Theodore/Pansy

Theodore/Pansy is a Harry Potter pairing involving Theodore Nott and Pansy Parkinson, Slytherin students in Harry's year at Hogwarts.
==History==
Theodore first appeared (apart from a mention of his surname in the first book) in Harry Potter and Order of the Phoenix, published in 2003. Fan interest in him peaked around August 2004, when J.K. Rowling posted extra material about Theodore on her official site, giving some background on the character and describing him as a "clever loner".
The fandom RPG Harry Goes Down started August 2004 and soon began to feature a romance between Theodore and Pansy (tied_in_notts and snarky_parky, respectively).
Harry Goes Down led to interest in the ship and the creation of the Theodore/Pansy community nott_in_parks in October 2004.nott_in_parks - Profile at LiveJournal: "Ah, so you've found the Theo/Pansy Comm! Started by me, Allie (aka floocrookshanks), because I fell in love with this ship after reading about them on harrygoesdown, a Post-OotP Harry Potter RPG." (Accessed 26 June 2017.) Some early fanworks posted to the community were based on events from Harry Goes Down.Works based on Harry Goes Down include fics Beautiful Intelligence by floocrookshanks (12 Oct 2004), The Matter at Hand by sortabutnot (21 Oct 2004), and Chance Meetings by nekiko27 (22 Oct 2004), and an icon set by floocrookshanks (Dec 2004). reddiej wrote an essay advocating for the pairing and encouraging others to join the community. The essay was later adapted and posted to ship_manifesto, and a link to the essay was posted at the Pansy archive Pink Frilly Robes.Why Theodore Nott and Pansy Parkinson? at nott_in_parks, posted by masterofmystery (reddiej) on 19 October 2004. Link to the ship_manifesto essay posted at Pink Frilly Robes in 2004 (Writing, archived 03 November 2004 by the Wayback Machine); essay itself possibly posted to the site by 2011 (Articles, archived 01 March 2011; link to essay itself not saved by the Wayback Machine).
A ...cruisin'... thread at FictionAlley Park was started in November 2004 for links to Theodore/Pansy works. The FictionAlley Park SCUSA thread, named "HMS Conspirator", was started in July 2005, but received less than a page's worth of posts until 2007. The topic grew in popularity after the publication of Deathly Hallows and received almost twenty pages of comments over two threads as of the last post in December 2008.
As of June 2017, there are 58 works tagged Theodore Nott/Pansy Parkinson on Archive of Our Own.Compare to 147030 total works in Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling, and 5530 works tagged Pansy Parkinson and 2104 works tagged Theodore Nott on Archive of Our Own as of 27 June 2017. The most popular pairing for Theodore Nott is Draco Malfoy/Theodore Nott with 191 works, and the most popular pairing for Pansy is Draco Malfoy/Pansy Parkinson with 419 works.
==Example Fanworks==
===Fanfiction===
* The Matter at Hand by sortabutnot (2004) — New relationship fluff, based the events of Harry Goes Down.
* A Thousand Little Deaths by Slytherincess (2005) — Hogwarts era, post-HBP seventh year fic; Pansy deals with Draco's absence and grows close to Theodore. Written for erotic_elves's Fantasy Fest.
* Vindicated: a tale of repentance, salvation, and redemption by cinnamon_sins (ginnyatheart) (2006) — Rare example of ship fic in which Theodore and Pansy become Death Eaters. Written for hp_ficathon.
* When Plans Take an Unexpected Turn by nightfalltwen (2013) — Post-war, Draco leaves Pansy to marry Astoria. Written for smutty_claus.
* Curiosity by autumn midnights (2015) — Set during canon, fifth and sixth year; Pansy is intrigued by Theodore and the two develop a friendship. Written for the Gift-Giving Extravaganza 2014.
===Fanart===
* Theo + Pansy ii by gangstersteph (Aug 2005)
* Conversaciones de monstruos by SamWallflower (Mar 2014), drawn for the fic Conversaciones de monstruos by Lils White
* you can’t imagine how much I ship them by alek_r (Apr 2019)
===Meta===
* Why Nott the Better Choice? by reddiej at ship_manifesto, originally written for nott_in_parks (Oct 2004)
==Links & Resources==
* not_in_parks at LiveJournal
* Theodore Nott/Pansy Parkinson tag at Archive of Our Own
* [Theodore N., Pansy P.] pairing filter and Theodore N. & Pansy P. character filter at FanFiction.Net
* theo-x-pansy, pansy-x-theo, and thansy tags at Tumblr
* HMS Conspirator (Theodore/Pansy) (thread 2) at FictionAlley Park's SCUSA forum
* Theodore Nott/Pansy Parkinson fic listing at FictionAlley Park's ...cruisin'... forum
==References==
Category:Het Pairings
Category:Harry Potter Relationships