The only pairing I ever supported was Potter\Hermione...

*sigh*

Oh God. Harmony!?

That ship is just...*throws up.*

God I hate that ship.

That was before book 4/5 ruined all things potter.

Post shippied semi-canon??? *is shocked*

It was a Book II thing...

But Harmony?

That's the only ship my canon shipping friend and I can agree on...to hate with every fiber of our being.

Am I showing prejudice? Hell yes, but DOWN WITH HARMONY!!

It made sense in Book II.

I was R/Hr back then...

Damm you. You've drawn me into the debate!

I never told you to post in here.

RON/HERMIONE PWNS ALL!! (In canon.)

I agree with the Harmony is *throws up* thing.

It was always RHr. JK planned it since book 1 so..

Post wrote: It made sense in Book II.

Draco/Ginny was the only thing that made sense in that book.

Surely not even then??

It was Ron/Hermione for me. But then I matured and realized there's better ships in the sea. And Dramione is the best.

Especially then. Like when Draco read aloud the love letter from Ginny to Draco. He was SO jealous, it wasn't even funny.

*Sigh.*

If you want canon proof of Dramione, here's the full essay:

Book One: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's/Philosopher's Stone


Little did Harry know that Ron and Hermione had been secretly practicing the Leg-Locker Curse. They'd gotten the idea from Malfoy using it on Neville, and were ready to use it on Snape if he showed any sign of wanting to hurt Harry.

Admit it or not, Hermione can learn a thing or two from Draco, as she discovered way back in their first year.

* * * *

In the Forbidden Forest at night, while Neville, Harry, Hermione, and Draco are serving detention…
They had just passed a bend in the path when Hermione grabbed Hagrid's arm.

“Hagrid! Look! Red sparks, the others are in trouble!”

“You two wait here!” Hagrid shouted. “Stay on the path, I'll come back for yeh!”

They heard him crashing away through the undergrowth and stood looking at each other, very scared, until they couldn't hear anything but the rustling of leaves around them.

“You don't think they've been hurt, do you?” whispered Hermione.

Okay, Hermione is mainly worried about Neville, but she could have said, “You don't think Neville's been hurt, do you?” Or she can say, “You don't think Malfoy hurt Neville, do you?”





Book Two: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets


In Knockturn Alley at Mr. Borgin's shop…

“Though if his grades don't pick up,” said Mr. Malfoy, more coldly still, “that may indeed be all he is fit for –“

“It's not my fault,” retorted Draco. “The teachers all have favorites, that Hermione Granger –“

Hmm, Draco remembers to call Hermione by her full name this time, when he could have said that “Muggle Granger” or simply “Granger.” Our Slytherin boy is also quick to bring up her name, isn't he?

* * * *


At the Quidditch field during Gryffindor practice…
“At least no one on the Gryffindor team had to buy their way in,” said Hermione sharply. “They got in on pure talent.”

The smug look on Malfoy's face flickered.

“No one asked your opinion, you fiIthy little Mudblood,” he spat.

At first read, this scene seems to be not an encouraging Draco-Hermione moment. “Mudblood” is a terrible thing to say, but notice that it isn't unprovoked. It's interesting to see how Hermione can make Draco get affected and lose his cool (note the flickering smug look). She can hit his nerves.





Book Three: Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban:

When Draco gets bitten by Buckbeak…
Hermione ran to hold open the gate as Hagrid lifted Malfoy easily. …
“You think he'll be all right?” said Hermione nervously.
“Course he will. Madam Pomfrey can mend cuts in about a second,” said Harry, who had had far worse injuries mended magically by the nurse.

She is in a haste to open the gate, and she asks if Draco will be all right. Hermione may hate Draco and his guts, but I guess she really doesn't hate him enough to not worry if he will be fine or not.

* * * *


She had slapped Malfoy across the face with all the strength she could muster. Malfoy staggered. Harry, Ron, Crabbe, and Goyle stood flabbergasted as Hermione raised her hand again.

“Don't you dare call Hagrid pathetic, you foul -- you evil –“

“Hermione!” said Ron weakly, and he tried to grab her hand as she swung it back.

“Get off, Ron!”

Hermione pulled out her wand. Malfoy stepped backward. Crabbe and Goyle looked at him for instructions, thoroughly bewildered.

“C'mon,” Malfoy muttered, and in a moment, all three of them had disappeared into the passageway to the dungeons.

If Hermione can get to Draco's nerves, so can he get to hers. She's supposed to be the calm, cool, and collected one, but Draco can get her to act on the impulsive side. And note how Draco doesn't hex Hermione after she slaps him. It is very much an unDraco thing to do, based on what we know of Draco.

Many people who are not D/Hr shippers have tried to logically explain why, but we really don't know what's going on in Draco's mind then, do we? And it's very interesting to note that there is no mention of Draco getting revenge on Hermione, or Draco telling his father about the incident. Hermione will not be spared from Lucius's wrath if he knows. But after that slapping incident, nothing comes after it.

Wonder why?

* * * *

Right after the slapping incident…
“What? Oh no!” Hermione squeaked. “I forgot to go to Charms!”

“But how could you forget?” said Harry. “You were with us till we were right outside the classroom!"

“I don't believe it!” Hermione wailed. “Was Professor Flitwick angry? Oh, it was Malfoy, I was thinking about him and I lost track of things!”

I don't believe it either, if I haven't read it for myself. Hermione is thinking about Draco, isn't she? She's distracted enough with thinking about the slapping incident that she forgets to go to class. Very serious indeed.



Book Four: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire


“Hadn't you better be hurrying along, now? You wouldn't like her spotted, would you?”

He nodded at Hermione, and at the same moment, a blast like a bomb sounded from the campsite, and a flash of green light momentarily lit the trees around them.

“What's that supposed to mean?” said Hermione defiantly.

“Granger, they're after Muggles,”said Malfoy. “D'you want to be showing off your knickers in midair? Because if you do, hang around. . . they're moving this way, and it would give us all a laugh.”

“Hermione's a witch,” Harry snarled.

“Have it your own way, Potter,” said Malfoy, grinning maliciously. “If you think they can't spot a Mudblood, stay where you are.”

“You watch your mouth!” shouted Ron. Everybody present knew that “Mudblood” was a very offensive term for a witch or wizard of Muggle parentage.

“Never mind, Ron,” said Hermione quickly, seizing Ron's arm to restrain him as he took a step toward Malfoy. ...

“Oh come on,” said Hermione, with a disgusted look at Malfoy, “let's go and find the others.”

“Keep that big bushy head down, Granger,” sneered Malfoy.

This scene has been debated over and over again by people. At first glance, Draco is being his usual malicious self, but some people point out that he is sending a warning to Hermione to keep out of the way. The only way he can do it without compromising his pride is to act like he always acts. Now, you be the judge. But yes, this scene gets me to think that maybe there's more than meets the eye …

* * * *

During a Care of Magical Creatures class, where Hagrid brings in Blast-Ended Skrewts…
“Well, I can certainly see why we're trying to keep them alive,” said Malfoy sarcastically. “Who wouldn't want pets that can burn, sting, and bite all at once?”


“Just because they're not very pretty, it doesn't mean they're not useful,” Hermione snapped. “Dragon blood's amazingly magical, but you wouldn't want a dragon for a pet, would you?” . . .


“You know perfectly well I only said that to shut Malfoy up,” said Hermione [to Ron]. “As a matter of fact I think he's right. The best thing to do would be to stamp on the lot of them before they start attacking us all.”

Hermione agrees with Draco, but she'll never admit it to his face that she does.

* * * *

After Draco is turned into a ferret by fake Moody…
“He could have really hurt Malfoy, though,” she said. “It was good, really, that Professor McGonagall stopped it –“

There we go again. Hermione is worried about Draco. :)

* * * *

Parvati was gazing at Hermione in unflattering disbelief. She wasn't the only one either; when the doors to the Great Hall opened, Krum's fan club from the library stalked past, throwing Hermione looks of deepest loathing. Pansy Parkinson gaped at her as she walked by with Malfoy, and even he didn't seem to be able to find an insult to throw at her.

This is personally my favourite Draco-Hermione moment. Wait. Scratch that. This is the moment that made me a Draco/Hermione shipper, and I saved the best for last. Draco finally sees what kind of girl he has been teasing all these years, and who knows, he may be sorry for all that deep down. He's speechless, isn't he? :) Hermione can say, “eat your heart out!”

*Copied and pasted from Contra Veritas.

Want me to extend into OotP as well?

So out of context.

Nothing worse then Luciene could provide for D/G moments. :D

It gets better though. Wanna see what Contra had provided for OotP?

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Page 194

Harry looked around; he had expected this but that did not make the sight of Draco Malfoy smirking at him from between his cronies Crabbe and Goyle any more enjoyable.

“What?” he said aggressively, before Malfoy could open his mouth.

“Manners, Potter, or I'll have to give you a detention,” drawled Malfoy, whose sleek blond hair and pointy chin were just like his father's. “You see, I, unlike you, have been made a prefect, which means that I, unlike you, have the power to hand out punishments.”

“Yeah,” said Harry, “but you, unlike me, are a git, so get out and leave us alone.”

Ron, Hermione, Ginny, and Neville laughed. Malfoy's lip curled.

“Tell me, how does it feel being second-best to Weasley, Potter?” he asked.

“Shut up, Malfoy,” said Hermione sharply.

“I seem to have touched a nerve,” said Malfoy, smirking. “Well, just watch yourself, Potter, because I'll be dogging your footsteps in case you step out of line.”

“Get out!” said Hermione standing up.

Sniggering, Malfoy gave Harry a last malicious look and departed, Crabbe and Goyle lumbering in his wake. Hermione slammed the compartment door behind them and turned to look at Harry, who knew at once that she, like him, had registered what Malfoy had said and been just as unnerved by it.

“Chuck us another Frog,” said Ron, who had clearly noticed nothing.

Draco is here to gloat over Potter, now that he's finally managed to do something that The Boy Who Lived didn't. He doesn't back down in the slightest when Harry tells him to leave. He finally leaves after Hermione tells him to though. Once again, while never backing down for the boys, he backs down for our favorite Gryffindor witch!





Page 197

A short distance away, Draco Malfoy, followed by a small gang of cronies including Crabbe, Goyle, and Pansy Parkinson, was pushing some timid-looking second years out of the way so that they could get a coach to themselves. Seconds later Hermione emerged panting from the crowd.

“Malfoy was being absolutely foul to a first year back there, I swear I'm going to report him, he's only had his badge three minutes and he's using it to bully people worse than ever…. Where's Crookshanks?”

And here we find Hermione has possibly faced Draco again on her own. We never hear more of Hermione reporting Draco though, so she must not have really been that upset with him.





Page 258

She indicated a heap of twigs in front of her. Hermione's hand shot into the air. Behind her back, Malfoy did a buck-toothed imitation of her jumping up and down in eagerness to answer a question.

Perhaps, not all imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, but we know where Draco's attention is directed rather than on his lesson. Also, notice that it's “behind her back” rather than to her face. Does he have a bit of a problem doing anything insulting to the boys to their faces? Not that we've ever seen.





Page 261

“Harry, don't go picking a row with Malfoy, don't forget, he's a prefect now, he could make life difficult for you….”

“Wow, I wonder what it'd be like to have a difficult life?” said Harry sarcastically. Ron laughed, but Hermione frowned.

Hermione knows full well that Harry has dealt with things far more difficult than Malfoy in his life. Is she thinking about the warning of the Sorting Hat and trying to find ways to avoid arguments? Has Miss Granger been considering taking the first steps to unify the houses?



Page 309

He smirked as Malfoy sniggered and said in a carrying whisper, “Some people got D's? Ha!”

Harry realized that Hermione was looking sideways to see what grade he had received; he slid his moonstone essay back into his bag as quickly as possible, feeling that he would rather kept that information private.

Ever feel like there is a separate way that Draco and Hermione communicate? It probably doesn't take a genius to know that Draco likes to insult no one more than Harry and Ron, but you've got to find it cute that as soon as Draco sets the barb Hermione is already figuring out what he means.



Page 334

“He said he was tipped off you were ordering Dungbombs? But who tipped him off?”

“I dunno,” said Harry, shrugging. “Maybe Malfoy, he'd think it was a laugh.”

They walked between the tall stone pillars topped with winged boars and turned left onto the road into the village, the wind whipping their hair into their eyes.

“Malfoy?” said Hermione, very skeptically. “Well…yes…maybe…”

And she remained deep in thought all the way into the outskirts of Hogsmeade.

Hermione is always the one to be skeptical when Draco is accused. She doubted him being the Heir of Slytherin in book two and again she seems to have the measure of him better than to think that he did the dungbomb tip off. How much is she thinking about Draco here and how much about the dungbombs? At the very least she is trying to figure him out further.



Page 625

“Lording it over all the other teachers, the stupid puffed-up, power-crazy, old—“

“Now do you really want to finish that sentence, Granger?”

Draco Malfoy had slid out from behind the door, closely followed by Crabbe and Goyle. His pale, pointed face was alight with malice.

“Afraid I'm going to have to dock a few points from Gryffindor and Hufflepuff,” he drawled.

“It's only teachers that can dock points from Houses, Malfoy,” said Ernie at once.

“Yeah, we're prefects too, remember?” snarled Ron.

“I know prefects can't dock points, Weasel King,” sneered Malfoy; Crabbe and Goyle sniggered. “But members of the Inquisitorial Squad—“

“The what?” said Hermione sharply.

“The Inquisitorial Squad, Granger,” said Malfoy, pointing toward a tiny silver I upon his robes just beneath his prefect's badge. “A select group of students who are supportive of the Ministry of Magic, hand picked by Professor Umbridge. Anyway, members of the Inquisitorial Squad do have the power to dock points…. So, Granger, I'll have five from you for being rude about our new headmistress…. Macmillan, five for contradicting me…. Five because I don't like you, Potter…Weasley, your shirt's untucked, so I'll have another five for that…. Oh yeah, I forgot you're a Mudblood, Granger, so another ten for that….”

Ron pulled out his wand, but Hermione pushed it away, whispering, “Don't!”

“Wise move, Granger,” breathed Malfoy. “New Head, new times…Be good now, Potty…Weasel King…”

Wow, Harry and Ron both get nasty nicknames out of that one, but where is Hermione's? Surely Draco is enjoying getting back at them all for all the points they've earned for Gryffindor over the years. Yet he doesn't take nearly so many as he could have. This is the only time he does it to them too. The Mudblood line seems rather an afterthought, and it's probably about the nastiest thing he does to her in the entire book. (It's the only time he says the word at all in the book.) He seems less and less nasty to her all the time doesn't he? Especially, after we've seen him very publicly humiliating Ron and Harry all the time. No songs or buttons have come her way in five books now. He doesn't call her by nasty nicknames all the time. Curious.

Also, when Ron goes for his wand, Hermione again stops it from going into a fight. We could say that it was to protect Ron from losing more house points, but she's already warned Harry against fighting with Draco too. It seems that Hermione and Draco both understand the situation at the school on a level that the others don't, despite the different ways they approach it. Is that one of the reasons he doesn't feel the need to include her in his final warning to be good?



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Now this is the scene where the Inquisitorial Squad captures everyone in Umbridge's office. It's the one section that I'm not quoting because the section is quite long. Draco and Hermione don't have any direct interaction with each other, yet there are still some interesting D/Hr implications.

During the scene all his ire is trained on Harry and the Weasleys. He laughs at having a Weasley free school and looks on eagerly to see what Umbridge has in store for Harry. He doesn't do anything to Hermione though. Since Harry wasn't able to see it, we aren't sure if Draco was the one to disarm both him and Hermione or only Harry.

It's rather surprising that only Harry seems to notice the distinct lack of tears from Hermione. Perhaps Draco gets all his best hints from Lucius, but his constant baiting of the trio would lead one to think he'd be pretty observant. Especially as a master of faking! (Remember the Buckbeak attack?)

Perhaps, Draco is too overcome with all the excitement of the “weapon” or with Potter being expelled to notice. He certainly seems interested on accompanying Harry, Hermione, and Umbridge into the forest. He couldn't disguise the look of “eagerness and greed” fast enough for Umbridge, but what would he have had planned? Despite using Umbridge's agenda to gain power for himself, Draco probably would like her less than any of the other students. After all, now he's not even getting to learn about how to defend against the Dark Arts! And we all know about his fascination with the subject. Despite the fact that Draco would probably not be crazy enough to attack a ministry official in the Dark Forest, Hermione finds it easy to turn Umbridge against her own squad as a result by knowing the weaknesses of his character.

How cunning is that? Only Hermione is good enough to out-Slytherin the Slytherins. Once again we are finding that Draco and Hermione are deeply alike at the core of things.

Nope. Still out of context.

Well, what else do you expect when I copy and paste from an article at a D/Hr fansite?

Did you even read them all? Anyone?