lesbiassparrow

I've never really read fanfiction in this fandom (for some reason I don't see the point in reading fanfiction based on books) so I guess I've missed many, many things. But why is all the fanfiction about pairing extremely improbable couples together? Normally, I'll read anything with any pairing, but when almost every single story you see recced seems to be about some couple that have never had a nice (or even a nasty but deep) conversation the mind begins to boggle.

I understand love-hate, but there is absolutely no way I can see Draco and Harry getting it on in the dormitories of Hogwarts or even at the end of the world. Not without Draco being a totally different character than he is in the books which surely defeats the purpose of writing Harry Potter fanfiction. Why does no one ever write about Harry and Ron, who, you know, actually have conversations with each other and like each other? I would have thought that Harry rescuing Ron from the bottom of a lake would be slashworthy. Likewise for Hermione and Snape, Ron and Draco, et alia.

On another note: off to see Tosca at the opera tomorrow. Next week it's Parsifal. I think it must be my week for doomed love.