Dramione Article: Something I Think Everyone Should Read Before Passing Judgement on Dramione

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Something I Think Everyone Should Read Before Passing Judgement on Dramione

posted by lauren1102

* Credit: bombottosa @ LJ *

Okay, so I know there are a lot of people out there very close-minded to the couple of Dramione. Which is fine, but I think the reason most people are is because they don't realize the true potential these two have as a couple. Yes, they didn't end up together in the books, and yes, there is no SOLID evidence that there was every anything more than hate between them, but in my opinion if you think about their characters individually and not necessarily together they could be perfect together. In my opinion Draco would see her as redemption of sorts. And I know most people's argument is "Draco hates Hermione because of her blood purity." But to me that's an idea that Lucius has instilled in Draco from a very young age, and it's clear to me that as he ages he realizes, like many teenagers do, that their parents ideas don't always mesh well with what they believe. Also it seems to me that Draco's one of the few people that can actually kind of keep up with Hermione intellectually. Just think about how smart he must have been to mend the vanishing cabinet, HELL just think about how smart he must be just to come up with the idea to mend the cabinet. In my opinion Ron was never really smart enough for her, and I, personally, couldn't see myself being completely happy with someone who wasn't as intelligent as me. Just think about all the intellectual conversations her and Draco could have as opposed to her and Ron, and what type of connection they could form off of these conversations alone. Don't get me wrong, I'm not trying to bash Ron or anything, but I'm just stating a simple fact that he isn't exactly the sharpest knife in the drawer. Well anyways, I could honestly go on forever about why I love Dramione and why I think people should give them a chance, but I'm going to digress. Here are a few Fan Fics that I've read, and have greatly enjoyed:

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I have kind of a hard time finding FF's that I can say "I greatly enjoy" about Dramione mainly because, even though I love this couple, I like to keep them very much in character, which means a certain amount of build up to their relationship. There is nothing I hate more than them just being thrown together after meeting again once. That just doesn't fit well with either of their characters, I mean there is ABSOLUTELY no way you can say that they were friends in Hogwarts or that they by any means got along with each other. That's just straight fact, right there. But anyways, I ask that if you are on the fence about Dramione, which your either are or you love them considering you're reading this article on their spot, that you read one or all the Fan Fics that I recommended. I feel like they all capture this couples true potential very well (especially The Dragon's Bride, which happens to be my favorite) and you will see why I, and so many others love Dramione so much!

Sincerely,
Lauren ♥

P.S. If you have any other Fan Fictions you think that I may enjoy feel free to post it on here!

P.P.S. I hope you all enjoyed my article. I'm not 100% sure why I wrote it, the idea just struck me and wouldn't leave me alone.

* Credit: mitsuki- graphix*

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LadyNottingham I agree completely ! There's a great potential as them as a couple - or not. They can be a very good vehicle to deal with the issues of blood purity and social status in the wizarding world, for example. A Draco that would go against his family traditions, that is interesting. I wrote a story like that in one of my fanfics, involving a Draco that changed his outlook on blood purity through the friendship of an OFC (it was a Severus/OFC pairing). Intellectually, they are very good too. I fail to understand what Hermione could see in Ron. I would not say he's not the sharpest knife in the drawer - he can be brilliant at chess, for example. But I feel they do not necessarily connect on conversation topics. Unless Ron ended up growing up eventually... While Draco had a great potential as he had been confronted at 16 to the non-choice of taking the Dark Mark and getting involved with the Dark Lord. He shows a maturity that only Harry and Hermione displayed then. Thanks for posting the recs about fanfics.

othobsessed92 Spread the Dramione LOVE Lauren <33 I agree 100% and yay now I have more ff's to read :)

lauren1102 Intellectually, they are very good too. I fail to understand what Hermione could see in Ron. I would not say he's not the sharpest knife in the drawer - he can be brilliant at chess, for example. I agree with this whole heartily. And it wasn't my intention to call Ron dumb, because obviously he survived 7 years of peril, so he must be pretty damn smart in that sense. And like you said with chess. It's just that I don't really see how him and Hermione could connect on an intellectual level seeing as how she's "the smartest witch of her age" and he may be intelligent, but he is far from her level of knowledge. Thanks for posting the recs about fanfics. You're welcome! I hope you enjoy them if you choose to read them. :) Spread the Dramione LOVE Lauren <33 Aha, hell yes! :) yay now I have more ff's to read :) I think you'll really like them! They're awesome. :)

georgiapeach91 Great article! And I've read Hunted, it's an AMAZING fanfic for them

epicdelena4ever I AGREE!!!!! great article...most people just see it as they hate eachohter period. but they dont take the time to realize that they could have potential if you really think about it. i used to LOVE dramion to MUCH i still kinda do i swear that i have read like every fanfic there is. LOL

i-am-mariella Hello, outsider heerre ;) Well, I kind of see your point, I mean Draco is quite a prat but not enough of one to still not harbour any respect for the Trio after they saved his life (twice), so there you go. But on the other hand, whilst Hermione is very intelligent, we all know that, I don't think Ron is dumb at all. Sometimes he doesn't think before he speaks, but he has done a lot of great things, like saving Harry from the river in DH etc. Plus, I don't think Hermione would be one to judge on intelligence - she's proud of her own attitude to work, but loyalty and hard work are more important to her. Plus, Draco hasn't exactly been portrayed as the world's brighest wizard, has he? Like Harry said in HBP, "When has Draco Malfoy been one of the world's deep thinkers?" He was constantly foiled by the Trio, and he didn't think to switch over to the good side before it finally dawned on him that he wasn't Death Eater material. About mending the cabinet, I do see your point. But in my opinion it wasn't that difficult - "The cabinet is broken! What will I do?...Uh, mend it?" Now, I'm not saying he's thick, he was supposed to be the best at Occlumency and that was very difficult. Just saying ;)

lauren1102 Hmm, yeah I do kind of see your point as well. and I didn't really mean to say Ron was dumb, honestly, I don't think he is. He just has a different kind of intelligence. But anyways, Harry was the one that said the whole thing about him not being a deep thinker, and I don't see how Harry could possibly know what's really going on in Draco's head. Draco had a lot on his plate for a young age. His father was a notorious death eater who did his best to instill terrible ideas into Draco's head. Then when Voldemort came back to power he was of course expected to join up with him, simply because of his father. But, I'm kind of drifting off of the subject, and maybe I read too much into Draco's character, and see more deep thinking and feelings than are actually there, but I can't help it lol. As for him always being thwarted by the trio, that's thanks in large part to Hermione. I'm not too sure Ron and Harry could really take on Draco, but never say never, right? ;) And I wouldn't necessarily use the fact that he didn't switch over to the good side as an argument of his intelligence, I'd say that has more to do with courage, which Slytherins aren't exactly known to have lol. Slytherins were more of the crafty manipulative people, it was the Griffyndors job to be brave (with the excpetion of Snape of course). But, anyways back on topic, I don't think him not switching over has much to do with his intelligence because I think deep down he knew he wanted to, but he was just too terrified of Voldemort to do it, which is actually a very logical fear, seeing as how he's grown up to see Voldemort as the greatest wizard of all time and also the most dangerous. Who wouldn't be scared to rebel against that? And as for the Occlumency that just proves my point, that maybe he didn't get the best grades ever (seeing as he was a Malfoy he probably was raised to think he didn't really have to work for anything), but he was still smart enough to catch onto things and excel at them when he wanted to. :)

i-am-mariella No, I do agree with you. I mean, I feel very sorry for Draco and I think he was very two-dimensional. I like him as a character and that's probably why - Jo makes sure she hints that there is more to Draco than meets the eye, and like Tom Felton said he was kind of the other side of the coin to Harry, with Harry getting the good role models and Draco the bad ones, like Lucius and Bellatrix. And I see what you mean, Draco was good at controlling his emotions which is extremely difficult...Harry never learnt how to do it. Jo said he was so perfect for Occlumency because he had almost all of his good side completely under his control so he could hide it.