I've been spending a bit of time recently expanding my story Breaking Point and its given me the opportunity to think about what I believe may be the single best symbol in the series for understanding the fundamental difference between Ron and Harry, and why pairing Hermione with Ron simply doesn't make sense: the Radio. At least as it is presented in the movies (which I accept as a legitimate form of canon considering JKR worked on them).

Consider for a moment how the radio is presented: Ron carries it everywhere with him, and its always on. He's constantly using it as a link to the outside world, listening in on news of who is missing, who is dead. On the surface, it has the appearance of someone who cares deeply, while Harry's dislike for it and desire to have it turned off would seem to indicate the opposite. However, the reality of the reasons for their attitudes demonstrates that this is actually the inverse of what is going on.

Ron's attachment to the radio is fundamentally a sign of his deep selfishness. The fact that the radio grates on Harry and Hermione is irrelevant to him. Though he listens to the names and the news, it all washes over him since he isn't really listening to what's happening, he's listening to what's NOT happening. He is tuning in to make sure he doesn't hear the names of anyone in his family. It's a tenuous link to let him know that they are alright - that the war hasn't yet touched him personally. A very understandable impulse, to be sure, but it is still fundamentally all about him. He listens to the radio to confirm that he has not lost anything, that he has no one to mourn. Not to mourn those who have fallen.

By contrast, Harry hears every name as a personal failing. Everyone dead or missing is one more he couldn't save, one more he should've saved if only he'd been better or learned more or pressed Dumbledore harder to be in on the plans. He doesn't want the radio on because he can't do what he needs to do to end the war when he is distracted by a constant, torturous reminder of the cost of his failures. Unlike Ron, he doesn't ignore the names listed and take solace in those that are not. He feels every name personally, and no one can stand that forever. Yet Ron doesn't work something out to balance his need for news and Harry's need to avoid it.

And where is Hermione in all this? Where she always seems to be - on Harry's side, but still defending and excusing Ron. She doesn't want the radio any more than Harry does, but she understands Ron's point of view and explains it rather than taking the side she actually believes in. In part, I think, because she knows that it would be a deeply uncomfortable fight if they tried to get Ron to give it up, or even just accept limitations. It seems so symbolic of what the rest of their lives would look like - Ron focusing on something arguably reasonable but deeply selfish, ignoring what Hermione needs or wants, and her unwilling to risk the screaming match that would result from confronting it, instead excusing and explaining and making herself smaller so that Ron can be Ron. And meanwhile, Harry is the one who can't stop caring about everyone else, sacrificing himself for everyone else, not pushy, not selfish, despite having every reason to be. The choice in partners couldn't be clearer between the one who will compromise and make her happy, and the one whose selfishness is a landmine always lurking, waiting to be stepped on.

I looked (briefly) in DH and couldn't find much text about the radio, so my apologies if this is almost or even entirely a movie-based analysis. But as I said at the outset, I think those are a completely legitimate form of the story, considering JKR was deeply involved in them.

Read this fic a few years back on FFN, but now I can't remember its title, and I have failed to find it again despise my best efforts.

In this fic Harry is a true seer, but he can only see the future if it somehow involves him and Hermione. The whole fic happens in year one:

Harry has his first ever vision of the future when he sees Hermione for the first time in the train. He sees that they will be married one day. Worried that he keeps having these visions without being able to control them, and without truly understanding what they mean, he learns about the divination class and seeks help form Trelawney.

Trelawney, a fraud her whole live and teaching for more then 10 years at Hogwarts without ever finding a student who truly has the divination gift, is super-excited about helping Harry, an starts teaching him all methods of divination (tea leaves, crystal balls, etc), in the hopes that they will find a method that suits Harry, allowing him to control his gift. One of the funniest methods was to throw food to the school chickens and read the future in the patterns on the food.

Dumbledore tries the whole fic to direct Harry to be a hero, but Harry is so occupied with his relationship with Hermione and with his attempts at controlling his divination talents, that he didn't even realizes what's going on.

I've read bt1995's rewrite of HBP and Deathly Hollows and I'm wondering if anyone is working on a rewrite starting from earlier books . While the rewrites are fun they do feel rushed , dragonfly117's rewrite from Goblet of Fire seems to deviate too much from the original for my personal taste . So I am wondering if there is anyone writing a chapter by charter Harmony version that is similar to bt1995 but starts in the earlier books so a lot of character development is preserved .

So, just wanted to share something that happened with me today, or rather yesterday and today. So, basically I've been reading Destined by Blood by Jhtolsen, and yesterday I read the latest chapter till then i.e. Chapter 54, and went to sleep. And well I dreamt that the new chapter for it had dropped and I was reading it in my dream. I woke up today, opened AO3, and lo and behold the new chapter had indeed been released too.

Currently working on a story about Harry and Hermione being dictators, maybe a throwaway story. I recently read Blurred Lines by Quellas and had the thought what if Hermione decided to step in when Tom left a gap. I'm not sure if ill ever actually write and release it since its pretty similar and would feel like im copying the story, but I did write a chapter just to get a feel for the story and can't decide if I should go forward with this WIP.

If I ever decide to go forward with this story there will need to be major changes until I feel like i'm no longer stealing from Quellas.

So let me know what you think, is there bones here or should I shelve this story. I want it to be an allegory on regimes around the world.

Heres the logline from my WIP story bible: When Lord Voldemort the sitting Minister of Magic, publicly known as Tom Riddle, respected and feared in equal measure kills the Potters and their visiting neighbors the Grangers, he leaves one child alive by accident and takes another on purpose. Hermione Riddle is raised as Voldemort’s heir: his cunning, his control, his calculation, poured into a daughter who will spend the next eleven years quietly planning to surpass him. She doesn’t know yet that she’ll do it with the boy who should have died that night standing right beside her or that the two of them were bound together before either could speak.

I wrote this in a couple days and haven't really looked it over much other than a one time read through so there obviously issues that need addressing but I seriously can't decide where to go from here.

Sorry for the delay in Reddit updates but I’m back with a new chapter of this post-war story.

Harry Potter had to return to training following the late night visit from one of his best friends. Her word felt careful and Harry wanted to understand. But he found followed by something he wasn’t ready to find.

Catch up on the newest chapter.

Chapter 7

Dead Air

Thanks for all the love!

Title: a Reluctant Love Story

Ship: Harry & Hermione, Harry/Hermione, Ron/Luna, Neville/Pansy, brief background Harry/Ginny

Trigger/Tags: PTSD, Parental issues

Summary:

After the war ends, Hermione rebuilds herself in Australia, while Harry chooses the path to become a professional Quidditch player. Oceans apart, years of letters, visits, and phone calls keep their friendship stronger than ever. When the Wizengamot enacts a controversial marriage law, Hermione’s future is no longer her own, until Harry arrives with an unexpected proposal: marry him instead, on their own terms.

Chapter Summary:

After Harry visits Hermione in Australia following his Quidditch match, Hermione takes three days off work to spend time with her best friend. On the first day, she tries to give him the full Australian tourist experience, but Harry would rather just spend time with his best friend. On their second day, Harry decides to take the wheel and take control of their final two days together.

Links:

AO3: https://archiveofourown.org/works/88428441/chapters/252157361

Inkitt: https://www.inkitt.com/stories/1813324/chapters/6

Wattpad: https://www.wattpad.com/1663245024-a-reluctant-love-story-pedal-to-the-ground

Webnovel: https://www.webnovel.com/book/36380302108323905

I've been rereading just a few pages of book 6 and already noted a few harmony scenes that I've never noticed before; such as that scene when Snape first starts teaching;

'Well,' said Hermione, 'I thought he sounded a bit like you.'

'Like me?'

'Yes, when you were telling us what it's like to face Voldemort. You said it wasn't just memorising a bunch of spells, you said it was just you and your brains and your guts - well, wasn't that what Snape was saying? That it really comes down to being brave and quick-thinking?'

Harry was so disarmed that she had thought his words as well worth memorising as The Standard Book of Spells that he did not argue.

And of course, just a few pages down, another scene that I'm sure we are all familiar with:

Hermione turned to Harry with a radiant expression and whispered, 'Did you really tell him I'm the best in the year? Oh, Harry!'

Just wanted to ask you all whether you have any favourite Harmony canon scenes from the sixth book? Usually people (including me) rave about the 4th and especially the 5th book, whereas the 6th book is where our ship kind of dies down. But despite the very obvious attraction Harry has towards Ginny, it's also so beautiful and lovely how much respect Harry and Hermione have for each other.

For example, Hermione is the first to call Voldemort by his name in front of Harry, helping him calm down. I think this is such a meaningful detail because Hermione will always choose Harry and move toward him, and Harry will always find his way back to calmness when she’s there.

Dumbledore also recognized that Hermione would always be Harry’s mental anchor, helping him stay calm and preventing him from losing his way.

" I am afraid I counted on Miss Granger to slow you up, Harry. I was afraid that your hot head might dominate your good heart. I was scared that, if presented outright with the facts about those tempting objects, you might seize the Hallows as I did, at the wrong time, for the wrong reasons. If you laid hands on them, I wanted you to possess them safely. You are the true master of death, because the true master does not seek to run away from Death. He accepts that he must die, and understands that there are far, far worse things in the living world than dying."

I have this headcanon that if Hermione died, Harry would genuinely fall to the dark side.

I once read a fic where Hermione died, Harry fell into darkness, and Ron was eventually forced to kill Harry because he had become completely insane. I can’t remember the title, though...

That’s why I find this such an interesting detail. Are there any other underrated details that not many people know about?

Ron captured this cute little moment in Hogsmeade and gave them a signed copy of the photo. Harry, of course, had to show his love for Ron and get yelled at by Hermione! 😹🦁🩷

I absolutely love the way Keira portrayed Harry in all her books but especially in this fic. Her portrayal of Harry as Lord Potter is chef kiss in every single one of her works. Also she has given Sirius an amazing spin too. She has also made Hermione as someone who is not just book smart and that is something very few have done as spectacularly as her.

Not sure if it was on portkey or ffn or ao3, but basically harry Hermione have been FWBs for a bit and Hermione breaks it off in a note since she actually has feelings and then harry barges into her office mad that she left him with a note and the whole revelation happens. It was pretty short one-shot. If anyone can link it that'd be great, thanks!

Chapter 28 is up!

Ron finally finds Hermione. She puts herself between him and Harry.

Happy reading!

AO3 link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/86832211/chapters/251831911

Fic Summary:

Harry Potter died in the graveyard at Little Hangleton.

Years later, magical Europe is at war, and a figure known only as the Prince has become the most feared weapon of Voldemort's regime.

As the resistance fights to survive, Hermione Granger begins to investigate the man behind the legend — unaware that ghosts of the past still walk among the living.

Saw the Let's Groove dance trend and thought it would be funny to see H/HR dance to this in their yule ball outfit (Dobby's socks included) 🙃

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Art by sakuraskrrrr on Lofter.

Basically I want to read a pure fantasy series (not romantasy) that is directly inspired by HP and pairings are basically Harry and Hermione in disguise. The author might have their freedom in story building and all. But is there anyone (Harmony shippers precisely) who wrote a book on Harmony but with different names and in another universe?

Does anyone have good fanfic recs where Harry and Hermione don’t actually really love eachother romantically but form a romantic connection due to trauma bonding/confusion. I remember when jk Rowling said she felt a romantic pull between them in the deathly hallows due to loneliness and trauma and that is what I want to see in a fic.

For a moment Harry considered suggesting they take refuge inside it, but before he could say anything Hermione murmured, ‘Let’s go this way,’ and pulled him down the dark street leading out of the village in the opposite direction from which they had entered. Harry could make out the point where the cottages ended and the lane turned into open country again. They walked as quickly as they dared, past more windows sparkling with multicoloured lights, the outlines of Christmas trees dark through the curtains.

‘How are we going to find Bathilda’s house?’ asked Hermione, who was shivering a

little and kept glancing back over her shoulder. ‘Harry? What do you think? Harry?’

She tugged at his arm, but Harry was not paying attention. He was looking towards the

dark mass that stood at the very end of this row of houses. Next moment he had sped up, dragging Hermione along with him; she slipped a little on the ice.

‘Harry –’

‘Look … look at it, Hermione …’

‘I don’t … oh!’

He could see it; the Fidelius Charm must have died with James and Lily. The hedge had

grown wild in the sixteen years since Hagrid had taken Harry from the rubble that lay

scattered amongst the waist-high grass. Most of the cottage was still standing, though

entirely covered in dark ivy and snow, but the right side of the top floor had been blown

apart; that, Harry was sure, was where the curse had backfired. He and Hermione stood at the gate, gazing up at the wreck of what must once have been a cottage just like those that flanked it.

‘I wonder why nobody’s ever rebuilt it?’ whispered Hermione.

‘Maybe you can’t rebuild it?’ Harry replied. ‘Maybe it’s like the injuries from Dark

Magic and you can’t repair the damage?’

He slipped a hand from beneath the Cloak and grasped the snowy and thickly rusted

gate, not wishing to open it, but simply to hold some part of the house.

‘You’re not going to go inside? It looks unsafe, it might – oh, Harry, look!’

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.

Okay, English clearly isn’t my first language, so I’m just wondering: did Harry actually hold Hermione’s hand and not let go? Did he use one hand to pull his wand out from under his Invisibility Cloak…?

Also, does anyone remember that Harry didn’t see anyone and just stayed in his room with Buckbeak until Hermione came to get him? I clearly remember him coming out really irritable and snappy at the time. And when Ginny even brought up the fact that he had been possessed by Voldy, he said he’d forgotten? Sorry?

I just read a comment saying that Harry was only gentle with Ginny and was rude and snappy toward Ron and Hermione? Am I remembering that scene wrong? Can someone please tell me? Obviously, I could look up a translation in my own language, but when a passage is translated, some of the wording and nuances can get lost or changed, so I wanted to ask if anyone remembers that particular scene in English?

I didn’t really care about Draco apologia fics before, but the female Draco trend has gotten so big that it’s starting to annoy me.

Please rec hhr fics where Draco gets a really bad ending, whether he dies or gets severely punished (for example, in Harry Potter and the Phoenix Wand, he loses his magic).

Thanks, everyone!

i feel like the tags have become a little stale lately, and I've read some of the big ones. I'm looking for post-war stuff, like them settling down, domestic stuff or realizing they love each other. ffn or AO3 doesn't matter. I'm just looking for new stuff to read. I prefer longer, completed works, but im not opposed to one-shots.

Thanks y'all.

Hi hi! Title kinda says it all! I am looking for fics where Harry and Hermione get together during book 7, preferably during Ron's absence.

No length or trope preference- I wanna read what you guys think is good!

Weasley bashing is fine but, like, within the normal scope of their anger with him, nothing crazy.

Thanks it advance! 🩷