hermione, who could forget the seventh book when Hermione was being tortured, only for Ron to freak out, trying to get out of the Malfoy basement to save her!

13. They literally argue like a married couple. 

Throughout the books, Hermione and Ron argue like crazy. Their first major argument was all about feathers and putting the emphasis on the right syllable when they're casting spells, and it was that argument that led to the solidification of their friendship.

In the second book—despite their arguing and their annoyance with each other—Ron is deeply affected by Hermione's run-in with the basilisk. The only person who affects him more deeply than Hermione during this book is when his little sister is taken into the Chamber of Secrets proper. The arguments only get nastier as the two get older and realize that not only do they like each other, they actually get jealous when they express interest in other people and don't know how to handle it. It takes a while for both of them to get a clue and to start actually making moves towards a romantic relationship, but war and a Horcrux drive them apart temporarily until they find their way back to each other. It's all very sweet. 

12. Ron refused to come in second to her. 

From the moment Hermione went to the Yule Ball with Viktor Krum, Ron has made it a point to speak up when he felt like he was getting the short end of the stick with her. This seems like weird behaviour, but given his background, it's totally within his character. He's so used to getting everything secondhand (as the youngest of six Weasley boys), and because of that, he's gotten used to never getting his way. The only time he's really stood up for something that he wanted was with Hermione. When it comes to Hermione, coming in second isn't acceptable to him. It's something that contributes to Ron being the most affected by the locket in the seventh book. The locket plays on his insecurities when it comes to coming in last to everyone — even Harry! and it temporarily drives him away from the group. His love for Hermione turning into jealousy drives him away from her, but it's their love for each other that brings him back. Without him, Harry and Hermione wouldn't have made it to their seventh year.

11. Hermione was willing to break the rules for him. 

Hermione is a person with a rigid set of morals and she doesn't really break them unless she has to. The only exception to this rule seems to be Ron. Sure, she's a pragmatist who will prioritize Harry over Ron if Harry needs her more, but she doesn't do this because she has feelings for Harry, she does it simply because Harry needs her more.

She's not a person who succumbs to her teenage hormones all that often...except with Ron, the only person she's gotten into real teenage conversations with. She's also stooped to petty behaviour over Ron, which is really out of character for her until you realize that Ron's the only person who brings a more impulsive side out of her.

She Confundus Cormac McLaggen because she knows doing so will allow Ron to keep his position on the Quidditch team, which will make him happy. She's not a rule-breaker, and she breaks rules for him. She also impulsively dates Cormac to make Ron jealous out of revenge for his terrible relationship with Lavender Brown. Anyone who's ever done that knows why she did it.

10. Everyone was the awkward third wheel. 

One thing that J.K. Rowling did a great job with was that she didn't make any one of the Golden Trio the only friend. In fact, she made sure there were moments that all three of them were the awkward third friend.

First, there was the undying bromance between Ron and Harry that Hermione must have felt on the outside with. Then you have the complex sibling relationship between Harry and Hermione, who bonded over the fact that they both were very new to the Wizarding World and didn't have family involved in it. And finally, you have the undeniable chemistry between Ron and Hermione that Harry was most certainly on the outside with. He never knew how to answer questions about Ron and Hermione being together, and he was always sort of surprised when the two had moments that they didn't think he knew about. This is part of the reason that the friendship between the three of them works so well in both the books and the movies.

9. Everyone loves a high school sweetheart story. 

Sometimes a high school sweetheart story is just really easy to root for, and Romione is one of those cases. Of course, not everyone needs to hook up with everyone else, but when you're stuck in a castle with the same people for nine months out of the year, it's not weird to think that those people will hook up. While most of us should never marry our high school sweethearts, it's really cynical to think that these stories don't exist or that we don't have one on our hands.

Some people need to date around after high school to see what they really want, but there are some lucky people who find their person early on and realize what's in front of them. So what if they would have eventually needed counselling according to J.K. Rowling? Many couples do!

8. They balance each other out. 

These two balance each other out in a way that few other characters do. Where Hermione is constantly serious and all about getting work done, Ron is more fun and lighthearted. Sure, sometimes he's a bit dense, but Hermione actually needs that from time to time.

Before she met Harry and Ron, she was basically living inside her books and wasn't really about adventure. While Harry and Hermione both share a devotion to their cause that practically defines them, it's that very quality that kills any possibility of a romantic relationship. Ron makes things less tense for both of them. He'd be the person to get Hermione out of her own head. As for Hermione, her drive and intelligence inspire Ron to be a better person and her personality challenges him to do that. If Hermione got with Harry at the end of the story, they'd pull away from each other, and that doesn't make a solid marriage that lasts nearly two decades.

7. They're a lot like James and Lily potter. 

Both Hermione and Ron share aspects of Lily and James' personality, so it makes sense that the two would have a relationship that parallels Harry's parents. As we all know, Ron and Hermione bicker like no one else when they're not ready to acknowledge their feelings for each other — which is something Lily and James Potter are no strangers to. Lily gets mad at James for being reckless the same way that Hermione gets mad at Ron for the same thing, and Ron brings Hermione out of her shell the same way James does for Lily.

There's also the fact that Ron and Hermione essentially act as Harry's chosen family over the course of the story, so they spend far more time together than just in school. This is how the Marauders were, and Lily ended up in this mix at the end of their time at Hogwarts.

6. Their kiss was epic. Let's be real, there was no other kiss in the Harry Potter series that was as awesome as Ron and Hermione's is true whether you're talking about the books or the movies, by the way. Both kisses happen differently, but they are no less epic.

In the movies, the two kiss after taking care of one of Voldemort's Horcruxes and it's just an adorable, heartwarming moment that happens right before our hearts get ripped out, all thanks to those character deaths that happen afterwards.

In the books, the kiss happens as a result of Ron acknowledging that the elves in the castle needed to leave so they wouldn't be killed, calling back to Hermione's outrage at how elves were treated. Harry, eventually, has to yell at them in order to get them focused again.

5. They play chess together.

Ron and Hermione have been shown playing chess together, despite the fact that Hermione always loses and chess is very much Ron's thing. She also had no problem deferring to him during the chess game because she knows that this is what he's good at. That's a big deal for a girl who strives to know everything about everything. They don't just play chess together, either: they spend all of their time together. This is aside from the time that Harry spends with them as well. Whenever Harry shows up at the Burrow for the summer, the chances are high that Hermione will be there first.

During the fifth book, she spent the entire summer with Ron, and Harry was nowhere to be seen. And during the fourth book, she shows up before anyone else does. This is strange behaviour for people who are constantly trying to look annoyed with one another, eh?

4. They'll do anything for each other.

The Golden trio is known for doing anything for each other thanks to their lifelong friendship, but Ron and Hermione would really do anything for each other.

Just think about the time that Ron started belching slugs from his mouth. While most people would run away from a sight like that, Hermione did everything she could to make sure he was okay. This happened relatively early in the story, too. Later on in the story, Ron goes out of his way to help Hermione save Buckbeak and threatens Sirius when it looks like he's going to kill Harry and Hermione. This was when Hermione defends Ron to Harry when the two were upset with each other over the Goblet of Fire debacle because she understands how he thinks.

Let's also not forget that Hermione turned down a summer with magical celebrity, Viktor Krum, in favour of spending her whole summer with Ron. She also stood at his bedside after he was poisoned in the sixth book, even after he spent the whole year dating Lavender Brown and getting called Won-Won.

3. Hermione and Harry would never have worked.

Many people think that Hermione should have ended up with Harry, but that couldn't be further from the truth. Personally, I think Harry works much better when he ends up with Draco, and it wouldn't have been such a big deal if he never ended up with anyone. That sounds weird since he's spent his life alone, but Harry's personality would have made him suited to settling down later in life. He's been on an adventure for his whole life, and more importantly, he's the most adaptable of the Golden Trio and does well when he's moving around.

While Hermione was going back to school, Harry would have been tackling his Auror career and putting that before his relationship. Knowing what we know about Ron, I could see him making sure he had a balance in his life, so he could prioritize his career and his relationship. On top of that, Hermione dated Krum, another famous guy, and that seemed annoying enough for her, so she wouldn't do that again and would go for someone closer to home.

2. They had a whole relationship offscreen.

There's a good chance that Hermione and Ron have always liked each other, but since we're stuck seeing the events of the story through Harry's perspective, we only see their love story take center stage after Harry finally notices that they like each other.

For example, at the beginning of the third book, Harry gets a letter from Hermione that's basically all about Ron. When he finally meets up with them, the two were having ice cream together. Sure, they could have been looking for Harry, but they probably weren't looking all that hard.

When Ron compliments Hermione for punching Draco and standing up to Trelawney, Hermione looks happier about that than she's been about most other things. She understands him well enough to get why he's so mad at Harry after his name comes out of the Goblet of Fire. When Ron comes back—thanks to the Deluminator—he's not pulled back by Harry, but by Hermione saying his name.

1. J.K Rowling second-guessed her choice, But she shouldn't. J.K. Rowling recently went on record saying that she regretted getting Ron and Hermione together at the end of the story, which devastated a lot of fans who were really invested in their story.

While it can be argued that it doesn't matter who they ended up with (because who they end up with isn't really important), saying that these two shouldn't end up together ignores a bunch of little moments in the story and leaves a love story over four books without any sort of emotional payoff.

At the end of the story, Ron and Hermione seem to have a marriage that works for them, even if it isn't perfect, and that's not just a happy ending, it's a realistic one. A human one. Their relationship is realistic, which is why so many people were invested in it. They seem like a couple who would support each other through everything, and given what we know about them from the books, that assumption looks like the right one. Ron and Hermione aren't just a major couple in this series, they're the power couple of this series.

We hear this all the time: the person you fall in love with should be your best friend. For Ron and Hermione, this is indeed the case! Better still, Ron and Hermione also prove that opposites attract. She is extremely type A, and he is the picture of type B. But Ron and Hermione show us that every relationship needs balance, and this is why they are Harry Potter's number one ship, no matter what retconning J.K. Rowling tries to do on Twitter.

I could honestly keep going but I won't. 😏

Rating: 9/10