Draco/Hermione

Draco/Hermione, commonly known as Dramione, is the het pairing of Hermione Granger and Draco Malfoy from the Harry Potter fandom.
==Fandom==
It has often been claimed on the internet that J.K. Rowling once considered Dramione and/or confirmed that Draco had a crush on Hermione at one point in the series, but there is no evidence for this. It is highly unlikely Rowling ever said this considering that she has stated multiple times that she does not think Draco would make a good romantic partner.Things you may not have noticed about Draco Malfoy
One might think this pairing wouldn't work at all, given Draco Malfoy's view of Muggle-Borns. However, after the last book, many fans thought it possible that Draco redeemed himself enough to attract Hermione. The pairing was popular even before that, though, often with a reformed Draco. (Dystopian AU scenarios in which Voldemort wins and the Death Eaters keep light wizards as slaves to rape and torture, seem rarer for Draco/Hermione than for Harry/Draco or Snape/Harry, but can be found.)
== Fannish Tropes ==
Some popular story tropes for Draco/Hermione fanfiction include:
* AU - a broad category of stories, most commonly where Draco joins the Order of the Phoenix at some point or events in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix or Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince are changed. Common plots involve references to Voldemort's defeat in the summer between sixth and seventh year, or scenarios where the war does not break out until after the conclusion of seventh year.
* EWE - where Hermione's marriage to Ron and Draco's to Astoria is ignored and all events in the Epilogue are discarded. Probably the single most common type of Draco/Hermione fanfiction.
* Eighth Year - where the setting is Hogwarts during Hermione's eighth year and Draco returns to school as well. Harry and Ron may or may not be present.
* Head Boy/Head Girl - Hermione is Head Girl and Draco is Head Boy, with the usual set-up involving Hogwarts Heads being given private bedrooms and bathrooms with a shared common room. Can occur during an AU Seventh Year or in an Eighth Year setting.
* Marriage Law - the Ministry has passed a law requiring purebloods and Muggle-borns to marry. Usually, involves Draco and Hermione either being matched by the Ministry or a scenario where Draco or his father petitions for Draco to be matched to Hermione.
* Ministryfic - where Draco and Hermione are co-workers at the Ministry of Magic. Example: The Politician's Wife by pir8fancier
* Veelafic - most commonly, Draco is a Veela and Hermione is his mate.
* Voldemort Wins - most commonly a Dystopian AU where events usually are canonical up through Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince or the majority of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, but Voldemort's forces win. Harry may or may not be dead. Draco is most commonly an active Death Eater, and Hermione is usually either his slave or a rebel. Examples: Shelter and Sanctuary series by Musyc, Manacled by Senlinyu and Viva La Revolution by Rizzle
==Notable Fanworks==
===Fanfiction===
* Across Enemy Lines by Gypsy Silverleaf (December 1999) -- considered to be the first Draco/Hermione fic posted online 
* The Bracelet (link) by AkashaTheKitty
* Draco Malfoy, the Amazing Bouncing... Rat? by Maya
* Pansy's Volcano by Bluemidget was posted on AFF and LJ and started several tropes, including the shared Head Boy/Head Girl study.
* The Politician's Wife (link) by pir8fancier - A novel-length AU story that is notable for being one of the few Draco/Hermione stories to begin decades after the fall of Voldemort, and thus deal with the changes in the lives of the characters as they enter middle-age. First Place Winner for 'Dipping the Quill in the Company Ink - Best Co-Worker' in the 'Notable Plot' category of Round Three of the Dramione Awards.WINNERS!. Updated 19 May 2008. (Accessed 4 August 2011.) Featured story at Hawthorn & Vine in May 2010.Hawthorn & Vine: Past Featured Stories and Authors. (Accessed 4 August 2011.)
* Their Room by aleximoon, (2001-2002).
* My Ferret and I by Smenzer
* We'll Always Have Paris by Melissa D., (2001-2003).
* We Learned the Sea by floorcoaster
* The Fallout by everythursday, a very well-known and highly-regarded war fic. 300k+ words.
* Linked by Philyra912, a potion mix-up fic.
* Misconceptions by shadowglove, a Veela!Draco/mate!Hermione fic.
* Lock the Door by Twilight to Midnight.
* The truth that lies beneath by Diva
* Prey by Elysium. Hermione is back at Hogwarts for her final year, only, this time, it is without the company of Harry and Ron. As well as completing her NEWT's Hermione is to watch closely the son of renowned Death Eater Lucius Malfoy and her sworn enemy - Draco Malfoy - to gather what information she can about Voldemort's activities. However, she never planned on him finding out, but he did. And now his mind is set on catching his new prey. Words: 52,529
* Broken by inadaze22. He felt something close to pity for the woman in front of him. And while that disturbed Draco to no end, what really disgusted him most of all was the harrowing fact that someone or something had broken Hermione Granger’s spirit beyond recognition. Words: 367,993
* Through the Years by WickedlyAwesomeMe.
* Where Home is by naarna
* Heavy Lies the Crown by luckei1
*An Unexpected Malfoy by RiverWriter
* The Green Girl by Colubrina
====Oft-recommended / Classics (2020s+)====
* Isolation (AO3) by Bex-Chan
* Manacled (AO3) (2018-2019) by SenLinYu. Harry Potter is dead. In the aftermath of the war, in order to strengthen the might of the magical world, Voldemort enacts a repopulation effort. Hermione Granger has an Order secret, lost but hidden in her mind, so she is sent as an enslaved surrogate to the High Reeve, to be bred and monitored until her mind can be cracked. Words: 366,982
* Secrets and Masks (2021-2022) by EmeraldSlytherin (Inspired by Manacled)
* Rights and Wrongs (A03) by LoveBitca8
**The Right Thing To Do by LovesBitca8.
** All the Wrong Things by LovesBitca8.
** The Auction(AO3) by LovesBitca8.
* Draco Malfoy and the Mortifying Ordeal of Being in Love by isthisselfcare
* Breath Mints / Battle Scars(pulled due to 2024 Harry Potter Fanbinding Controversy) by Onyx_and_Elm.
* Bring Him to His Knees by Musyc.
* Wait and Hope by mightbewriting.
* Measure Of A Man by inadaze22.
* Meet Your Match by morriganmercy
* Love In A Time Of The Zombie Apocalypse by rizzlewrites
* The Eagles Nest (2018-2020) by HeartOfAspen
* Dragon's Heartstrings (2023) by pinkinku
* The Fallout by everythursday
* Rosemary for Remembrance (2021)
* Remain Nameless by HeyJude19.
===Fanart===
* The snogging session by annavek94
* Draco Hermione look at me by clefchan
* DHr: An Inch Space by ThreeAM
* Die Like This With a Last Kiss by ThreeAM
* Draco and Hermione by JudyDepp
* Draco and Hermione - Hold Me by sashamilky
===Fanvids===
* One Last Time by Malfoyinmyheart4ever
* Impossible by Diana Meller
* Distance by CursedBloodlines
* Animals by Diana Meller
* Falling by ellie
* TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT (8th year au) by heartphantom
==Art Gallery==
File:Draco x Hermione for Melluky by Avro-Chan.jpg|Draco x Hermione by Avro-Chan
File:Draco and Hermione by Bea-Gonzalez.jpg|Draco and Hermione by Bea-Gonzalez (2007)
File:Hermione's men - Draco by button-bird.jpg|Hermione's men: Draco by button-bir
File:Draco and Hermione 4-ever by crazytenor.jpg|Draco and Hermione 4-ever by crazytenor (2006)
File:Mistletoe by deimlacquer.jpg|Mistletoe by deimlacquer (2012)
File:Avada kedavra by Dhesia.jpg|Avada Kedvara by Dhesia (2008)
File:HP4-Ballet by Dhesia.jpg|Ballet by Dhesia (2008)
File:I hate you Malferret by Dhesia.jpg|I hate you Malferret by Dhesia (2009)
File:Dramione - Pain by Dhesia.jpg|Pain by Dhesia (2008)
File:Voice in the Dark by Dhesia.jpg|Voice in the Dark by Dhesia (2008)
File:Love by Fyren.jpg|Love by Fyren (2007)
File:Playful by Fyren.jpg|Playful by Fyren (2007)
File:Dramione - Cinnamon Kiss by hacques.jpg|Cinnamon Kiss by hacques (2011)
File:Dramione - Her Lovely Smile by hacques.jpg|Her Lovely Smile by hacques (2011)
File:Manacled by Kalycoris.png|Manacled by Kalycoris
File:Draco-Hermione by Micheongrye.jpg|Draco/Hermione by Micheongrye (2017)
File:Draco-Hermione 2 by Micheongrye.jpg|Draco/Hermione by Micheongrye (2017)
File:Dramione by Nickwhovian.png|Dramione by Nickwhovian (2019)
File:Dramione 2 by Nickwhovian.png|Dramione by Nickwhovian (2019)
File:Dramione 3 by Nickwhovian.png|Dramione by Nickwhovian (2019)
File:Dramione 4 by Nickwhovian.png|Dramione by Nickwhovian (2019)
File:Glitter 'n Stripes by SaveTheQu33n.jpg|Glitter 'n Stripes by SaveTheQu33n (2012)
File:Merry Dramione Christmas! by SaveTheQu33n.jpg |Merry Dramione Christmas! by SaveTheQu33n (2012)
File:Dramione by uramakisushi.jpg|Dramione by uramakisushi (2007)
== Sites and Communities ==
=== Archives ===
* Coloured Grey - a Contra Veritas archive which ran from 2003-2008. 
* Hawthorn & Vine - was "created in January 2010 after a poll questioning the desire for a Draco/Hermione exclusive archive," Hawthorne & Vine: About. (Accessed 4 August 2011.) following fears that Coloured Grey would not be able to be revived. Hawthorn & Vine runs on eFiction. There is an official LiveJournal community at hawthorn-vine as well as an official Twitter feed at hawthorn_vine.
* Granger Enchanted also has a Dramione section
* Draco/Hermione works at AO3
* The Draco and Hermione Fanfiction Archive (archived link), the first of its kind
*Dark Haven (archived link)
=== Dreamwidth ===
====Communities====
* dramione - a Dreamwidth community "focused on the Harry Potter characters Draco Malfoy and Hermione Granger, paired together". The community was created on 6 May 2009.dramione Community Profile. (Accessed 4 August 2011.)
====Festivals & Exchanges====
* Otter and Ferret - a Dreamwidth "annual" exchange from 2012-2014
* dhr_advent - a Dreamwidth Christmas is an Advent Calendar fest
=== Facebook ===
====Communities====
* Strictly Dramione - a Facebook group "dedicated to individuals 18 and up who love Dramione and Dramione Fanfictions". The group was created on 6 November 2016.Strictly Dramione About. (Accessed 18 August 2019.)
* Manacled Support Group - a Facebook group “for readers who are fully caught up on Manacled by SenLinYu. Spoilers will be discussed, you have been warned". The group was created on 10 April 2019.Manacled Support Group About. (Accessed 18 August 2019.)
* Tea & Honey - a Facebook group "for Lovesbitca8’s the Rights and Wrongs series. Spoiler warnings for all works". The group was created on 1 July 2019.Tea & Honey About. (Accessed 18 August 2019.)
* Dramione Fanfiction Forum - a Facebook group created April 14, 2016. Associated with The Slytherin Cabal.
* Dramione Fanfiction Writers - strictly for the discussion of writing and editing only Facebook group 
====Festivals & Exchanges====
* Twistmas: a dark remix xmas fest (google doc rule sheet) 
*DFW Dramione Valentines 2025 on AO3
*Dramione Fanfiction Writers Tropes Fest 
*Sounds Like Dramione (google doc rules sheet) - Dramione Fanfiction Forum
=== Fansites ===
*Somnio
*Contra Veritas
=== Livejournal ===
==== Communities ====
* dracoxhermione - "the very first Draco/Hermione LJ community to be created..small, and slightly less well-known than some of the D/Hr communities that came later...[and] made for the purpose of discussing all things related to the relationship between Draco and Hermione." This community was created on 24 October 2002.dracoxhermione Community Profile. (Accessed 4 August 2011.)
* draco_hermione - Forbidden Paths is a LiveJournal "community created solely for the use of HP fans who wish to discuss the fandom relationship between Draco Malfoy and Hermione Granger." The community was created on 3 March 2003.Forbidden Paths Community Profile. (Accessed 4 August 2011.)
* dramione - "a community focused on the Harry Potter characters Draco Malfoy and Hermione Granger, paired together". The community was created on 17 December 2003.dramione Community Profile. (Accessed 4 August 2011.)
* dmhg_complete - a Dramione LJ dedicated to long-completed fics aka epics
* DramioneLove - A forum for fans of Draco Malfoy x Hermione Granger (Dramione).
==== Awards ====
* dramione-awards - "the dramione awards community is designed to promote the DM/HG ship and to reward those authors and artists whose contributions the community of dramione fans wish to recognize." The community was created on 27 August 2006.dramione-awards Community Profile. (Accessed 4 August 2011.)
==== Challenge/Drabble Communities ====
* dmhgchallenge - the DMHG Challenge is a monthly, themed drabble Draco/Hermione fanfiction contest. The community was created on 27 August 2006.DMHG Challenge Community Profile. (Accessed 4 August 2011.)
* dramione-ldws - Leather and Librarians is a Dramione LDWS community. Round Eight concluded on 28 May 2011.Anniversary Celebration for Round Eight, Challenge Five - The FINALE!. Updated 28 May 2011. (Accessed 4 August 2011.) The community was created on 10 May 2008.Leather and Librarians Community Profile. (Accessed 4 August 2011.)
==== Festivals and Exchanges ====
* dmhgficexchange - dmhgficexchange was a Dramione fanfiction and fanart exchange. It ran for ten rounds and officially retired from hosting exchanges on 17 July 2011, although the community remains active and accepts members.dmhgficexchange Retires. Updated 17 July 2011. (Accessed 4 August 2011.) Many stories which are considered Dramione classics came out of this exchange over the years. The community was created on 28 July 2004.dmhgficexchange Community Profile. (Accessed 4 August 2011.)
* dramione_advent - was a Dramione Advent Calendar fest from 2009-2010
* dh_advent - mirror community to the Dreamwith community
* dramione_duet - is a Dramione fic exchange where the writers are paired up
* dmhgaprilfools - was a April Fools' Day fic exchange
=== Recommendations ===
* accioDHR - "a recommendations library for fanwork of the Draco/Hermione persuasion from the Potterverse...[they] accept recommendations for fiction, art, poetry and videos." accioDHR. (Accessed 4 August 2011.) The website is database-driven and employs a large tagging classification system. It was conceived of in March 2008 as "a link directory...[it] was getting rather tedious trying to find links to stories which were abandoned in one archive, but completed in another," and opened in August 2008 to beta testers. It was opened to the public in January 2009 and is currently on version 3.accioDHR About. (Accessed 4 August 2011.) It is run by elyaeru and vintagebomb.Staff (Accessed 14 August 2011.)
* r/Dramione - Every year, the r/Dramione community comes together to vote on the most popular fics across fan-selected categories. The results provide a list of what our community was reading that year and an ever-growing resource for anyone looking for their next great read.
* This Love Story
* lovers.gillyweed.org
* The Leather Library
* blissfully lost
*Tainted
=== Reddit ===
====Communities====
* r/Dramione - a very active Dramione community with over 50,000 members.
* r/dramionebookclub - monthly Dramione fanfic assignments and discussions for Dramione Book Club. 
====Awards====
* Top Fics of 2023 - as voted by the r/Dramione community.
* Top Fics of 2022
* Top Fics of 2021
=== Tumblr ===
* dramione asks - a group blog that answers questions, helps people find Dramione fics, promotes Dramione bangs, fests, and exchanges, and maintains an archive of fic links and recommendations. Still highly active in 2023. 
* dhrficrecs - a blog focused on fic sharing and recommendations. As of 2023, inactive since 2021.
* dramione daily - a blog focused on general Dramione content. As of 2023, low activity for several years.
====Festivals & Exchanges====
* The Dramione Teratophilia Fest - fic and art fest for monster lovers
* Dramione Month - "A month-long celebration of a love across time and space"
* D/Hr Advent - twenty­-four day fest where authors and artists create a small gift for the Dramione fandom. 
=== Tiktok ===
Sometimes called Dracotok
== External links ==
* accioDHR
* Draco/Hermione at ship_manifesto
* Silver and Gold: The Draco Malfoy and Hermione Granger Fanlisting
* Dramione on the Shipping Wiki
== References ==
Category:Het Pairings
Category:Harry Potter Relationships