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I personally can not stand Draco with any of the main four. (Golden Trio and Ginny). I don't have anything against Draco, but I don't like reading it. I've tried, believe me! Plus, I noticed quite a few author write Draco totally OOC with those pairings. I guess that turns me off of it.

I don't know if this constitutes, but I hate when I read a marauder era fic and all of Lily's friends end up with Remus and Sirius. How likely is it that a guy and girl go out together and their best friends end up together? Uhh.. not very.

There isn't many canon ships I can think of now that I despise. Hmm.. I'll figure out some more and post them here biggrin

First things first... that comic was totally hilarious.

Anyways, on topic...

In canon, I hate that Luna ended up with a no-name. I wanted Luna to be with Neville. I think that they just sort of.. I don't know, they never had real relationship, but from their characters I could see it happening.

I am not overly fond of TonksxLupin. I know people like it, and I liked it at first. But then I found out why she hooked them up, and I think it was a total waste of what could have been good character development. Seriously. I don't hate it, but I hate the reason for it.

Fanon, I hate DracoxAnybody in the books. Because it always sucks, to me. They either make him switch sides for no reason, or they hook him up with Pansy. Which to me is just wrong. Because Pansy is supposed to look like a pug, and Draco is good-looking. Good-looking guys do not hook up with ugly chicks. They just don't. And I don't like him being slashed. People use his mannerisms to explain him being gay, but his mannerisms aren't that of a gay guy, they're that of an aristocrat. Which he is. The only two Draco fics I have ever read that I really liked were both OC's, one where she was friends with Harry and the others, but his switching sides was beautifully detailed over the course of 6th year, and completely made sense. The other one, she was also a Slytherin, and she was as cocky and mean as he was. Unfortunately, neither one is still available online, from what I can tell.

I also hate RonXHarry, or HarryXHermione. I always wanted Ron and Hermione to be together. Harry and Hermione would have been the most boring relationship she could have written. Her Main Character gets the Smart Girl Best Friend. That's original. But Smart Girl Best Friend isn't into Hero Main Character but instead likes Funny Normal Best Friend, that is a nice change. And everyone tries to make Ron's loyalty to Harry into a creepy gay crush. I'm going to say something shocking. Wait for it... wait for it.... A GUY CAN BE LOYAL TO A FRIEND WITHOUT IT BEING A GAY CRUSH. It could just be a man crush, after all. And a man crush isn't gay. It's just a guy being very fond of another guy, AS A FRIEND. Which is what Ron was with Harry. I just didn't see them as gay, okay?

Actually, the only characters I like being slashed after reading Deathly Hallows are Sirius and Remus. Now that I can see happening. Because they both were not the main focus of their group, they were sort of like James' version of Ron and Hermione, except Sirius was more fun than Ron and Remus wasn't as stingy as Hermione. And I used to like seeing Snape slashed with either of them, but since DH and the whole Lily thing came out, it just seems so wrong to take him out of that character.

I really don't like DracoXHarry, DracoXGood Guy pairings. Like ScottieBear said, he doesn't do good to switiching the the good side. They just don't write it right.

I also don't like Luna getting married to that one guy. Luna and Neville should have been together. I think that they were perfect for each other!! Both had grown up without any real friends and they found their friends (and each other) in the DA. (I did like that Neville because a Herbology professor!)

Ooh this will be a good time to express my most hated pairing in all of Harry Potter...

HARRY/GINNY!

What was she thinking? Putting him with her?! She made Ginny way too popular for her own good, having tons of boyfriends that probably only wanted her for sexualness, and now she's putting her with the most popular boy? It makes me think that Ginny only likes Harry (at first) because he's famous and really popular. I know that's how most crushes are with young girls, but I think it didn't really go away as they got older. Now, my dislike of Ginny might be fueling my thoughts here, but I think she still only likes him for his popularity and looks. Though JK made everyone think that it's more than that...but she didn't even build on the relationship! Just little looks here and there, but was there ever a chapter where Harry and Ginny just talked? Or just SOMETHING other than them just talking about the DA. I know there was a chapter in...I think DH...where they were sitting together, holding hands, but that's how all of Ginny's relationships are! Holding hands at first, then kissing, then breakup. If you can even call that a relationship. But JK made it, just because Harry somehow liked her (which, by the way, she never really specified or worked up to it, it just kind of happened), that they got married. I wish she would've put him with someone like...Luna maybe. Or even Parvati would be better than Ginny. A little turn of events never hurt anyone...

Okay, now that my rambling's over with...uhm, I also hate George/Angelina. Uh-oh, I smell more rambling...

Okay, why put George with the one that FRED liked and FRED went to the Ball with? I think George would've at least respected his brother and not married the girl that he liked. Not that I ever liked Angelina, but her and Fred were together, and then just, all of a sudden, she marries George after Fred dies? They're not the same, people! They're two completely different people! This has led me to believe she has some kind of obsession with redheaded pranksters. Maybe another reason why I hate it is because I like George and would rather be with him, but that's not going to happen, obviously, so I guess I have to live with this, since it's already written. But I would've liked to see George with...maybe Katie Bell, I think they're a cute little couple.

I agree with you all on Luna/that one guy. I liked her with Neville, but I think Harry could've been another candidate for her husband. Either one would've been fine with me.

I also hate Harry/Cho. I'm not really blaming Harry for this one, he just has a crush and wants to take her to the dance, but she's taking advantage of that, just for bragging rights that she's dating The Chosen One. Then, when they would go out, she would just start crying for no reason and get mad at Harry, just because he was being honest! I knew that relationship would never work, Harry wouldn't go out with the preppy, girlie girl. He needs a better girl than that.

I love Lupin/Tonks. I think it's really cute. But I do wish JK would've built on the relationship before just springing it on us. She seems to have a habit of doing that. Randomly thinking up pairings and putting them in there. But, Lupin and Tonks are two of my favorite characters, and I have a habit of putting my favorite characters together, so I love Lupin/Tonks.

And, along with everyone else in the world of Harry Potter, I love Ron/Hermione. It's absolutely adorable. And she actually built on this one, which is why I like it. I mean, I could tell, from the minute they met, that they were going to get married.

Harry/Hermione is alright, but it's not my favorite. And, as far as Draco goes...I think he should be with...maybe Cho? I think they MIGHT be compatible, seeing as I think Ravenclaws and Slytherins can get along. But, I don't mind him with Ron or Harry. I guess it's just the classic fire and ice. Mean guy with nice guy. But I think him with an OC is best, as long as the OC doesn't automatically make him nice without backing it up.

As for Marauders...I love Sirius/Lupin. I always thought, with the Marauders, that James and Sirius were more best friends and Lupin and Pettigrew were kind of just along for the ride. In the memories of Marauder times, she doesn't go into detail on a friendship between any of them, other than James and Sirius. So, I think the guy who's popular in the group with the guy who's not is a good idea. Plus James/Sirius have more of a best friend/brother relationship, so I can't really see them together. But the loud prankster with the quiet bookworm intrigues me smile .

Also Snape/Lily....ahh love it. I'm kind of sad that JK made Lily marry James. He always seemed like such an arrogant b*****d, and Lily seemed really sweet and nice. It doesn't really seem like Lily would marry a guy like that...plus, her and Snape were best friends. I don't know about the rest of you, but I'd rather marry someone who's been my best friend forever. And Snape was a nerd and Lily was his only friend. And I think Lily would've taken into consideration that the guy she married made fun of and teased her best friend. Ugh...this is all so confusing.

Wow, I ramble a lot biggrin . Sorry, I think I'm done now sweatdrop .

Canon

Remus/Tonks

I'm glad that others dislike how this was done, and not just me. 3nodding JKR should've just told everyone that Remus had puppy love with Sirius instead of writing this. heart

JKR is amazing at foreshadowing, but because she didn’t decide to make them a couple until after OotP was published, there was no indication of attraction between them whatsoever. They were together in more than one scene in OotP and no tension, or even apparent friendship, was mentioned at all. In HBP, them getting together was so random that it was ridiculous.

I also don’t think that their personalities are compatible as friends OR lovers. James and Sirius differed from Remus quite a bit, but they worked as friends for him because their outgoingness and refusal to accept 'no' for an answer helped draw Remus out of his shell. Tonks’ interests, quirkiness, and disorganisation would only make Remus uncomfortable.

Also, I think the way that Remus/Tonks was done hurt the representation of Tonks’ character. She was an independent auror who turned into a crybaby that couldn’t even manage to use her own powers because a man over a decade older than her didn’t want to shag her.

Ron/Hermione:

I know that almost everyone loves them together, but I can’t stand Ron, and I don’t think that he’s good enough for Hermione. Ron is too shallow and unintelligent to be in the same league as Hermione. I know that he isn’t as foolish as they make him out to be in the films, but he doesn’t have half of her talent or cleverness.

My main problem with Ron is how jealous he is of Harry. Sibling-envy is one thing, but nobody should be jealous of their best friend. My ex-best friend was jealous of me and....Well, she’s an ex-friend for a reason. Granted, it’s because she betrayed me, but I doubt she would’ve done it if she wasn’t so envious of me. I still can’t comprehend WHY she was jealous…

Anyway, Ron and Hermione don’t have the same interests either. Hermione’s most cherished activity is reading and studying to learn new things. Ron finds that boring. Quidditch is Ron’s favourite thing, and Hermione hates to fly.

Harry/Ginny:

Almost everyone covered this one, so you can skip my rant on it if you want. I loved the comic about it! biggrin I wonder what JKR would say if she knew her main character's match was one of her least popular with her fans?

I don't like Harry with Ginny because Ginny is an underdeveloped character. I feel like I don't know enough about her to determine if she's compatible with Harry. We know plenty about the Weasleys as a whole, but her in particular...She likes Quidditch and is good at Bat-Bogey hexes. That's about all we know. We learned more about Luna, who wasn’t introduced until OotP, than we did about Ginny, who was introduced in PS/SS.

In addition, Ginny and Harry NEVER ONCE had a conversation where the two of them were alone together before they started dating. Oh, wait, they did. It was in CoS while Ginny was in the process of reviving and Harry was in the process of dying, and only didn’t die courtesy of Fawkes. Yeah, both of them were in great condition for having a discussion then. *note the sarcasm*

I speculate that if JKR had given us more scenes with Ginny that I could have been a huge fan of Harry’s relationship with her, but the fact is that she didn’t, and I don’t.

Fanon

Any Cross-Gen Ship

Cross-generation pairings are adult/student pairings. Whether they’re students from Harry’s children’s gen matched with people from Harry’s gen, or if they’re characters from Harry’s gen coupled with people from the Marauders gen, it’s all ***** and it’s disgusting. I don’t understand how anyone can read/write it. I have a sister that’s fourteen, and if a man around thirty years-old slept with her, my parents and I would make sure that he was dead within the next 24 hours.

I assume that the fan author likes both characters in the pairing that they’re writing about. They're insulting the adult character that they supposedly like just by writing the fic. Most teens have a crush on someone older at some point, (I certainly did!) but the adult should know better. The writer is suggesting that the adult would willingly take advantage of a child.

I know that many people put Hermione with someone older because she's very intelligent and mature for her age. Well, precociousness does not make statutory rape okay. evil

As much as Hermione/Adult couples vex me, the cross-gen ships that bother me the most are Harry/Sirius and Harry/Remus because they’re meant to be to his surrogate parental figures. (Yes, I know that Molly and Arthur are his surrogate parents too, but that isn’t the point.) It ruins the loveliness of the relationship that Harry actually has with them by trying to make it something gross that it’s not. Besides, neither Sirius nor Remus would do that.

If a time turner is involved to make the two people in the ship the same age, or if the characters are at least eighteen by the time the romance takes place, then it isn’t as disturbing. There aren't any cross-gen ships that I like, but at least the concept doesn't make me angry and nauseous when it involved one of those two plot devices.

Any Incest Ship

I will concede that because of pureblood culture, pureblood cousins dating can be feasible. I don’t like it, and I won’t read it, but I’ll admit that it’s understandable. What JKR wrote does not imply that parent/child or sibling incest was done in the wizarding world, so where did all of the Lucius/Draco and Weasley-brother-incest come from? It’s horrifying. (Interestingly, I’ve never seen Ginny involved with any of her brothers.) Fred and George would probably be willing to have a threesome with the same girl/boy, but I don’t think they’d do anything just the two of them.

In my abnormal psychology class, I learned that sibling incest is common in abusive homes. If the children aren’t getting enough love from their parents, then they’ll reach out to one another, especially since no one understands how they feel better than a brother or sister in the same unpleasant household. This is why I don’t question the sanity of people that write Sirius/Regulus even though it’s not a relationship that I genuinely believed happened and I won’t write it. In fact, I read Sirius/Regulus once, and only once, out of curiosity after I took my abnormal psychology class. However, the Weasleys are anything but abusive, and I don’t think there’s any way that anyone could validate a relationship between any of them.

Any Bestiality Ship

I love Dobby and Firenze, but I don’t want to read about them being with someone else and, um, ‘putting the Quaffle through the hoop,’ so to speak. lol Crookshanks/Mrs. Norris is cute, but anything past mentioning them sauntering down the hallway together is more than I can stomach. No scaly mermaids either!

Werewolves and veelas are humans in form, so I’ve got no issues reading about them. wink Unless it’s the full moon in the case of the lycanthropes, of course.

Hated character/Anyone

If it’s a character that I can’t stand, then it would make me disturbed to read about them being romantic with someone. I speculate that that’s the case with most fan fiction readers. Keep fics that include Umbridge, Wormtail, Ron, Percy, Voldemort, or any Dursley snogging away from me, please! exclaim

Aw, poor Draco; lots of you don't like reading about him. That's okay, I do! razz I like Lucius and Scorpius better, though.

Mia, I completely agree about James/Severus. It doesn’t make any sense and it’s just…awkward. Sirius/Remus is my fave ship, but a few times when I couldn’t find a good fic about them I read Sirius/Severus (because it’s fun to chalk up their anger to sexual tension) and Severus/Remus (because they’re both intelligent and reserved, so I like to see who cracks first), but Severus/James can’t be rationally explained. They were fighting because they were in rivaling Houses and – as they got older - because they wanted the same girl; not due to the fact that they wanted each other.

I also agree that Lily shouldn’t be with anyone other than Severus or James. In particular, I hate fics/art where she’s with Sirius or Remus because:
1) Neither Sirius, nor Remus, would betray James by dating the girl that he fancied so much.
2) Lily isn’t romantically compatible with either of them.
3) Sirius and Remus were snogging one another, so neither of them needed Lily. rofl

I never thought about if I approved of Angelina/George or not until I read this thread. After reading it, I searched for a George/Angelina fic to determine what I thought. In it, the twins went with their designated dates, and switched girls at some point during the night pretending to be one another (I could honestly imagine them doing that! lol ) and they discovered that they both liked each other’s date better. That’s why George wound up with Angelina. *shrugs* It was a good explanation, but I‘m still neutral towards that pairing the way I am towards canon Neville/Hannah and fanon Neville/Luna.