I never really do prefer any fan fiction pairings, they usually end up looking pretty bad and in my opinion mess things up dramatically. Although, then again that 's why they call it: " fan" fiction. I've read a couple of HP pairings and my favorite was as you stated above Ginny and Draco.
I also enjoy the Hermione and Harry pairing. I agree with you about the Hermione and Draco pairings. Draco is as in the books racist to Hermione for being a Mud blood so to tell you the truth I never understood that peculiar pairing much.
Fan-fic......... makes me laugh at its stupidity. Sorry! Just some of the stuff on there is so juvenile and cliche its ridiculous.
Although... Draco and Ginny would be an interesting twist. It doesn't really make sense and seems impossible, but that could be potentially readable.
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