I started getting really serious, because I wanted their to be a truce between the two famillies. Also I liked the idea of Ginny bringing him to the light. Someone to deflate his ego and bring out his true self.

SROSE

I got dragged into the ship because I was reading the FanHistory wiki, found the HP article, from there clicked on Draco/Ginny, got to DracoAndGinny.com from that page, and a few fanfics later, have been converted.

Plus, the children that they have in my imagination are too special to come from any other parental comination, and I absolutely need them for my fanfic.

I think I got into this ship after reading Cassandra Claire's Draco trilogy. Before I didn't think much of Draco, but I totally loved this character afterwards. Plus, I always thought that Draco looked so much better with Ginny, than Ginny with Harry (H/G = ). Besides, I find the DG ship way more realistic than the RHr ship (even though you could say that there's absolutely no evidence for this ship in canon).

Nope. There is absolutely no evidnece for them at all.

But neither did H/G before the dreaded chest monster.

On Topic: I have no idea. I stumbled on a fic with those elements in it, found full-length fics and liked them a lot, and wa-la. I find them a better alternative to Neville/Ginny just for the fact that it adds some spice to the boring, vanilla ending that is R/Hr and H/G.

I ship D/G because I too thought it would be a nice way of bringing the families together.
For me Draco and Ginny are characters that I love to hate and I thought their personalities work well together. They would certainly keep each other in check.

It all started when I was bored in the H/hr forums *shock, gasp* and decided to check out the other shipping boards. I stumbled across the D/G fics, read the thread that said "Favourite D/G scenes" and one of them happened to be Cassie Claire's bedroom scene, where there is a very cute, squee worthy D/G moment.

Needless to say, I decided to read the fic (Draco Sinister) and from there I was hooked. I read every fanfic in the rec board starting from page one and just became addicted.

at the start i always used to come on Portkey. when i first heard of HP fanfiction, i never really liked the idea of reading Hermy/Ron, or Harry/Gin and so i was looking for something new to read. and i stumbled upon D/G, from then on i have been addicted. i then found dracoandginny.com, then fanfiction.com, and so that was the road of my downfall, into the land of romance, drama, angst and some big loving.

i would probably cry if i never could read D/G fanfiction again. thats why i like re-reading all my favourites. *sighs*...*scurries off to go and read some fanfic*

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Because its so original and has so much exciting storylines and plots that can be exploited to make awesome stories.

Unusual, yes. But definately worth your reading time.

I'm the same. I actually have withdrawel symptoms if I'm not reading D/G fics, lol.

lol, its actually quite sad how sad we are....but ah well what can you do??

Same here! Though I only like Draco and Ginny in fandom (well, I did like canon!Draco during HBP and before DH), they just work really well together in fanfic. After The Draco Trilogy, I started reading other D/G fics and was hooked - it's such a great ship, I think it has more good fanfics than H/Hr, even if the latter has better fanfics.

Ain't that the truth. I just wish I could find them more easily. I think reading my favourites over and over, no matter how enjoyable, is still rather sad, even for me. I just wish people wrote more D/G fics

Agreed. I haven't seen D/G on here in ages or at least any I'd take a shine too. We need a big thing around here. Would anyone be interested in a Christmas fic-a-thon?

I'm always up for more D/G

Who isn't?

So that would make you and me. Do you know anyone else who might want to do this?

I could try asking around and see if I can get some interest.

Oh, awesome. I'll put it on my LJ. Maybe someone will get involved.

I'm in LOVE with this couple, Next to H/Hr. ORIGINALLY, I paired Ginny with Draco to make an excuse to pair Ginny with someone so she wouldnt be alone. Then i started reading fanfics of Ginny and Draco and I got hooked ever since(ALMOST like H/hr but that couple I didnt have an excuse, I just immediately said 'THEY NEED TO BE TOGETHER DARNIT!). i like how they look together! A bit better than the 2nd 'Lily and James' H/G. I didnt like that.

It probably started with the Draco Trilogy for me, as well. Oh God I was in a Borders Bookstore a while ago and looked up over the registers and there were all these little plaques lined up telling you what would be coming out soon in books, movies, and music...and there was one saying that Cassandra Clare had a book coming out. It blew my mind

I hope she stayed original for her original fiction though. That must have been pretty embarassing being caught out like that. I mean, it's all very well to unintentionally copy someone else, but to do it all the time D:

I did enjoy those stories though, or rather Draco Sinister, heeheeh.

I know she used a lot of random one-liners and cited those...and that she took plots that she didn't cite...did she steal longer passages as well, without citing them? I always liked her diction and what have you, it'd suck to find out that all the very best bits aren't even hers to begin with

I think whole dialogue moments were taken from other people's work, but don't quote me on that. I only know what I've been told, and that's not always correct.

There was also that one scene where Draco was returning from the dead, and she basically took an entire passage from another book (we're talking two or three pages here), changed the names and a few of the words, and there it was. Also, it wasn't just one-liners; there was stuff like being violently battling her own hair...

Anyway, I started shipping D/G about two or three months AFTER DH; before then I wasn't quite sure it existed and the few fics with them that I had read were oh-so-OOC. But then I learned of the existence of The Draco Trilogy. NO, I didn't read it and get converted (mostly because you'd have to delve into DS to find some, and look hard for it too), but I did find out that it involved Draco/Ginny. This was the first time I actually had to look at the pairing and go, "Oh my god, people ship this?" It was a moment reminiscent of when I first found out that there were R/Hr and H/Hr shipping wars. (Look, I was EIGHT or something when I first discovered that, okay? I'm quite certain that I would have taken a side by the time I was nine...)

Anyway, on the Draco/Ginny page of FandomHistory, it mentioned... (drumroll) DRACOANDGINNY.COM! I read a few fics and was very quickly hooked. Soon after I started posting on their thread in FAP, and the rest is, as they say, history.

That's really interesting actually, that you started shipping D/G after DH, but then it is a fanon ship, and always kind of has been.

I was always a canon H/Hr shipper and became a D/G fanon shipper. I only read D/G fanfiction, and mostly only write D/G fanfiction, so I pretty much am considered only a D/G shipper now, since H/Hr never happened and all. I still laugh at the fact that even till the very end of DH I was still hoping for H/Hr to happen though. Sometimes my ability to be stubborn amazes even me.

Harry in relationships is weird to me for some reason, I've never really come around to the fact that he ends up with Ginny in the canon The Cho debacle was awkward, and I don't even really see him with Hermione. I think he's asexual in my head

Lol, actually that theory seems more plausible to me than most. H/G could have been nice to me, but I personally think it wasn't done very well, so I just never got into it.

Ginny really had developed into a fantastic character by the end of the series, hadn't she? I really love her. So when I started seeing that Harry was falling for her, I was like "pffft, you can't handle her, Potter"

I actually feel the reverse. I don't think she was developed nearly enough to be his love interest. We only caught glimpses of what she was really like here and there, and by the end she was reduced to a dot on the Marauders Map.

I do like her character though, and give her much more justice in fanfics, lol.

Hm, I definitely would have liked to see more scenes with her written into them.

But as far as what we were shown, I personally thought they did her justice very nicely enough in a minimum amount of words. I think it was the passing descriptions of her expressions, or her random quips. They were enough for me to draw the conclusion that she was pretty funny and snarky in her own understated way.

Like the Dungbomb thing, when Molly almost finds them all eavesdropping

Oh yeah, most definitly we know enough about her to see that she's a pretty feisty girl. I just wish we got to see more of her, I suppose.

Interesting phenomenon. Once, a random thought just came into my head about Ginny and Draco and how it would be hilarious if JKR wrote that. We would definitely see a violent side to the Weasley brothers...lol.

The whole forbidden romance/Romeo and Juliet thing is dangerously appealing.

The passionate hate they have for each other is extremely sexy.

And Draco is one beautiful bad boy.

Could I resist?

I wholeheartedly second this

Thirded!

Hi fellow D/G shippers! The D/G fics were what brought me to this site and this messageboard as a 'lurker' back in 2004 before I finally registered right after HBP was published. I was introduced to D/G and the world of fanfic when an online HP friend sent me the links to a few of her D/G stories. This was during the two year wait between OotP and HBP.

At that point, I was not into 'shipping' all that much in canon, but the idea of unconventional pairing between some of the secondary characters really appealed to me. So while it was clear Ginny and Draco would never (or should ever) get together in 'canon', there are definitely aspects of their canon personalities that really make for a compelling romantic combination when taken into the realm of fanon. So while I did enjoy the canon ships, as far as romance and the HP series goes, fanon wins over canon big time. Let's face it, there was simply not that much focus or importance placed on the romances in canon (which is how it should have been, imo). So I'm awfully glad the world of fanfic exists in order to get my 'romance fix'.

For the record, I like Lupin/Tonks too, even though that did become canon. But D/G is by far my favorite fanon ship.

Hiya alsp

I think that is what I have always loved about D/G, in the fact that it is a fanon ship, and so you can like it to your heart's content without the stress of worrying whether it will happen or not.

I agree with getting the romance fix. I never got into any other pairings fanfic wise as I do D/G. I like reading the other ships for canon only, but D/G is really the only ship I will seek out in fanfiction.

Bless D/G for following in the footsteps of loads of great relationships from classic canons...Romeo/Juliet, Liz Bennet/Darcy...

Anything that hints towards Pride and Prejudice is good in my eyes

I'm such a sucker for relationships like that.

(Oh, if you just want to chat without having to follow a strict topic, go here. This is purely for us D/G fans to talk to one another without having to limit conversation to the topic in question)

I have no idea really! I guess I always loved this ship. It was just so damn additcitve and so appealing! But I really love them. They're just right, dammit! And yup he is one beautiful bad boy! I love them because I think in an odd way their personalities really shine with each other and something about them just clicks and the fanfiction is really good! I don't know why but there are so many reasons. It just calls to you!

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Hana

I like D/G in fanfiction because a lot of it is actually very good as long as there is not any ron/Hermione in the background and is still H/Hr compliant.

The idea of Draco and Ginny just seems to fit in my mind. And it could go 2 ways as I see it.

1. Draco goes 'good guy' and repents being bad or had to pretend to be bad so as not to get killed by his father or his cronies or that his father threatens to harm Draco's mother so Draco has to be compliant.

2. Ginny goes bad because she was a fangirl of Harry's and got rejected and found Draco equally worship-able and he had the money and resources to sway her to the Dark side and promise her anything she wants and usually revenge on Harry and Hermione for rejection.

This is generally how the fanfictions I like fall into categories. I like the idea of #2 where Ginny goes bad better since Draco going 'good guy' has been done to death and for me, it is more believable for her to go Dark than Draco to go Light.

Also, I started to ship D/G before book 6 came out. I saw bits of something going on between Draco and Ginny from book 2 and book 5. There is a spark of tension there that seemed to make some odd sense. Do you know what I mean?

Besides, Draco and Ginny look better together and as long as the ginny aka jenny monster from book 6 doesn't raise its ugly head, the Ginny from books 1 to 5 would have been a perfect candidate to be set up with Draco as far as I could see. Especially after what happened in book 5.

Can anyone else see that or am I just too delusional?

Nope we know what you mean PJ hun! Yup I vomit if they try and sneak R/Hr in the back. That's just no no for me. But you're right there is this special vibe and spark about them. And Ginny really fits him. I see Draco being good and as much as I hated HBP!Ginny I could never see her turning dark and Draco was never truly evil. It's just alluring the idea of them and they just work. And no you're not delusional...well we're not blamed for it Well I guess a couple thousand of us are delusional then A GOOD kind of delusional! Delusional is not an insult didn't you know?

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Hana

I love being delusional. It's way more fun.

I don't think I would ship D/G if I didn't see something to spark my interest in them. I'm not the kind of person to ship things just for the sake of it, so I must have seen something between them in the books, however miniscule that might have been.

I totally agree with the two of them bringing out the best of each other. That's why they're fire and ice: opposites, but they balance

*clears throat* See if I want sexual tension and the whole opposites attracts theory: D/G all the way! I know it is isn't it? Oh the possibilities are absolutely endless and so many fun ways to work around canon I mean you know since there is a page between the end and the epilogue. We can totally be as delusional as we want. But there is something about those two. Even in the books whenever they're together or comments or something the tension is sooo thick. It just is

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Hana

See, to me, D/G had few moments throughout the course of the novel, but just based on Ginny's character alone, it makes so much more sense for someone to 'ship D/G. And, I mean, yeah, Draco was written as a snot-nosed brat throughout the series, but he's also snarky and he's had to deal with similar situations that Ginny had to deal with. Not only that, but I feel that Ginny is much too strong of a female character for Harry to handle. For the last three books he was so whiny, hence the whole CAPS-LOCK!Harry joke with OotP. As a character, I feel that Harry is the type of guy who will have constant emotional baggage no matter what phase of his life he is in. Personally, no matter how many ships Harry may be featured in, I see him best as the type of guy who would be incapable of doing well in a romantic relationship without the use of a psychologist. XD

Plus, I have a friend who is just as rabid a fangirl as me with HP, but she's not involved with fanfic and is not a D/G shipper, who told me, "Why J.K. never put them together is still a mystery sometimes." I love it when people who aren't D/G shippers see the beauty of this wonderful ship.

Your friend has great taste!

I agree that their personalities just work together. She's fiery enough to handle him, and he's arrogant enough to handle her. They just work, and who doesn't love those relationships that have real sexual tension?

It's like Han Solo and Leia, Romeo and Juliet styles

*nods in agreement*

This is an example of real sexual tension. There doesn't have to be the constant bickering or fighting or sniping at each other the way JKR attempted and failed miserably at trying to do with ron & Hermione.

The D/G ship shows how it is possible to make opposites attract and actually work in a more realistic way than an unbelievable forced pairing like ron & Hermione which doesn't really seem to work in my mind.

The D/G ship sorta reminds me of the Spike/Buffy ship and I just adore that pairing.

Can anyone else see D/G like Spike/Buffy?

I never watched Buffy long enough to get to the Spike/Buffy pairing, but I'm sure you're right. There are so many pairings like this where the tension between them is real sexual tension, rather than just plain bickering from personality clashes and ideas that some *cough* ships have.

Yup, I know what you mean about the Spike and Buffy. I used to always watch Buffy but I haven't seen all of it, just some so I know what you mean. I developed a certain soft spot for those two I mean honestly, how can you not? Vampire and Slayer? Yeah! And exactly D/G actually have tension and the love/hate thing it works with them so well. You know they'd have the tension but they'd love each other so much

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Hana

That, and James Marsters (Spike) is just plain sizzling hot. How can he NOT work for any shipping purposes... or purposes of other kinds...

Thinking of watching Torchwood again... I hope they have more of James on that show soon...

back on topic
But I always pictured Draco looking like Spike when he grew up.

Anyone else think that?

Hmm...I don't know....but the hair and like something slight about Spike yeah..., I get where you're coming from PJ. Haha about that comment

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Hana

Funny you should say that. There is a thread somewhere in here that is called 'who is your Draco Malfoy." A lot of people agreed that Spike would make a good older Draco. I personally can't imagine anyone who looks like my picture of an older Draco, but he's sexy anyway