Ship can be short for 'relationship'. People in the Harry Potter fandom (and in other fandoms, too, I'm sure) ship, or pair, characters with just about anyone, it seems.
Two ships I like, both involving Hermione, are Romione (Ron/Hermione) and Dramione (Draco/Hermione). You can really tell in the books and movies how much Ron loves Hermione, and I think they're great together. However, I'm finding myself becoming interested in Draco falling in love with Hermione.
When I first heard about shipping Draco with Hermione, I thought, 'Oh, gosh, no, that would never work!' But the more I thought about it, the more I liked it. Now I'm even writing a Dramione fanfiction.
I really think that Draco could have turned out to be a good person. It almost seems like he and Harry were in similar situations. Sure, Draco wasn't locked up in a cupboard under some stairs for ten years. But neither he or Harry had a positive role model in their lives growing up.
I think that the reason Draco was the way he was is because he had bad influences. His parents and one of his aunts were Death Eaters, and he probably learned from them.
Of course, Voldemort was more of a threat to Harry than he was to Draco. But Dumbledore sort of mentored Harry, so why not Draco? If Draco had had someone like Dumbledore to guide and support him, maybe he wouldn't have been such a bad person. Deep down, I think he was a good person, and I don't see any reason why he couldn't have fallen for Hermione.
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