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As the sole female member of the Trio, Hermione Jean Granger is a much-discussed character in fandom. She is canonically married to Ron Weasley (with whom she had two children with, Rose and Hugo Weasley), but there is a large population of the Harry Potter fandom who prefer her to be together with Harry (see Harry/Hermione) or Draco Malfoy (see Draco/Hermione). In Femslash, Hermione is often slashed with Ginny Weasley and Luna Lovegood.

Besides being a catalyst for shipping wars, Hermione is often written in fanfics as a Mary Sue, resulting in battles over her character.

[edit] Ships

Het

Femslash

Threesomes

[edit] Terminology

Below is a list of terms and their definitions that are used in this fan fiction community.

Hr
HG - Hermione's initials
Dramione is a pairing name for Draco/Hermione.

[edit] Timeline

Below is a partial timeline of events that took place in this shipping community.

[edit] 2000

On February 7, 2000, Penny Linsenmayer, one of the early members of Cassandra Claire's inner circle, made the following post to HP Anonymous:

ROMANCE PAIRINGS: Ron and Hermione have plenty of potential -- lots

of sexual tension in that relationship. I think

there's a possibility for Harry and Ginny, although I'm not sure she

is developed enough as a character yet for any of us to think

she's quite right for him. She had such a small role in POA. It will

be interesting to see how that turns out. She could develop

into a character that we will all think is worthy of Harry's romantic

partner. For now, I don't see any of the females currently in

the cast as being quite "up to snuff" (I think Hermione is better with

Ron so I've discounted her) [1]

On July 6, 2000, Salon.Com ran an article about Harry Potter. The article only briefly touched on fan fiction, but when it did, it was basically to plug Lori Summers's Paradigm of Uncertainty:

Finally, for those who just can't stand the wait between Rowling's books, there are Harry Potter role-playing games and a growing body of fan-written Harry Potter fiction on the Web, much of it intended for adults. If the tentative rumblings of pubescent romance aren't strong enough for your tastes, there's "Harry Potter and the Paradigm of Uncertainty," a story in progress to be found at eGroups. Author Lori Summers describes it as "a PG-13 story intended for adult fans of the HP series. It's set 9 years after Hogwarts graduation."

In Summer's story, Hermione has become a beleaguered academic sharing a large house with several other young witches and wizards, Harry Potter included, and recovering from a yearlong romance with Ron, who has been murdered by Voldemort. In the long tradition of "shipper" fan-fiction (in which fans imagine romantic relationships between fictional characters from books, TV and movies), this tale concerns itself with the complicated and often painful romantic tension between Hermione and Harry. It's a strangely prescient-seeming work, though not, as Summers stresses, recommended for children -- or for those who relish Rowling's books specifically because the characters don't resemble angst-ridden grad students. [2]

[edit] 2001

In 2001, Hermione’s name begins to be shortened to Hr instead of H in order to differentiate her name in referring to pairings like H/D. This related to the change in the fandom as it became more slash centric. H/D no longer worked as it could mean Hermione or Harry. (Cindelius: [3])
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. [4][5]

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.

By November 2001, Riley's Pawn to Queen was becoming extremely popular, and, with it, new fans joined the Snape/Hermione ship. Posting volume in December 2001 on WIKTT was approximately six times larger than it had been in November 2001. [6]

Comparing the size of various ships on LiveJournal for the Harry Potter fandom: Snape/Hermione, Draco/Hermione, Hermione/Ginny, Ron/Hermione, Harry/Hermione.

[edit] 2002

On September 8, 2002, the Livejournal community sidekicks was created for the Ron/Hermione ship. [7]
On November 1, 2002, the Livejournal community goodship was created for the Ron/Hermione ship. [8]

[edit] 2003

On January 1, 2003, the Livejournal community ronhermione was created for the Ron/Hermione ship. [9]
On February 10, 2003, the Livejournal community hgxss was created for the Snape/Hermione ship. [10]

[edit] 2004

On March 5, 2004, the Livejournal community bill_hermione was created for the Bill/Hermione ship. [11]
On April 27, 2004, the fan site Siriusly Mione was created for the Sirius/Hermione ship. [12]
On June 12, 2004, the Livejournal community honestlyronald was created for the Ron/Hermione ship. [13]
On June 22, 2004, the Livejournal community lovedraughts was created for the Snape/Hermione ship. [14]
On July 6, 2004, the Livejournal community _bewitched_ was created for female Harry Potter characters. [15].
On July 10, 2004, the LiveJournal community remus_hermione was created for Remus/Hermione ship. [16]
On July 13, 2004, the Livejournal community scarlet_serpent was created for the Snape/Hermione ship. [17]
On July 29, 2004, the Livejournal community hermionesirius was created for the Sirius/Hermione ship. [18]
On August 21, 2004, the Livejournal community trio100 was created for the Harry/Hermione/Ron ship. [19]
On September 20, 2004, tarie posted the Harry/Hermione/Ron manifesto to Ship_manifesto. [20]
On November 14, 2004, majrgenrl8 posted the Ron/Hermione manifesto to Ship_manifesto. [21]
On November 1, 2002, the Livejournal community goodship was created for the Ron/Hermione ship. [22]
On December 29, 2004, the Livejournal community nevillehermione was created for the Neville/Hermione ship. [23]

[edit] 2005

On January 21, 2005, the Livejournal community grangersnape100 was created for Snape/Hermione. [24]
On January 27, 2005, the LiveJournal community bit_of_mayhem was created for the Fred/Hermione ship. [25]
On January 28, 2005, the LiveJournal community marcus_hermione was created for Marcus/Hermione ship. [26]
On February 13, 2005, the Livejournal community books_freckles was created for any Hermione/Weasley member ship. [27]
On August 15, 2005, the LiveJournal community viktorhermione was created for Viktor/Hermione ship. [28]
On November 22, 2005, the LiveJournal community cedrichermione was created for Cedric/Hermione ship. [29]

[edit] 2006

On January 1, 2006, the Livejournal community golden_serpent was created for the Snape/Hermione ship. [30]

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[edit] 2007

On January 11, 2007, the Livejournal community silver_vs_gold was created for the Snape/Hermione, Lucius/Hermione, Draco/Hermione, and Blaise/Hermione ships. [31]
On March 5, 2007, the LiveJournal community hermione_ldws was created, it is a Last Drabble Writer Standing community dedicated to Hermione Granger. [32]
On April 25, 2007, the LiveJournal community grangertwins100 was created for the Fred/Hermione/George ship. [33]
On July 22, 2007, the Livejournal community rhr_is_canon was created for the Ron/Hermione ship. [34]
On October 12, 2007, the LiveJournal community dramionedrabble was created for Draco/Hermione drabbles. [35]
On December 4, 2007, the Livejournal community rhr100 was created for the Ron/Hermione ship. [36]

[edit] 2008

On May 14, 2008, the LiveJournal community patentedcharms was created for the Fred/Hermione/George ship. [37]
On June 4, 2008, the Livejournal community grangerblack100 was created for the Sirius/Hermione ship. [38]
On July 21, 2008, the LiveJournal community hermionexover was created for Hermione Granger crossovers. [39]
On August 3, 2008, the LiveJournal community fwhg_ldws was created, it is a Last Drabble Writer Standing community dedicated to Fred/Hermione. [40]

[edit] 2009

On January 11, 2009, the LiveJournal community rlhg_exchange was created for a Remus/Hermione ship fanfic exchange. [41]
On January 28, 2009, the LiveJournal community dramione_ldws was created, it is a Last Drabble Writer Standing community dedicated to Draco/Hermione. [42]
On February 8, 2009, the LiveJournal community rwhg_ldws was created, it is a Last Drabble Writer Standing community dedicated to Ron/Hermione. [43]

[edit] Kerfluffles

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[edit] Influential Stories

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[edit] Fan Size

As of August 16, 2009, there are 377 communities and 405 fans listed at LiveJournal. [44]

[edit] Character Mailing Lists/Live Journal or other communities

[edit] External Links

[edit] LiveJournal

Hermione's Books: A Hermione Granger newsletter
Hermione Granger Fans
_bewitched_ (all female characters)

[edit] Hermione/Snape

[edit] Hermione/Draco

[edit] Hermione/Lucius

[edit] Hermione/Marauders

remus_hermione (Remus/Hermione)
rlhg_exchange (Remus/Hermione)
grangerblack100 (Hermione/Sirius)
hermionesirius (Hermione/Sirius)

[edit] Harry/Hermione

[edit] Hermione/Weasleys

books_freckles (Hermione/Any Weasley)
bill_hermione (Bill/Hermione)
bit_of_mayhem (Fred/Hermione)
fwhg_ldws (Fred/Hermione)
grangertwins100 (Fred/Hermione/George)
patentedcharms (Fred/Hermione/George)

[edit] Hermione/Other

remus_hermione (Remus/Hermione)
nevillehermione (Neville/Hermione)
silver_vs_gold (Snape/Hermione, Lucius/Hermione, Draco/Hermione, & Blaise/Hermione)
quiet_ones (Blaise/Hermione, Draco/Hermione, and Blaise/Hermione/Draco)
blaise_hermione (Blaise/Hermione)
marcus_hermione (Marcus/Hermione)
adrian_hermione (Adrian/Hermione)
cedrichermione (Cedric/Hermione)

[edit] See Also

Harry Potter

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