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by April and Keisha

By the very act of believing in Draco/Hermione, we show that we are creative and imaginative. It takes creativity and imagination to ship a pairing so seemingly impossible and unlikely, and see in it something beautiful and worthwhile.

We dare to be different. We are not afraid to believe differently, to go against the flow, to deviate from the common, and to defy expectations. We look behind the scenes and read between the lines. We are independent thinkers with depth and substance; often, we aren't satisfied with what merely is...we see and look at what could and should be, while making the best of what we have and enjoying it to the fullest.

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We dare to be different. We dare to see the impossible and make it possible. We dare to see that there really is a thin line between love and hate. We dare to believe that love can conquer all. We dare to defy the mundane. We dare to think about things that boggle the mind. We dare to defy canon. We dare to believe that love isn't all fluffy bunny rabbits and white chocolate. We dare to believe that it doesn't have to be the way it is. We dare to believe we can change the world.

It's like...it's like the rest of the world is seeing what is and we're seeing what could be. We see that sometimes hate can hide love, that sarcasm could be secret cries of pain. Other couples snog and make up (or out...), Draco and Hermione try to kill each other. Other couples get married and have lots of kids, Draco and Hermione get torn apart by their so-called "friends". Other couples are supported by their family and friends and people they don't even know, Draco and Hermione get ridiculed and insulted and hurt. Hermione falls in love with her best friend, oh, joy and roses! Hermione falls in love with her worst enemy...ow. Those curses must hurt. Draco marries Pansy - congratulations, Mr and Mrs Malfoy, you have been given a villa in France. Draco marries Hermione - Draco Malfoy, I'm cutting you out of my will, you're not getting anything, you have been disinherited. You are not my son. Hermione marries Ron - oh, I knew it had to happen, oh congratulations, when is the baby due? Hermione marries Harry - ah, Mr and Mrs Potter, congratulations, always knew that Ms Skeeter was right. Hermione marries Draco - how could you! How could you betray us that way! How could you go over to the enemy!

We dare to see the best and the worst, the love and the hate, the passion and pride, the pain and the pleasure, the lust and the loathing...we see everything that can be, and everything that has been, and everything that is. We dare.

We dare to ship Draco/Hermione.

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