Feh. Stole the words right from my mouth, you barnicles! Well, yeah, I agree with them....*points then puts on dunce cap and goes to sulk in the corner*

~Ryoko~

Haha. I'm a scurvy barnacle!

I agree, KristiexxNguyen, on your quote:

That is a very interesting factor of the triangle.

Except for Tom, Ginny & Draco.

*runs away giggling*

That's right!

Hahahahha....

Please change the she to 'he'.

I haven't read many Tom/Draco/Ginny triangles, so how do things usually work in them?

Well, I haven't read many either... but I am writing one. Imagine.. not only is there the obstacle of actually getting Ginny and Draco together... but then there is Tom.. in love with Ginny... who will kill anything standing in his way. And oh the angst for Ginny.. who does she choose? The man who can posses her at his will, a very scary person to try and counteract? Or Draco?

Also there's the factor of Draco reminding her strongly of Tom, and thus it presents another obstacle - she doesn't want to go through that again and angst, angst aaaangst.

Hahaha you said gender dude.

YAY! *Hops on the angst train* All aboard!!!!

Blaise(female)/Gin/Draco-- I have trouble seeing Draco willingly having feelings for Blaise other than physically.

Draco/Gin/Harry-- I'm very firm with the idea that Ginny's over him. Definitely. I just dont understand how you can hold on to them ever being together, but that's your opinoin, not mine.

Draco/Gin/Pansy-- I can kind of see this one, but I'd think Draco's be more sappier than I picture him for this to happen. If he'd have any interest in Gin enought o worry about her when she's a Weasley and a Gryff then he would have no problem blatantly leaving Pansy on the side of the road to go after Gin. If eh didnt care that much about Ginny, it'd be a Draco/Pansy fic, not D/G.

Although with Pansy isnt my favorite triangle, I think it's actually the one that most intrigues me right now. If anyone here knows of a fic I could read that has them in it but is still rather plausible, please tell me. And I should hope it's a fic in which Pansy isn't a completely annoying cling-on.

~Ryoko~

I'm sorry, but that has got to be just about the most disturbing ship I have ever heard of. Triangle. Whatever.

Luckily, I have never come across one of those. *is very glad*

Oh, me too. That's why I voted for Draco/Ginny/Harry - Jealous!Draco always seems to pop up in there somewhere. I do like Draco/Ginny/Tom as well, but not as much. Although I love reading angst, I've been in a happy mood recently. Blame it on the holidays. I'm sure that in a month or so I'll be back to my usual angst-ridden self and will love D/G/T far more than D/G/H.

Draco can be compared to Tom as well, if not more easily than Male!Blaise can. *shrug*

The only reason I would like Harry/Ginny/Draco is because I woud like to see Harry lose for once.

But other than that, I think that the only reason Harry would show interest in Ginny was if Draco truley liked her, then Harry would get jealous that Ginny didn't like him anymore, and want her back as a little follower. But even then, Harry woudn't like Ginny, he would like the rivalry with Draco.

XTina

This isn't the only reason I like D/G/H, but it's one of them. Harry always wins and he needs to experience defeat or he'll get too cocky.

Only downfall of this is that when Harry's going after Ginny, Ron and Hermione get together. I'm a R/Hr shipper *dodges pumpkin pies being thrown at her* but I don't like seeing Harry left out when Ginny's with Draco and his two best friends are together. Which is why I like adding Girl!Blaise into the mix so Harry can be with her. So my preference would really be a kind of love square. If that makes sense.

Obviously you haven't been around the HP fandom's corner of the internet... since practically ever. T/G has its own HMS name (Gin n Tonic), fanfiction sites (and plenty of fanfic), and fanlistings, with plenty of supporters. So, yes. Since CoS.

I won't disagree. Very true. In the eye of the beholder. In all actuality, you, we don't know that. Tom Riddle (supposing he and Voldemort are two different enities) still was human. Voldemort, on the other hand, is not. I think, because he was still human, he had a chance of feeling, however small. But that's all perspective.

Personal opinion. I for one, well, yes, the thing that is now Voldemort is very gross. Tom Riddle wasn't (physically speaking).


Why limit yourself to what you see and what's told to you? Be creative, for goodness sake! Isn't it bland, dull, and a bit narrow-minded when you don't explore something you think might be distasteful? Give it a try, since it seems you haven't heard of it until now.

And on that note, memory or not, there's always fanfiction. D/G is a fandom ship, which means it's almost all fanfic. It really gets to me when people don't look behind what's told to them. Tom can easily come back in fanfiction! And who's to say he's really gone anyway? JKR likes to surprise us and throw in plot twists. For all we know, he's still 'alive.' Hey! He could still be in Ginny! There are many posssibilities when it comes to Tom Riddle.



~Faith, who is done ranting~

Well, you are correct...I wasn't aware that T/G was a ship (Gin n Tonic is a rather cute name) but the idea of Tom and Ginny still makes me kind of squigy. Probably because he violated her and took advantage of her and well...tried to kill her. It's like stories I've read where victim falls in love with rapist (no offense if anyone has written one of these). No one does that. I'm not saying that Riddle physically raped Ginny (He doesn't seem to keen on physical contact), but he definitly 'raped' her mind. He took away her innocence. GInny seems like a strong person (probably even more so because of what he did to her). I doubt she would ever 'fall' for him.

Tom Felton wasn't gross...

Well, I suppose that's the beauty of fan fiction...to each his own and all that. And I agree: there are many possibilities with Riddle and Ginny (I don't see them as romantic possibilities, but if you do, more power to you). I am a firm believer that Ginny experienced more than we, the reader, have been made aware of. And I have a feeling she is, somehow, connected to Voldemort...I guess time will tell.

Jen

*shiver* Yes. Those fanfictions creep me out. I've read some pretty dark D/G fanfics where Draco is practically assaulting Ginny at some points, but he always stops. But those stories never really have a happy ending, anyway.

I can definitely agree that Tom 'raped' Ginny's mind, though. I don't know, I guess that it matters how it's written that makes it a ship that caught my attenion. Ginny, in most of the fics with Tom (or Draco, for that matter), seems to hate and love them at the same time. That's partly the reason D/G is my favorite ship. Ginny will always see Draco (at first) as being very similar to Tom, but he's not, and the beauty in it is that Draco will show her this, and gain her trust and love. I believe Ginny loved Tom somewhere along the way also, but the catch is with Gin n Tonic (very cute name ) she never stopped. With D/G, she had and was very scarred by it.

Hey! I just realized- you posted for my H/G essay, didn't you? Hi! Welcome to Portkey and the D/G forum, by the way. I agree with what you said in this paragraph, also. I don't write any T/G fiction... I only read it from time to time, but it's mostly love triangles. Like the topic...


~Faith~

That's why I like Blaise.

So? That's the beauty of fanfiction, maybe 'ol Tommy could redeem himself.

I think you're confused... Tom Felton is Draco, Christian Coulson is Tom Riddle.

Me either. And I think what alot of peope are forgetting is that this is the love triangle thread, so that doesn't mean I want Ginny to end up with Tom Riddle. In my case, it means that I want GInny to end up with Draco, but I think Tom is a good obstacle to have in the way, because like Stars said, she did love him at one point, even if it just was as a best friend.

XTina

Here, here! Exactly what I mean.



~Faith~

Ah. Well you know what they say. About Great Minds.

XTina

I think I like that aspect too.

For me I think the whole T/G thing is that she just can't forget him. She wants too, whic is why she keeps getting different boyfriends. But the problem is she depended on Tom so much when she was younger, so all she looks for are guys who remind her of Tom.
Which is when she meets our wonderful Draco
This has most probably been said already, but whatever.

Why does everyone think the only reason Harry would fall for Ginny is out of jealousy?

And yet she doesn't want the real Tom, or anyone distictly like him, because then she wouldn't be able to trust them. That is the ironic part of G/T. She keeps looking for someone to udnerstand her like Tom, and yet the memory of Tom still scares the daylight out of her.

Well, he still hasn't noticed in canon yet. He would need some sort of extreme motive, and jealousy is the only one I see plausible.

XTina

I see you're rather new, welcome to the D/G forum! *waves*

Glad to see you've been enlightened, D/G/T-wise. Isn't it a wonderfully loffly triangle?

XTina

I'm a very friendly PK poster, so no. But know that in my mind, I am thinking that.

I just don't see any reason to enjoy this triangle. It gives me goosebumps and nightmares just thinking about it.

XTina

It's H/G, D/G, f!B/H with some R/Hr on the side. I guess I forgot to re-mention that it was starting off with a H/G/D triangle.

I, also, have a problem with people thinking Harry would need to be jealous to notice Ginny. Ginny (I'm sure we can all agree) is a pretty amazing girl. She's smart, funny, mischievous, kind...I could go on and on. Harry (and/or Draco) would have to be fairly blind not to see what a tremendous person she is shaping up to be. If and when anything romantic happens between Harry and Ginny, I doubt it would be because he's jealous; that's not a very good foundation for a relationship.


smashed_sunshine

I agree completely!


In the stars

Yep, that’s me. Thanks for the welcome!

Jen