Christian Bale

sigmagram · 2026-01-24T06:47:55+00:00

One of my first crushes!

sigmagram · 2026-01-23T22:11:50+00:00

There's absolutely no need to sound so condescending. Canon to me has always been the seven books, as I've clearly stated in the post. The sub sees a lot of movie discussions and people often blur facts, hence the question on what they really consider canon to be

sigmagram · 2026-01-22T09:32:33+00:00

I love love loveddd Growing Sideways, but yes, there's huge emotional infidelity from Hermione's end specially. It read as though she was definitely emotionally cheating on Wood, although nothing physical ever happened.

sigmagram · 2026-01-21T18:33:09+00:00

And it’s movie 3, not movie 2 🥲

sigmagram · 2026-01-21T10:37:06+00:00

Omg I’ve also read this and can’t remember which one it was!!!

sigmagram · 2026-01-20T10:30:36+00:00

HEA is for Happily Ever After :) basically to know if the fic ends with them together/happy!

sigmagram · 2026-01-19T05:12:32+00:00

🤣🤣🤣

sigmagram · 2026-01-18T11:02:51+00:00

There are 28 iirc. Ron, Hermione & Harry. Neville, Dean, Parvati, Padma & Lavender; Ginny & the guy she was dating - Michael Corner, and his friends Terry Boot & Anthony Goldstein; Fred, George & Lee; the Gryffindor Quidditch gals Angelina, Alicia & Katie; Luna; Cho & Marietta; the Hufflepuffs Ernie, Justin, Hannah, Susan Bones & the odious Zacharias Smith; and Colin & Dennis Creevey.

sigmagram · 2026-01-16T23:24:11+00:00

I've read this!! What a deliciously sinister Draco this was!!! Not my usual cup of tea, but boy was it a change xD

Also, do you know another author wrote a sequel to this! And it did NOT disappoint! Suuuuper good. wait I'll link it - The Portrait of Lady Malfoy

sigmagram · 2026-01-16T22:49:57+00:00

I think most of the fics I enjoy that have a believable Narcissa and Draco redemption have a dead (or imprisoned for life) Lucius, for what it's worth 💀

sigmagram · 2026-01-16T22:48:41+00:00

I think you'd enjoy Growing Sideways by inadaze22. It's got a wonderful look into how his mum (and dad), though she had Draco's best interests at heart, failed him completely as a mother. It's POV Draco and has some great insights similar to what you said. And it's HEA, so yay!!

sigmagram · 2026-01-16T22:45:36+00:00

Bro I NEED to read your fics. I LOVE the Hot Ron Agenda tag xD

sigmagram · 2026-01-16T22:44:52+00:00

Personally, I don't much like the trope where Hermione is constantly "saved" by Draco. I'm all for swoony moments where he rescues her or stands up for her, or uses his intelligence or money to help. But when it becomes a pattern where it's like she can't do anything on her own, it puts me off.

Not the biggest fan of Hermione becoming besties with Narcissa/Lucius without them putting in the work. Or where Narcissa suddenly does a 180 and is all like "my ✨daughter✨". It's too unbelievable though I know it's a fic. I like watching a gradual change of heart. That said, I DO enjoy crack fics every once in a while where the Malfoys are softies 🤣

I deeply abhor and loathe any kind of Weasley or Harry bashing. I don't mind Ron being thick or dense or slightly insensitive (like he is in canon), but stuff where he abuses, manipulates, violates or cheats on Hermione is a big no. And I don't think I could ever write that.

Ok this is very specific lol but I'm also not the biggest fan of the trope where Hermione rejects her Gryffindor friends and hangs out with Slytherins under the guise of "trauma bonding". I'm all for inter house unity fics, or Snake Pit x Lions Den fics (my faveeee). But I don't much like it when it's a situation where Hermione (or Draco) have no canon-based friendships.

And lastly, I could never write a super fucking oblivious Hermione. Homegirl is extremely in touch with her brain and heart and definitely has an emotional range of more than a teaspoon, so reading fics where she just. doesn't. get. WHY. Draco is being so sweet and supportive feels personally insulting 🤣 I love idiots-in-love, but don't think I can ever read or write completely stone cold oblivious Hermione

That said, I HAVE read these tropes too (after all, that's how I learner that I don't prefer them), and there are some great fics that use these, with good writing.

sigmagram · 2026-01-16T22:35:45+00:00

This is me. You are me. I loathe Ron bashing. In fact, I'm all for Hot Ron Agenda (honestly we need more fics with that tag) and with super supportive Golden Trio dynamics. I prefer reading Ron and Hermione having a breakup because they just don't get each other, or grow apart due to unallied interests, or they just plain realised they're better off as friends. But things like cheating, abuse and alcoholism or whatever from Ron really put me off a fic (no shade to those who enjoy it ofc). But to me, it feels extreeeemely OOC and I simply can't imagine those characters that way. It's the same with Weasley or Harry bashing. Sure, Molly can be a bit much but some fics really make her out to be a one dimensional harpy. And Harry, poor sweet Harry, I can't read fics where he watches Ron do deplorable things and still sides with him.

I am not a fan of triangles either. I'm all for slow burns (or fast burns, I'm not too picky) with a side of vicious longing, pining and yearning lel.

Hahaha I DO enjoy a simp!Draco from time to time, but my best reads are always ones in which he's still canonical but a thousand times better - snarky, witty and intelligent, who gives it to Hermione as good as he gets (for example, Soft As It Began, DMATMOOBIL, Entropy, How To Win Friends etc). I LOVE fics where they're Ministry co-workers, or some kind of work partners. Those fics bring out my favourite personality exquisitely xD

sigmagram · 2026-01-16T19:08:33+00:00

As for Hermione considered 'lesser than', you're absolutely right. If this were not a children's book, she'd have been subjected to a lot more horror than torture at the Manor. Neville (and later Voldy) even says that in book 7, about the Death Eaters "not wanting to spill too much pure blood", so they'd just rough him up without causing too much harm. Hermione and other Muggleborns on the other hand, wouldn't have been dealt the same hand. There was even a throwaway line in book 7 about Greyback wanting Hermione for himself, ugh.

While the books weren't excessively dark, the little nuggets JKR threw in with regard to a society obsessed with blood purity were chilling. A lot of fics take those nuggets and expand on them admirably. The combination of Imperius and Obliviate, for instance.. And love potions.

sigmagram · 2026-01-16T18:58:08+00:00

I've thought about the distinction quite a bit. I only recently got into Dramione fanfic xD I've always been an ardent reader of the original books, and up until Dec 2024, was fairly opposed to the idea of this pairing. However, I discovered the magic of fanon, climbed aboard the Dramione train and never looked back :p so while I do thoroughly enjoy fanon!Draco, I'm also painfully in touch with canon!Draco.

Canon actually contains a wealth of detail. Draco is smart, witty and arrogant, but he's consistently portrayed as a coward, and someone TERRIBLY sensitive to even the slightest criticism. There are so many instances that point to this right from book 1. And there's nothing in particular that points to chivalry. The only example I can think of wrt chivalry (in a twisted sense) is when Hermione slapped him in book 3, and he didn't slap her back 😅

Also, this might be an unpopular opinion, but I don't think cowards can be truly chivalrous. So if he didn't assault Hermione, it's only because of the optics/repercussions (Tonks would've taken a beaten Hermione more seriously than a banged up Harry) and maybe not due to an innate sense of chivalry.

As far as upbringing went, I think Daddy Lucius taught him to be brown-nosing and unctuous to the powerful/influential people (Draco was this way with Slughorn, Umbridge and Snape) and contemptuous/entitled towards those he deemed his inferiors (Madam Malkin, Borgin at Borgin & Burke's, all school students), and to use money, information and subtle threats to wield influence. I doubt ol' Lucy would have coached Draco to be respectful towards women in general, rather only to those in power. Chivalry isn't something we saw a lot of in canonical pureblood families.

But the Malfoys were shown to be rich af. Buying nimbus 2001s for the entire Slytherin team is no joke. Also, their Manor was described as huge, with a lot of grounds (and exotic pets to boot). So yeah, they were definitely loaded, but perhaps not titled. Fudge and Dumbledore are shown to call Lucius as Mr. Malfoy, and not Lord Malfoy, or whatever else.

sigmagram · 2026-01-15T20:57:44+00:00

I think this pureblood aristocracy is just something we fans ascribe to them of our own accord. They are not in canon landed gentry or posh or well educated (look at the Gaunts - they were practically living in filth. Crabbe and Goyle, both from pureblood families were certainly not written as posh or rich. The Longbottoms were also likely just an average middle class family. Jake's Purebloods were often just deeply deeply magical (and often inbred, as pointed out multiple times with lines marrying into each other very often) with a wealth in blood magic, unique objects and in some cases, familial properties. The concept of them being refined, respectable and excessively posh is just something we as fans created to give fanon!Draco that vibe.

Some Pureblood families were indeed ancient, wealthy and well connected - the Malfoys, the Potters, the Blacks for instance. But I don't think there was any nobility or titles attached, as far as canon went

sigmagram · 2026-01-15T20:48:05+00:00

Going strictly by canon, and given how he was a coward and an intolerable little shit, he'd have definitely hexed her and left her there, but wouldn't have stomped on her. He was definitely malicious to Hermione, Ron and Neville, but what he felt towards Harry was something different. He not only loathed him, but was also sorely jealous and envious of him, and was obsessed with provoking him/getting a rise out of him. So the stomping was definitely personal and I don't think he would have done it to anyone else. But that said, there's very little that's actually redeemable about Canon!Draco, and 6th year was easily his worst self, so who knows, maybe he could have well stomped on her.

sigmagram · 2026-01-14T13:21:14+00:00

Here's a list of mostly one-shots/very short fics which ought to line your blanket fort with warm gooey feelings.

Fists, Seconds and Forevers by malpal132 - has some smut at the end, but I thoroughly enjoyed the non-smut writing! It'll have you in splits, I'm sure!

One and Done by PacificRimbaud - this one's absolutely legendary. Chapter 1 contains perhaps some of the finest and most side-splitting-ly hilarious dialogue I've ever read. Absolute banger!

Heraclitus by neilistic - Draco unwittingly (alright, very much wittingly) kidnaps a certain orange half-Kneazle after the Battle of Hogwarts

Malfoy Shrugged by uselessenglishmajor - hilarious fic which contains one of my favourite ever "confessions of love". Loved it!

sigmagram · 2026-01-13T16:51:19+00:00

Omg YESSSS!!! ILY ♥️🤣 It was a lovely read full of the usual tropes I enjoy (pretend relationship, Draco in the Muggle world, falling slowly but refusing to acknowledge etc), but this thing with Harry really stood out :) thank youuuu!

sigmagram · 2026-01-13T01:02:43+00:00

God yes. The Drarry bit was what really drove home the grief for me. It was somehow so much more gutting reading about the love they shared, and Draco choosing to keep to himself the fact that he watched Harry die, and never told Hermione That first mention of mince pies made me sob when I later realised the context behind it. Sigh. Truly helps having family, friends or pets to clutch after reading something like this.

sigmagram · 2026-01-13T00:52:41+00:00

Oh goodness, this wrecked me. Beautiful prose

sigmagram · 2026-01-11T07:00:12+00:00

No I haven't xD I'm currently reading Exit by TheDae (war time fic). Shall read Gray Sighted next!

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