Draco/Hermione

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I'm shocked someone's not started a thread on this yet. You, Kitty, of all people, should be somewhat enthusiastic

I'm not obsessed with this ship, but I'm all for it. What draws me to it is the fact that it's forbidden. It's the whole 'opposites attract' thing, and I guess I go with that - while Draco's the bad boy (yes, I like bad boys ), Hermione's this good little girl who's never stepped out of her moral bounds except for when she's with Harry and/or Ron. Someone different for a change then.

I know some of you here are all for it. Some, not so much (*cough* Planty*cough*).. Darn, I actually coughed then. But hey, tell me what you think!

Loll....that's a REALLY good storyline! I like angsty Dramione, it doesn't happen much... well, yes, but a different kind of angst. Oh, and there's those ones where Hermione and Draco have to work together on some project or another, and they get to find stuff out about each other, and somehow come to love each other. *shakes head* I've read too many Dramione fics... But, one of the best, apart from JGADC, has GOT to be Two to Tango. So original. So inspiring! FANTASTIC! Mainly because of the passion. I think that's what a good Dramione fic needs. Passion.

I want to write a Dramione fic. I already have a plotline and stuff, but I just feel too inexperienced compared to the other brilliant writers out there...

*hastily hides her dramione fics under her bed*
DON"T READ THEM!! IT"LL BURN YOUR EYES OUT>

Dramione is awesome!!! And Lifey...~shifty eyes~ Let me read them...I'll show you some of mine :D

...never written Dramione, but on the side lifey's on NO ONE should read my Harmione because its terrible. Moving on i tried to write a Dramione once but it didn't turn out well....

Aww Amber, I doubt it's that bad. My stuff is not that great either. Can I read your Dramione story? I bet it's not as bad as you think :D

You can read some of mine if you want?

:D

*barricades her door and padlocks her storys in a dark dark dark vault burried 16,000 feet below the surface of the moon* *Hids* they're horrid.

Awwwwwww Lifey I bet they're not... Can't I read just one?? ~blinky eyes~

lol Lifey XD They probably aren't that bad. The first Dramione I ever tried was HORRIBLE. So I ripped the pages out and threw them away. Muahahaha. I'm amazed on how my writing skills have changed in just over a year...

I've still got a long way to go on writing but practice makes it better :D Keep workin at it, i'm tryin to haha

*gives in to the puppy eyes* FINE! *has been working with dogs to long today* one.

Draco and Hermione are the best couple and I think they are still the number 1 ship!!!!!!!

~flies his flags and Dramione banners~

*watches from Romione Land*

Well, you guys sure are stubborn, I'll give you that. *smiles*

Lifey dear, I'm sure your stories aren't bad, and they can't be worse than some of my failed attempts at a Ron/Hermione story before coming up with a good one.

*hopes the Dramione shippers don't attack her for mentioning Romione*

I'm safe here. *hides in her palace in Romione Land*

*huggles elana* aww we won't hurt you...........too....badly........ heh *waves her flags*

*huggles lifey*

I know you won't Lifey...Jesse too, but some others I don't know as well.....

*sprints off to one of the secret hiding places in her palace*

This is still one of my favorite ships!

Awww Elana we won't hurt you. We're very nice dramione shippers

I've been thinking about writing a Dramione one-shot (because im already writing two multi-chapters and its too much already)... but don't tell Elana that! *hides from dear sister*

I've been trying to branch out on the ships I write, and Dramione seems fun... I just need an idea for a story now :D

*eye twitches* I'll just shut my eyes and not open them again so I don't have to read that again.

I won't hurt you Cookie! Just...I dunno, I guess I can't do anything. *curses herself for not being mean*

Back to the palace! *zooms off*

yes very nice dramione shippers...*quickly hides the torture tools*

Dracomione is probably the most intense Bad Boy good girl ship ever made. I like it and it is a shame it isn't able to happen in the books.

Dracomione is the most creepy couple.

Draco is a Death Eater and he'd sooner kill poor Hermione than kiss her. What is the deal with this ship?? I don't get why it's so popular. It's not even hinted at in the Harry Potter books. I think I missed something along the way??

THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!!! This is what I've been trying to say forever, but haven't gotten the words right!

*slowly creeps out of her hiding place*

*shoots daggers at elana and shawn* oh you both are so D2M HOW CAN YOU SAY THAT....DRACO WAS FORCED INTO BEING A DEATH EATER....theres many times in which Dramione moments BREIFLY take place and thats the point about it Its FANNON it wont happen in the books but thats the fun in it... no one can be wrong or right about a story because the couples not real its fannon!

Fanon or not, it's not a logical ship. Cedric being raised from the dead and returning to his beloved Cho is more believable than Draco confessing his undying love to a muggle-born girl whom he had hoped the Basilisk would have killed.

Dracomione is just not believable. He's a cowardly, snotty evil guy who can not possibly care about anything other than his own selfish self.

Sorry but I can't see how this is even a popular ship...

HAHAHAH Cedric coming back to life.... haha you crack me up Most Dramiones have points that can prove they actually can happen.. and hes snobby all right and hes arrogant and hes rude and he is very self centered... who else do we know thats like that.. oh yeah your best friend....

I cant see why you ship Cho and Cedric when its not a popular cannon ship...

Well I can't see why you ship Dracomione..it's just odd.

so is Cedric/Cho and Actually Dramione is actually kind of exciting and Dramione has the best se- yeah Ill let Jesse tell you that- lol Kidding but it really dose have some exciting plots... its not just about love its about revenge and passion and power... and free will really... There not as bad as some cannon shippers think

Well I will need to read a good Dracomione story in order to really understand it I guess. SO, if you have any recommendations I'd like to know.

I have plenty! there just um not PG so Ill have to send them to yuo through PM or E-mail..

You talking about Jesse's fics Jess? He's let me read some of the 'tame ones,' they're really good.

*gasp* Don't let them turn you into a Dramione shipper Shawn! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!

*runs away to her palace in Romione Land*

*says to self* Y'know, it would be safer for me to just stay here, in my palace where no one can get me, but I am too much against Dramione to stay quiet. *sigh*

MUMMY! NO MUMBLING ABOUT BEING AGAINST DRAMIONE!

*mumbles about Dramione being the greatest ship in the universe and Romione being the worst ever!...even worse than a teacher/student shipping...*

I am so different from my mummy. *sighs*

So true Shae dear, but I love you anyways! *huggles*

And I have very good hearing and heard the mumblings....grrrrrr.....

ha i love u too sorry about the mumbling *big grin*

ha i love u too sorry about the mumbling *big grin*

SoulofCedric wrote:

Fanon or not, it's not a logical ship. Cedric being raised from the dead and returning to his beloved Cho is more believable than Draco confessing his undying love to a muggle-born girl whom he had hoped the Basilisk would have killed.

Dracomione is just not believable. He's a cowardly, snotty evil guy who can not possibly care about anything other than his own selfish self.

Sorry but I can't see how this is even a popular ship...

Your saying that like we Dramione fans think Draco is going to walk right in front of Hermione pronounce his undying love for her, and for them to live happily ever after. We don't believe that at all. I've read LOOOOOONG Dramione stories, so the relationship takes a while to work. We accept that. It can't work from the get-go like Romione. EVeryone accepts Romione, all their family would, and all the order, all their friends. But no one wants to accept Dramione. But if they work through that, and work through the struggles, and stay together, it can become a beautiful relationship that melts your soul causing you to believe that is the most wonderful story ever... SO much hardship and fighting, but they made it, and the whole story was worth it XD I love those satissfying stories.

But of course you have to find the right Dramione stories out there. SOme of them were horrible. I remember going insane for a while, because I only found bad stories that were completly out of character. And the reviews fo rthe stories were like
OMG I lyk LOVE THIS! Hurry up and Update!!!!111 NOW!" And I looked at that and was astonished, because this is what happened.

Hermione somehow sees Draco. Draco says Hermione is hot. Hermione laughs. They just go someplace like to the movies, and he kisses her. Ugh... I almost died. DIED. I almost did, because I kept finding other sotries like that... until I finally found a good one and calmed myself down.

Yes Jess, I know you love me. *long distance huggles jess from romione land*

And thank you for saying that it's perfect in the books, that makes me happy. *smiles*

*swings her feet off a fluffy cloud that her throne of fluff sits on and hums to herself*

Cheetah, I actually read a good Dramione fic when I didn't know about all of the fanfic sites and was limited to MuggleNet. I had already read all of the Ron/Hermione fics that looked interesting and was desperate. It didn't turn me into a Dramione shipper (obviously) but yeah, I can sort of see how it would work...but only in a fic.

*plays with her shiny golden orb of pure romione goodness*

*hands cheetah a cookie* thats a good Dramione Shipper..

I dont go much in shipping in fanfictions, though i do read a few different ones, but i have got to say that dramione is appealing for a fanfiction which is not in canon. Because it is so unlikely as they are two different characters, writers can do a lot with the situation. Yes, i hate it when people write how they suddenly figure out they love each other THAT ISNT REAL!!!!!!!!!!!
I think that this ship needs to be looked in detail to make it a good ship

Yeah I get what you're saying Wolfy-seriously I know what you mean about suddenly falling all in love and things.I like twisted fics though. You read wytchkitty13's on HPFF? It's dark and kinda out there but it's entertaining.
Also, I have a few fics but not really all that great.
So, yeah. Anyway, I forgot what I was saying.

OMG! DRACO/HERMIONE! I love it!!!! my fav ship of all time! nobody can beat it!
it has the whole bad boy/good girl thing going...lol...i always fall for those. hmm...

I know, I always love Dramione.. And it affects me more out of all the ships usually It can leave me stressed or angry, sad, or very happy that I wish to skip everywhere. It jsut has that weird affect on me, when I read a well written one i go through all the emotions of the character. It doesnt do that as strongly as other ships that I read.

I know what you mean Cheetah! I like writing Dramione stories but my longest one is rather twisted and also includes other ships as well.

When I was writing mine I was laughing, crying and feeling angry so I went through all the emotions to try to create something that would get the readers hooked.
I have been working on the sequel to it. Dramione and Glaise are my two very favorite ships.

kitty you need to join my glaise club! oh and i know what you are saying about the emotions. I have cried through several *blushes and hides*

Now I'm not normally a fanon shipper but this is one of the fanon ships that I don't mind, and dare I say it...interesting to read. I've been contemplating challenging my writing skills and doing a Dramione fic, but I think to write a realistic one would be very difficult.

I mean, how do you get over the initial hatred between the two of them in a one-shot? I don't think I could do that, and I'm not 'ready', shall we say, to attempt a longer fic with this pairing.

So how do you keep it realistic? Without making either character completely out of character? Any thoughts?

one way, that i find very creative and interesting, is to go with the 'several-years-later' aproach. You can be creative about how they, although mainly draco considering his prejudices, grow up from children/young adults to mature people. Maybe something happend between draco and his father that made him change his views (kinda cheesy), maybe not.

another common aproach (this is where they both become head boy and head girl in most fics for this reason) is the 'overcomming a challenge by working together'. Partners in potions, solving a mystery, serving head duties together. most fans see this as a way to get the two closer together, getting to know one another, with out having the characters become wishy washy ooc.

wow i'm rambling...heh, but there are tons more....many cliches....that could work.

I also know of another thing that works- well for me in my stories.

You see, there's sometimes sad/tragic/ angsty events that seem to tie the two together or at least put them on common grounds. I think they need a long time to even get beyond hatred of each other to a kind of truce. Most cases Draco is the one who makes it hard-which he IS the one you realllly have to be careful about writing cuz sometimes you can get him out of character if you're not careful. You can't make him sweet and cuddly right away. He's got to have that rude, obnoxious, meanness about him. Also keeping him in character involves him making many mistakes. He can't simply fall for Hermione just in a snap.
He needs to have his walls broken down, dig into his character but also keep in mind he has an attitude. I try to be careful when I rp or write him. You have to put yourself in his place and think okay dad's a death eater, can't be friends with harry ron etc have to bully people, keep the goons at his side etc. Portray him with cowardice, underhanded sneakyness. As you move on with the story you will have to gradually take away his negative areas and replace with very slow subtle changes. Not overnight prince charming. I hate that!
When you have a complex character like Draco you HAVE to have balance. Not too evil like Voldemort but not cute and cuddly like Harry and Ron. You have to give Draco his very own personality. And not lose it as the story goes on. Draco is Draco. Dramione can be written but it's hard and personally I love it! I don't proclaim to be the best Dramione writer. On the contrary I am bad about falling into the cliche` of having them get together at the wrong time. In one shots especially. One-shots are the worst for making Dramiones.
Sorry I'm rambling but anyway you guys get the idea.

Yeah I usually despise one-shots for Dramione. The relationships take so long to work in Dramione that it usually doesn't seem believable in one-shots... Its long drawn out growing relationship XD

This ship is another one of the ones that is taking the risk and not playing it comfortable - which as long as it is written well, keeping in with the characterisations etc, then the ship could work in fandom.