But as pairings go, I'm much more likely to hook her up with Ginny, although that may owe something to their antagonistic relationship. There's at least some emotional charge there, and Ginny would never be cowed by Hermione's snotty intellectual pride, although I imagine she'd know enough to value it more than Ron does.
I've read a few decent Hermione/Ginny, though since I can't get over the Slytherin/Gryffindor kink, I often like to read her with Pansy.
Not that the Snape/Hermione community is alone in turning Snape into a woobie or a reformed and reasonable man. Many Snarry writers leap blithely over his unsavory character traits without explaining where half his personality disappeared off to, and head straight for the heartfelt declarations.
Oh, I agree. The "90% of everything is crap" applies to any fanfic subset. But with Snarry at least I'm familiar with enough authors who write Snape the way I like (like YOU). I do think general fannish preferences/popular trends influence the type of fic written for every pairing.
Also *puzzled headshake* why anybody would think Heathcliff of all people is a suitable role model for romance is beyond me. He's a good template for Snape precisely because he's a vengeful and obsessive prick who destroys his own life and the lives of those around him; because he carries a motherfucking grudge and dwells on the past.
Yeah, I read it for the first time a few years back and was surprised at how fundamentally assholish he was. But hey, a lot of readers are selectively blind towards those they arbitrarily call 'romantic heroes'. It explains the popularity of Twilight.
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I've read a few decent Hermione/Ginny, though since I can't get over the Slytherin/Gryffindor kink, I often like to read her with Pansy.
Not that the Snape/Hermione community is alone in turning Snape into a woobie or a reformed and reasonable man. Many Snarry writers leap blithely over his unsavory character traits without explaining where half his personality disappeared off to, and head straight for the heartfelt declarations.
Oh, I agree. The "90% of everything is crap" applies to any fanfic subset. But with Snarry at least I'm familiar with enough authors who write Snape the way I like (like YOU). I do think general fannish preferences/popular trends influence the type of fic written for every pairing.
Also *puzzled headshake* why anybody would think Heathcliff of all people is a suitable role model for romance is beyond me. He's a good template for Snape precisely because he's a vengeful and obsessive prick who destroys his own life and the lives of those around him; because he carries a motherfucking grudge and dwells on the past.
Yeah, I read it for the first time a few years back and was surprised at how fundamentally assholish he was. But hey, a lot of readers are selectively blind towards those they arbitrarily call 'romantic heroes'. It explains the popularity of Twilight.