Neville/Hermione is an unusual ship. They are neither best friends nor worst enemies. It defies no barriers of age or sexual orientation. Indeed, it’s perfectly logical. Nonetheless, it waivers between the popular and the obscure. Likelihood is neither great nor nonexistent. Reactions range from delight to disgust to disbelief, but always surprise.
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Slightly late due to RL and technical issues - sorry for that and hope this is still allowed!

Title: Strange As Angels
Author: Carol Anne Caiafa/sweetcarolanne
Fandom: Harry Potter
Pairing: Fleur Delacour/Gabrielle Delacour
Spoilers: Contains plot details for several of the Harry Potter books, including Book 7, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. Please do ( Read more... )

Title: Strange Little Girls

Author: Bitterfig

Fandom: Harry Potter

Pairing: Luna Lovegood/Nymphadora Tonks

Spoilers: Mentions events in Order of the Phoenix and Half Blood Prince

Warnings: At the end of the essay is a picture that contains nudity and may not be work safe.

Author's Note: My contribution to free month.  Because the world needs ( Read more... )

An Easy Fit: Harry and Neville

Harry and Neville, at first glance, or even second, seem nothing alike.

Harry is confident, Neville shy. Harry stands up to Snape while Neville cringes in terror.

But Harry himself realizes how easily their roles could have been reversed, Neville as the Savior of the Wizarding World and Harry as just ( Read more... )

TITLE: Flower and Fang
AUTHOR: literarylemming
FANDOM: Harry Potter
PAIRING: Bill Weasley/Fleur Delacour
DISCLAIMERS: Bill, Fleur, the Harry Potter universe and all its associated people, places, and things are the property of JK Rowling, Bloomsbury, Scholastic, et al.
SPOILERS: Books 1-6

( This is not skin deep )

Harry/Luna (Harry Potter)

Title: Leap Of Faith
Author: simply_strange
Spoilers: Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince
Email: pasta.puttanesca@gmail.com
NotesWell, here I go on my attempt to write an essay for my OTP. And this might not be a very well-written essay, but I tried my best. This will just be a simple ( Read more... )

Title: The Other Side of The Moon
Author: (Yami) White Rain
E-mail: a_white_rain@mail2world.com
Fandom: Harry Potter
Pairing: Ron Weasley and Luna Lovegood.
Spoilers: Books one through six.
Notes: I fully expect Hermione/Ron to be canon and I know how nasty the ship wars can get, so I want to make it clear that I’m not trying to convince anyone ( Read more... )

Title: Cat Scratch Fever
Fandom: Harry Potter
Pairing: Hermione Granger/Millicent Bulstrode
Author: ofangoriousone
Disclaimer: No single character mentioned in the following essay belongs to me. They are J.K. Rowling's. The ship name 'HMS Mental Muscle' is the brainchild of the lovely la_fono.
Spoilers: Teensy bits of books 2 and 5

( HMS Mental Muscle )

Title: Opposites Attract
Author: Elanor Isolda
Pairing: Snape/Lockhart
Fandom: Harry Potter
Spoilers: All HP books up to and including Order of the Phoenix
Notes: Thank you to ook and cadiliniel for the last-minute betas.
Please feel free to share your thoughts, even - in fact, especially - if you disagree with me.

( Opposites Attract )

Eclipse.
Lucius Malfoy/Severus Snape
Many thanks to eumenides1 for a much needed beta and help!

This is my first attempt as such at an essay, but it was pointed out to me by jazzypom that this pairing had not been represented here, and that's a crime, in my opinion. So I am here to address this shocking lack.

( Eclipse )