FF: Speculation - a matter of perspective)]

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No: HPFGUIDX 39009

Serenadust:"I don't expect anyone who reads or writes fanfiction to 
change their minds about it based on my problems with it, and it 
really wasn't my intention to do so. I just wanted to explain why I 
find it to be too subversive in it's relationship to canon for me 
personally to enjoy."

I have to admit a lot of fanfiction does that, but that's only one 
kind of fanfiction. Other fics set out to explore and explain the 
universe JKR created, and try to be faithful to the Potterverse; so 
they don't explore the "books" themselves, but the universe and people 
described in the books.

Some fics are written to look at questions, like "What if we found out 
the Potterverse was real?" or "What if *my* kid got a Hogwarts 
letter?" But before I am totally guilty of OT posting:

sariadotia at a... wrote (concerning a Draco/Herm ship):"Ok, I honestly 
do not understand why so many people even consider this as a 
possible future relationship."
 
Heidi wrote:" Um, because nothing has happened to date to rule it out? 
Because JKR's sowed the seeds for a redemption for Draco, which would 
be a necessary precursor to such a thing happening?"

Like you, Serena, I don't see any redemption seeds in Draco; and I 
would say that, for the Hermione I know, "...Mudbloods and 
Muggle-lovers first! Well, the second; Diggory was the f..." rules out 
Draco/Hermione for me, or I lose respect for her.  For Draco to turn 
into someone Hermione could love it seems some new being would have to 
steal Draco's skin and reoccupy it.