H/Hr doesn't necessarily have to be dom/sub. I mean, it's canon that Harry, while not as studious, is more naturally talented than Hermione. JKR said that in any time after half-way through third year, Harry would win in a duel. Most stories that we like have a Harry who wants to improve his magic anyway, and in any situation it will still be Harry doing the fighting and making the decisions as a result of that. With a Harry who's working to get better at magic anyway, in combination with superior talent, Hermione in no way has to dominate the relationship.

 

Heh. Stop exaggerating, Sesc. I counted, and it's more like 88%.

There are at least a few in the bin that deserve to be reconsidered, though:

Resistance, by lorien829 (on the Neglected list)
The Cardinal Curses, by B.B. Ruth (on the Neglected list)
The Golden Age, by Arsinoe de Blassenville (sitting at 3.50 right now)

I dunno. It might work, but I'm not sure I'd want to read it. Do you remember where you encountered it?

I think Percy would have to do some growing up to make the pairing work. He and Hermione are only superficially similar in their ambitions. He abandons his entire family because he lands a cushy job, while Hermione would not even consider abandoning Harry in similar circumstances. Percy just strikes me as basically spineless.

Plus, what Aekiel said, and who wants to read that? >_>

EDIT: A thought just struck me. I think Hermione could have ended up like Percy if she hadn't befriended Harry in canon. But being his friend helped her see that there were more important things than 'books and cleverness'--a sort of 'there but for the grace of God go I' situation.

 

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Hahahahahahahaahhaaha.

Picked the lulziest from her lulzy profile. Thanks for the lulz Sesc.

 

You know, I'm going to go off on a bit of a tangent here and say one thing that will piss a lot of Harmonians clear the fuck off (besides anything that may or may not happen in Renegade Cause, and the fact that most people on Portkey will likely try and kill me at some point), and that is that I've read more, better Dramione fics than H/Hr fics.

Yeah, you heard me. Draco/Hermione fics.

I've read a fair few of them, and the funny thing is, they're more common in Indy!Harry fics than the H/Hr. Biggest example I can think of is the R-Series by Regulus (which I won't rec here for entirely different reasons), which had Hermione hook up with Malfoy for the middle few stories. And the surprising thing is that both were actually somewhat in character. Malfoy was a douche, but Hermione was bitchy as well, and the funny thing was how well the ship worked behind the scenes. And, for obvious reasons, it did fall apart (like that relationship, if well-written, is bound to), but it did so realistically, and thus made it infinitely more preferable than the fluff-tastic Harry/Tonks angst that filled the rest of the fic.

Now, of course, Draco/Hermione suffers a lot of the same problems that Harry/Hermione does (namely due to the fact I have very rarely seen a well-written Hermione), with the added weight of the fucking 'Draco in Leather Pants' fanfic phenomenon. But, surprisingly, there's a fucking ton of writers for that ship, and those that don't rehash cliche after cliche after bullshit can produce something halfway decent.

Eh, whatever. No Harmonian wants to hear that, do they?

 

Ah yes, pstibbons. It's been awhile since I received a review from her.

 

Pstibbons is an FFnet classic.

 

In more ways then one.

 

And a total fucking nut-job.

The profile was a funny read, though.

 

FEMNIZIM DIALED UP BY ELEVEN! YEAH!

 

Cant believe y'all missed this one:

I literally LOL'ed.

 

I just headbutted the wall. Crazy bitches.

 

...there's something seriously wrong with that female. I don't even.

 

Maybe this has something to do with it:

 

Methinks she has parent issues .

 

Fixed that for you.

 

Funny thing is, she absolutely loves my Lily/Snape fic, and she at least tolerates Renegade Cause... talk about fucking perplexing.

 

She really told you, Pers. Anyway, yeah, that chick is a loon, but to give credit where credit is due, I ran across her profile a long time ago, and followed her suggestions for quality H/Hr, which is actually what this thread is supposed to be about.

 

He's just the titular character. Not someone important.

Seriously.. pstibbons... she's just... that's just weird.