You know, I'd love to see a Hermione-is-really-a-Malfoy fic where Hermione actually keeps everything about her personality that makes her Hermione, and her love for her friends, and remains herself despite suddenly being a rich pureblood.
I mean, it'd be an interesting story. How would the Hermione we know honestly react to knowing her true family's names and politics? To knowing that they hated her simply because they thought she was a Muggle-born? How would the Malfoys react to finding out she's their long-lost daughter, and to her insistence on remaining friends with Harry, remaining romantically connected to Ron, to her continued commitment to house elves' freedom? It could be a truly intriguing story with an interesting look into the characters' heads and hearts if someone would just do it right.
Actually -- and I'm afraid I can't remember where it was -- but I think from a years-old archive right here on Pottersues, there's a story about Hermione turning out to be a Malfoy (and Draco turning out to be a Granger, the two were switched at birth and enchanted or something) and it looked pretty good. It was a goofy prompt, but the author working on it treated it proper and serious (and a bit silly, given how ridiculous the premise is). It was a good take on the concept, well-written and not at all OOC, and I wish I could find it again because it's about A LOT BETTER THAN THIS.
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SO SHE LOOKS LIKE EVERY HORRID GIRL-BEAST THAT SUCKED AWAY MY BRAINCELLS IN HIGHSCHOOL?
AAAAGH!!!
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If a guy had just said that I didn't look like a pug anymore, I don't think I'd giggle and thank him. I'd slap the boy and walk off.
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"At least I never looked like an a-hole, like you!"
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I mean, it'd be an interesting story. How would the Hermione we know honestly react to knowing her true family's names and politics? To knowing that they hated her simply because they thought she was a Muggle-born? How would the Malfoys react to finding out she's their long-lost daughter, and to her insistence on remaining friends with Harry, remaining romantically connected to Ron, to her continued commitment to house elves' freedom? It could be a truly intriguing story with an interesting look into the characters' heads and hearts if someone would just do it right.
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