Yet another SHIPping idea...

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No: HPFGUIDX 31547

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., Chelsea2162 at a... wrote:
> I agree that there's a deffinite possibilty of Draco and Hermione 
ending up 
> together. I know from personal experience that some boys absolutely 
torture 
> the girls that gthey like. Also, I'm really hoping that Draco will 
prove 
> himself to be a good guy (i feel this way especially after reading 
Cassandra 
> Claire's Draco Dormiens and the other 2 sequels.) But back to the 
point, 
> someon like Malfoy would deffinately pick on someone like Hermione 
if he 
> liked her: think about this...she's smart, a gryffindor, and a 
<gasp> 
> "mudblood" (i do not like that term however) and she's somone that 
Malfoy 
> would pick on to hide his feelings for her
> 
> *Chelsea* 
> 
> This is a perfect example of what bothered me so much about 
fanfiction, that I quit reading it. Things like Hermione and Malfoy 
getting together actually start sounding reasonable to some of the 
readers when there is absolutely nothing in canon to indicate that 
this is remotely possible.  Don't get me wrong. I think that writers 
should certainly be free to spin out whatever scenarios appeal to 
them for whatever reason.  My problem was that in reading some of the 
reviews, people started to prefer the fanfic versions to JKRs to the 
point that they ignore the world she has so carefully built, and 
substitute the "bizzare-o"alternate version.
In canon, Hermione LOATHES Malfoy.  She actually physically attacks 
him in POA.  He doesn't pick on her the way boys do when they "like" 
someone, he attacks her background in the most vile way, and actually 
wishes her dead (POA, when Harry & Ron use the polyjuice potion to 
impersonate Crabbe & Goyle).
Hermione is portrayed in the books and highly principled and 
intelligent, as well as kind and loyal.  There's not one shred of 
evidence that she would ever betray her friends, by taking up with DM.

The "shipping wars" are fascinating and sort of disturbing to me.  I 
kind of thought this stuff was supposed to be "all in fun", but now 
it sounds as if people are taking it so seriously that if JKR takes 
her characters in a direction contrary to a shippers 
hopes/dreams/demands, that they my actually abandon the books for 
violating their individual fantasies. What a shame that would be.
I really hope we don't have to wait too much longer for Book 5, since 
the more we pick things apart and speculate, the more we may harm our 
enjoyment of the books themselves.  Wasn't that the point of this 
list in the first place?  What do you think?

Jo
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