I've never come across a story with Mr Granger in the SAS. To be fair though, I wouldn't want to read that story though as obviously it's just something to make Hermione herself more physical, which is a no no. Sure, she's hit Draco before, but that's Draco, I'm surprised no one else has hit the prat.

 

Harry burnt Voldemort with his bare hands in his first year and yet could do nothing about being locked up by Vernon. One has nothing to do with the other.

Although, I do agree that the whole Harry-is-scared-of-his-Girlfriend's-parents thing is extremely annoying and highly overplayed.

 

I've seen the SAS bit quite alot.

 

Or her brothers in the case of almost every Harry/Ginny fic. As if Harry would be scared of them.

 

He was afraid of Ron's reaction in canon, albeit for different reasons. But you're right, I hate fics where all of Ginny's brothers take up arms against Harry and Harry ends up cowering somewhere in the corner, leaving Ginny to 'defend' him.

 

The only Weasleys I'd be scared of is the twins. They mad pranksters, brah.

 

Amen to that. Also to this whole "overprotective father/brother" thing. I'd just love to read a story, where the daughter sees her father doing it and rips him a new one.

 

This is a Bobmin trope, in at least two of their major stories (as well as several copycat stories by other authors).

 

So we can thank Bobmin that? Sinyk used it in all of his stories I think...

 

Personally, I like to imagine that Hermione's parents' names are either Rupert and Emma or Dan and Bonnie. A little obvious, but at least they don't reference a God-awful pairing that is in and of itself a Pet Peeve of mine.

 

Regarding the H/Hr pairing, I came to dislike it because it usually tends to include Ron bashing of some sorts as a side-order. Sometimes it's just a little, sometimes it's holy fucking shit enough is enough.

I do admit coming across one H/Hr fic where Ron was like "What, you expected me to go after Hermione? She's like my mum, nags all the time, but I get to talk back to her all the time and make things worse, I don't want that." But they were really volatile in the fic, kept jinxing and hexing each other. Which was another thing I liked, a Ron that doesn't just take it and grumbles about it. I mean, really, he grew up around the twins, you don't think he learned a thing or two?

And if I recall that fic had actually Ron being swooped up by Tracey Davis, or some other Slytherin, for one reason or another, but fuck me if I can find the blasted fic. Wasn't anything special, the writing wasn't amazing, it was in fact abandoned, but it surprised me how non-Ron bashing it was.

Still skipped the story once I've skimmed through it, because it's H/Hr and I just plain don't like it.

 

Bobmin is an god-awful author. His stories are full of bashing and many, many stupid cliches. No idea, why so many copy his idiocy.

 

People who want followers rather than a good story. Those types of stories have a cult like following.

 

I decided some time ago that if I was ever to need first names for Hermione's parents that they'd be called Danielle and Emmet.

But really Dan/Emma isn't a bad couple of names. They're fairly common and suitably mundane for two dentists. I'd much rather see Dan and Emma than the massacre that often happens when fanfic authors are given free reign with making up names.

Calling the Grangers Menelaus and Helen (becuz I r academic) is a significantly worse crime than Dan and Emma.

 

Honestly, if a fic makes Hermione's parents important enough that they need first names, it's a pretty good sign that the story has wandered pretty far afield of what makes Harry Potter interesting fodder for fanfiction.

 

Weeeerl. Not necessarily.

I mean you might be writing the tragic story of family and loss as the Granger parents watch their one and only daughter drift further and further from them into a dangerous world where they can't follow and can't protect her.

OK, so I probably wouldn't read it but that's beside the point. It is something interesting about the HP universe that could be explored by fanfiction.

But in general, yes. Needing names for Hermione's parents probably means the fic has decided to send Harry to the Grangers for a holiday. And we all know where that dark road leads.

 

Well, yeah. Any kind of sweeping statement about fanfiction will have its exceptions. A good enough author can make a lot of things interesting that would be insta-fail conditions otherwise. I'm pretty sure if Inverarity posted a Harry/Snape story I'd give it a look, at least.

 

I think the best use of the Grangers is having them killed by Death Eaters for extra evuls. Dark!Hermione FTW.

 

What if its a Harry/Snape Soul Bond fic with lots of graphic slash?

Also, Harry/Snape is the one pairing that has always freaked me out. I've read and even like a couple of Harry/Voldemort (or Tom Riddle) fics -- Carnivorous Muffin's October comes to mind. A few Harry/Draco fics weren't that bad either. I don't mind Grindelwald/Dumbledore at all and even rec'd one with graphic slash here on DLP -- something that was mostly uncommented on, surprisingly enough. But I always stayed the hell away from Harry/Snape. Always.

 

Nos Tres Reges beat you to subverting the trope.

Somewhere on my drive I've a story where I subverted the weird names thing (when it was more of a thing) and they're named Moonbeam and Nixon, each going by the nickname Bobby-Joe (or Bobbi-Jo).