Anniversary Discussion - Hermione Granger

[ldymusyc]

Hello and greeting dear Dramione fans! Today is the first of May, and that marks the first day of our month-long Ten Year Anniversary for this, our beloved ship. Loads of activities and fun will be happening this month on several sites, and I hope you all will have a great time celebrating the relationship of Draco and Hermione

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[ldymusyc]

With a secret stash of rot-your-teeth-out sugary snacks in her desk.

AHAHAHAHAHA. I could totally see that. TAKE THAT DENTIST PARENTS. So, do you think she might not have been allowed many sweets as a child?

[teenage_hustler]

good question. On the one hand, perhaps, because of the dentist parents and all. But on the other hand she doesn't seem to have that much of an impossible sweet tooth or anything like that, and in my experience I've found that kids who are denied sweets are more wont to consume them by the truckload when they gain free access to them, like at Hogwarts.

[dormiensa]

argh, the cyber monster ate up both my responses! i don't remember what i wrote anymore.

[dormiensa]

reviewed my flawed memory -- don't have a pensieve, more's the pity. this is a rough idea of what i wanted to say:

i'll start by saying CONGRATULATIONS on an amazing ten years, dramione community! thank you for creating such an interesting pair! they work for me because FF has made them 3-D, fascinating, funny, dynamic, and believable. so, pat yourselves on the back, treat yourselves to your favourite treat (mine's dark chocolate), and please, please continue to regale us with stories, ideas, opinions, discussions, and squees. :)

i like the hermione of FF because she is the rare strong female protagonist that isn't merely a bee-yatch. she doesn't let others influence her decisions (much), she sticks to her convictions (always), and she does what she thinks is right, regardless of popular opinion and protocol. and yet, she's still a flawed human being, with all the loveable and annoying idiosyncracies. she's passionate and compassionate. and she can say and do things that i wish i had the guts to

[meganmurphy1977]

The Troll Incident didn't happen until Halloween which mean Hermione more than likely spent almost two months with no friends. Parvati and Lavender I'm sure bonded rather quickly and the she more than likely drove the Gryffindor boys crazy. I always felt badly for her during that time because she's in this entirely new world, at a new school, and was probably very lonely. I've wondered what would have happened had the Trio not had the troll to bond over.

[rzzmg]

Or more importantly, if she hadn't LIED to keep the boys out of trouble, would they have thought she was 'okay' enough to hang with? What if she had spoken the truth and not taken the blame for that incident? Would they have liked her as much/at all? Gives one pause...

[teenage_hustler]

i reckon they would have been like "well, we're glad you're not hurt, laterz" if she hadn't shown the impressive quality that was lying to keep them out of trouble. It showed the boys a good quality, which changed their perception of her, because before they just saw "bossy know-it-all".

[ldymusyc]

Ooooh, interesting. We don't really see her as being friends with anyone outside of Harry and Ron. Maybe if the troll incident hadn't happened, would she have made a bunch of female friends? She's never struck me as the type who needed anything more than a couple of close friends, but those first couple of months had to be hard on a little girl in a whole strange new situation.

[rzzmg]

Here's my reasons for why I believe D & H is a much better match over H & R

[teenage_hustler]

Interesting that their star signs match their character traits. I can't say I put much (well, any) stock in star signs, mainly because I'm probably the most atypical Pisces in the world and should probably have been born a Virgo. Maybe being born in the Southern Hemisphere means that I am an honorary Virgo? I dunno.

I feel that I'm a much bigger Ron fan than most Dramione-lovers, and I'd argue that, at least during Deathly Hallows, Ron did a LOT of growing up, which would make him more compatible for Hermione. However in terms of upbringings and the like, I think you're right. The only thing I would question is that Draco's upbringing was quite elitist, and although Hermione is middle class she's smart enough to understand and sympathise with people of the working classes, and I'd argue that, since Draco would have been brought up to dislike the lower classes, that would be a difficult obstacle for them to get through.

Really interesting ideas there. :)

[eukalyris]

I love analyzing Astrological signs of Hermione and Draco. It's interesting what you say about Pisces and Virgo being opposites, since Draco's Moon Sign (the 'inner' self and feelings) is Pisces (very dreamy and sensitive individuals

[ldymusyc]

Head-canon question! As far as I can recall, Hermione's height is never mentioned in the books. When you imagine her, how tall do you think she is? I tend to write her as somewhere in the 5'4" to 5'6" range (even if I don't detail it, that's still how tall she is in my head!). I think it's because I tend to mentally picture Draco as somewhere in the 5'10" to 6'0" range, and that half-foot difference just seems so right to me.

[rzzmg]

For H: I usually put at an average height for a Caucasian female living in England who came from a background that afforded her a good nutritional upbringing - between 5'4" to 5'6" (converting). I picture her petite, of medium height.

For D: I usually put at an average height for a Caucasian male living in England who came from a background that afforded him a good nutritional upbringing - between 5'11" to 6'1" (converting). I picture him tall, thin like his father.

[teenage_hustler]

Yeah, I'm with everyone else. I tend to imagine Hermione as being about 5'4" - I kind of get the impression she'd be on the shorter end of middle-of-the-range. So she's about my height (heh), and I imagine her as being British in her build. Not fat, but quite soft. With hips and fleshiness as opposed to skinniness.

And Draco... yeah, about 6', and long and lean. I can't imagine him being particularly muscular or broad in the shoulders or anything like that. To me he seems to be built like male characters in anime. Like I say, long and lean.

[unseen1969]

Oh yes, Hermione in my head is 5 foot 4 to 5 foot 6 with curvy softness. She's a woman, rowr. :)