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H/R or HP/RW
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Comparing the size of various ships on LiveJournal for the Harry Potter fandom: Snape/Lupin, Snape/Hermione, Draco/Hermione, Draco/Ginny, Snape/Harry, Harry/Draco, Harry/Ron, Hermione/Ginny, Ron/Hermione, Harry/Hermione, Harry/Ginny.

[edit] 2001

On February 17, 2001, Cassandra Claire made the following post to HPforGrownUps:

I would MUCH rather see Hermione end up with Draco than with Ron, as long as Draco mends his ways a bit (I don't want him to be "nice" either.) On alternate days, I would rather see Hermione wind up with Draco than with Harry. (A fact which affords Lori much pain, I am aware.) Ron/Hermione actively squicks me, Ron/Harry just puzzles me, and as for Ron/Draco...what CAN they be thinking?

...I don't think this necessarily means that I don't like Ron, which is an accusation often leveled at us H/H types...I like him okay. I just don't like him with Hermione. However, if the books do tend that way, I will survive. After all, Little Women is still one of my favorite childhood books, even though I have never forgiven Louisa May Alcott for what she did to Jo and Laurie -- a horrendous mistake IMHO. [1][2]

This is somewhat of importance as Cassandra Claire is generally associated with either Harry/Hermione or Harry/Draco. Many people forget that, for a time, Cassandra Claire was actively dabbling in the Hermione/Draco ship, a pairing she shared with Heidi.

On December 23, 2001, the LiveJournal community harry_and_ron was created. [3]

[edit] 2004

On March 22, 2004, the LiveJournal community hpwbfqf was created. [4]

[edit] 2006

On January 16, 2006, the LiveJournal community harry_ron_recs was created. [5]
On July 15, 2006, the Livejournal community harryron100 was created. [6]
On August 23, 2006, the LiveJournal community bestmates_xmas was created. [7]