Trouble in Paradise

Trouble in Paradise is an early Harry Potter fanfiction, written during the Three-Year Summer and thus compliant with canon only up to Goblet of Fire. It is a post-Hogwarts Harry/Hermione fic that is written in first-person from the point of view of Angelina Johnson, a minor character in canon who, in the fic, has married Fred Weasley.
The two stories were archived in 2004 or 2005 at Remember Us, a fiction archive that featured characters of color.
In 2006, Trouble in Paradise and its sequel, Paradise Lost, were taken off of Schnoogle, HP_Paradise, and Fanfiction.net by the author. 
== The Story ==
The story begins ten years after Harry, Ron, and Hermione leave Hogwarts. When it begins, Ron and Hermione are married, though it ultimately ends with Harry/Hermione and Ron/OFC.
Summary from Remember Us?: "Ron and Hermione have loved each other since their Hogwarts days. Now that they are married, mistakes and misunderstandings threaten to tear the very foundation of what they've built together apart. Can their love survive the ultimate test? 31-year old Daily Prophet reporter Angelina Johnson-Weasley narrates."
The summary from FictionAlley: "An adult H/H shipper's attempt to understand the other side. R/H marriage on the rocks, Angelina Johnson-Weasley narrates."Schnoogle: AngieJ at FictionAlley, archived by the Wayback Machine 16 July 2006. WebCite.
The fic frequently compares its characters to characters of Arthurian Legend. Harry is Lancelot, Hermione is Guinevere, Ron is King Arthur, and Ron's son, Maury, is named after Arthur's son, Sir Mordred, "who is his undoing in most of the legends."Ebony, a.k.a. AngieJ. Trouble in Paradise, Chapter 10 Author's Note/Reviewers' Thanks. Circa June 2001. In addition, the story features the Sword of Rhydderch, one of the Thirteen Treasures of Britain that was said to be found by Lancelot on his quest for the Holy Grail.
==Story Headers== 
This is the story header for chapters one and two for the story as it is posted on Remember Us?: 
Chapters three through twelve have their own headers, including one for the controversial chapter six. As the chapter six header includes includes a disclaimer that mentions Zora Neale Hurston and Virginia Hamilton, it is likely that this header, at least, was later amended:
==The First Chapter: Announcement and Acknowledgments==
The first chapter was posted to FanFiction.net on December 17, 2000. The fifth chapter was posted in January 2001, the seventh chapter was posted February 2001, the final chapter was posted in July 2001. 
 
Ebony posted on Harry Potter for Grownups on December 17, 2000:
==Chapter Titles==
* Christmas With The Weasleys
* From Bad To Worse
* Boxing Day
* For Auld Lang Syne
* Flipping the Script
* Curiouser and Curiouser 
* The Reconciliation
* Sorrow’s Kitchen
* Lady Marmalade
* A Sleep and a Forgetting
* Serpentine Fire
* Evening, Morning, Night 
== Notability in Fandom ==
Trouble in Paradise was well-known among a variety of fans, not exclusively Harry/Hermione shippers. Co-founder of the Sugar Quill (and Ron/Hermione shipper) Zsenya included a referenced the work in her fandom history filk "We Didn't Start the Fandom."
The fic contained various original characters named after Big Name Fans (as well as lesser-known fans) in the Harry Potter fandom, including Cassandra Claire. Maureen "Mo" Ludlam, the original character who turned out to be the mother of Ron's child, was based on the Sugar Quill mod Moey. Ebony described it as "a challenge to see how many fandom people [she could] fit in [the story]."Ebony, a.k.a. AngieJ. Trouble in Paradise, Chapter 9 Author's Note/Reviewers' Thanks. Cerca June 2001.
== Sequel & Cookies ==
Paradise Lost was a sequel to TiP, written from 2001 to 2004. Summary: "The sequel to Trouble in Paradise - Political upheaval and plagues and passion… oh my! In the year 2012, the wizarding world faces the threat of genocide amidst a time of turbulence and terrible prejudice towards Muggles and their magical progeny. The only one who might be able to erase this threat is the most famous Muggle-born witch of all, Dr. Hermione Granger… that is, if she and her friends can figure out this most diabolical of puzzles before she is erased."
Ebony also posted "ficlets and cookies from the 'Trouble in Paradise' universe" on FictionAlley as From The Paradise Files. It comprised:From The Paradise Files by AngieJ at FictionAlley's Astronomy Tower, archived by the Wayback Machine 20 April 2002. WebCite.
* Eres Todo En Mí - May, 1998. Alternate seventh-year scenario from the Paradise Files. In Tartarus, a badly injured Harry needs a healing touch that only Hermione can provide. (21 December 2001)
* Indecision - February, 2001. Morning after scenario -- Harry finds himself on the horns of a dilemma. (01 August 2001)
* Rules Of Engagement - March, 2001. It’s the day of Fred Weasley and Angelina Johnson’s wedding... and there is a race against the clock that Hermione knows nothing about. (01 September 2001)
== Allegations of Plagiarism ==
In mid-2006, Ebony was accused of plagiarizing a section of Chapter 6, "Curiouser and Curiouser," where she described an African American folktale about a tribe of people who had wings. The passage describing the folktale, included in the fic in the context of a character telling the story to her daughter, was adapted from Virginia Hamilton's 1985 book "The People Could Fly," and was not explicitly credited in the fic.
Ebony issued a formal apology on both her Yahoo! Group and LiveJournal on August 16, 2006.Ebony (AngieJ). General Public Statement to the Latter-Day HP Fandom. 16 August 2006. (Accessed 1 March 2011.)
More comments by Ebony, also on August 16, 2006: 
See also: Plagiarism in Trouble in Paradise - Another Example at Bad Penny
== Removal of Work ==
Both stories were uploaded in 2004 or 2005 to Remember Us, a fanfic archive that featured characters of color.
On August 18, 2006, as a result of the plagiarism controversy, Ebony removed Trouble in Paradise and its sequel, Paradise Lost, from Schnoogle, Yahoo! Group (HP_Paradise), and Fanfiction.net with the intention of revising the controversial section and editing the fic as a whole, but offered to email the fic to whoever wanted before it was put back up.Ebony. HP_Paradise Yahoo! Group. Message #7192: Thanks/Temporary Deletion of TiP and PL. 18 August 2006. (Membership required, unmoderated.) 
On October 30, 2006, Ebony posted a update on HP_Paradise saying that she would no longer be emailing the unedited version of the fics. She explained that she had been recently appointed as a group leader at her children's ministry as was therefore uncomfortable with some of the "themes and content" in Paradise Lost, which was R-rated. She encouraged fans to share the works among themselves if they wished.Ebony. HP_Paradise Yahoo! Group. Message #7211: An update. 30 October 2006. (Membership required, unmoderated.)
==This Story in Context: Some Powerhouse Harry Potter Fics of Early 2000s==
In the early 2000s, Harry Potter fandom was still quite new, and fans were clustering and swarming in many ways that would define much of the fandom later. One of these gathering points were a group of highly admired stories by a group of well-known Harry Potter writers. These stories, posted as serials, had many fans at the edge of their seats waiting for installments.
A fan wrote in 2001: 
===The Fics===
* The Paradigm of Uncertainty Trilogy by Lori Summers
** Paradigm of Uncertainty (April 2000-September 2000)
** The Show That Never Ends (October 2000-March 2002)
** The Hero with a Thousand Faces (May 2002-May 2005, chapters 1-12, March 2008, summary for chapter 13)
* The Draco Trilogy by Cassandra Claire
** Draco Dormiens (July-September 2000)
**Draco Sinister (September 2000-July 2001)
** Draco Veritas (August 2001-August 2006)
* The Trouble in Paradise Series by Ebony Elizabeth Thomas
** Trouble in Paradise (December 2000-July 2001)
** Paradise Lost (August 2001-August 2004)
** ficlets and cookies: Eres Todo En Mí (December 2001), Indecision (August 2001), Rules Of Engagement(September 2001)
* The Sirius Stories
** A Sirius Affair by Carole Estes and Penny Linsenmayer (July 2000-August 2002)
** A Sirius Change by Carole Estes (February 2002-March 2004)
==Reception & Reviews==
== References ==
Category:2000 Fanfiction‎ Category:2001 Fanfiction‎
Category:Het Fanfiction