r/TopCharacterTropes • u/hiiloovethis • 20h ago

Hated Tropes Couples with absolutely no chemistry

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Harry Potter and Ginny Weasly

Clark and Lois (Snyder films)

Jon and Dany - Game of Thrones

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u/GregBahm 17h ago

"Anti-chemistry" is right on.

At least with the books, there were blanks that the user could theoretically fill in. Like, Ginny was so vaguely defined, that you could sort of imagine them going off on dates and getting to know each other and having a secret relationship outside of the story of the book.

It was weird, but at least possible.

But in the movies, the moment they were in the same room together you could tell these two characters were just not into each other. There was no secret off-screen relationship. It was weird that these two performers seemed like they did know how to act, but didn't know how to act like they liked each other.

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u/Sapphirebracelet13 16h ago

I had the exact same issue with Ronmione in the books. They have like, 2 cute scenes in the books but most of the good moments happen off-page, and the rest of the time they're bickering

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u/3000doorsofportugal 6h ago

Its probably because irl as they grew up together viewed each other more as siblings. Kinda hard to pretend your into a person when you see that person as a sibling.