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My Hero In Jane Smiley's Harry Potter

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So before we start off our Harry Potter theme I thought I would share with all of you what my favorite ships are. Some of these ships are canon and some are just figments of my imagination. Also, for those of you who have no idea what 'canon' means it means that it is actually happens in the story or is official. That only includes things said by the author and anything that occurs in the books/movies. So now that you have been educated on some fandom slang we can get started. Dramione ~ This is by far my favorite ship of them all. All my friends hear about how I wish they were together, but I always knew that it couldn't happen. I just like the idea that Draco never really wanted to be mean, but had to just live up to the expectations that his parents had put there for him. He then goes against his parent's ideals and finds out that he loves Hermione. They just seem so perfect for each other and I think that they would be …show more content…

I've read several stories where these two end up together and I just think they seem perfect together with her fiery personality and his arrogant personality. He also seems to be the only one that doesn't care about Draco's status and I think he doesn't really care about anybody's status. Sirius x Remus ~ This ship is a bromance, meaning I love their friendship. They both are just amazing people that I love and I think their friendship is one of the best. Their group, the Marauders, is a group filled with tons of pranksters and are all apart of Gryffindor. They are both loyal to each other and were both close friends with Harry Potter's dad. Remus is the more responsible one and I think at times that makes up for Sirius recklessness. The worst thing about their bromance is that in Sirius leaves Remus right after he got him back. Remus then has to comfort Harry while dealing with his own

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