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50 Reasons to Ship Draco/Hermione
Reason n°9: Because of Slytherin and Gryffindor.
Come on! It's so... appealing.
Slytherin is supposed to be a house for the cunning and ambitious, not just the Death Eaters. I was always kind of disappointed that we are only ever introduced to hateful Slytherins. Draco is not exactly the most likeable character in the series (though he is loveable), Blaise Zabini is blood prejudiced, Pansy Parkinson is pug-faced and Hermione hates her, um, we don't really known anything about Theodore Nott, Crabbe and Goyle are really stupid, and in general the Slytherins are either not mentioned or hateable. Even Slughorn, who was certainly not cruel or anything, was a complete pain.
So Slytherin has this dark reputation, and Gryffindor is good and gold and everything noble. It's a bit like the Fire and Ice, Romeo and Juliet thing, isn't it? Hermione and Draco are polar opposites in oh-so-many ways, blood status being the first that comes to mind, then houses, and then everything else. But Dramione writers love a challenge, and these huge differences to overcome are only additional enticement to these lovely people who aren't scared of anything. As for Dramione readers, they stand in awe of the writers' talent at manipulating characters so that they remain believable and yet have their feelings change.
You know all those fics where the professors go crazy and decide to "promote inter-house unity" during/after the war by doing things like make people change houses?
I just can't help thinking that a Slytherin/Gryffindor wedding (not necessarily Draco and Hermione's, though that would have been perfect) would have been a symbolic ending to the series.
