[HPforGrownups] Draco and Hermione

[Alina]

No: HPFGUIDX 46730


> Am I the only one who noticed that after the Yule Ball, when Draco could
> find 'no insult' for how Hermione looked, that he seemed to mostly back
> off of teasing her and Pansy Parkinson started being more vicious
> towards her instead?  Outside of the comment that Ron and Hermione were
> 'next to go' on the train at the end and calling Hermione 'clever' for
> catching Rita..in a snide, Draco sort of way, Draco seemed to have
> backed off on insults towards her.. and the 'next to go' thing was aimed
> more at making Harry mad then anyone else.
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> Jazmyn

Many a Draco/Hermione romantic fanfic was based on the fact that he could
find no insult to fling at her during the Yule Ball. I'm guilty of such
myself. Still, romantic as I can be sometimes, I think that in this case,
it's simply the shock of seeing someone you're used to perceiving in a
certain way suddenly appear completely different. Hermione's own friends
didn't recognize her! I really don't think Draco could be affected by a
"mudblood" in the way you describe outside of fanfiction. In his world,
mudbloods just aren't datable and that's that.

Alina of Distant Place
http://www.distantplace.net/




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