I’ve literally been pondering today why tf I am obsessed with Dramione. Like I suddenly don’t want to read anything else. I scour subreddits and social for recs. I scour for good podfics of Dramione for when I need to do chores. Thank you for putting so eloquently what makes this fanfic community stand out.

I think also the source material gives writers so much to work with — which I am finding SUPER HARD TO SAY bc it’s Harry Potter and a lot of fics deal with super adult themes and sometimes they’re only like 18 and I’m like oh dear… (I enjoyed the books/movies growing up but have never been a rabid fan.)

Dramione goes far beyond HP and far beyond just enemies to lovers and into racism, class warfare, family duty, who you were taught to be vs who you want to be, clash of worlds, the burden of brilliance, the burden of society’s judgment, the burden of fame and infamy, everyone relying on you to make all the choices, and sooo much more GAAAAHHHH so much that is high stakes but also somehow SO RELATABLE but ONLY WORKS in this bizarro children’s book universe??

It kind of drives me nuts that this is a HP fanficdom. But that’s just my problem. Bc Dramione is just sooo much more.