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Happy Pride Month!

Here's a kiss from the Hermione nuclear bellatrix after the war was won, celebrating that they're still alive.

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I think it’s easier to enjoy Bellatrix × Hermione when you take it outside the confines of canon. Some ships just work better in fanfic and fandom than they ever could in the source material. Bellamione is a perfect example of that.

I don’t enjoy the ship in canon (for obvious reasons), but there are so many well-written fics exploring their dynamic that I can’t help but be drawn in. A lot of authors manage to keep the core of their personalities intact, while twisting elements of the canon story just enough to create space for their connection. And honestly…it works.

Opposites often attract. Hermione’s logic, morality, and need for control clash with Bellatrix’s chaos, cruelty, and unrestrained passion and that contrast creates tension, conflict, and chemistry. Also opening the door for character development, particularly in the form of a redemption arc for Bellatrix. A compelling trait of Hermione is her curiosity and in fanfic, you can imagine her being drawn to the mystery and complexity of Bellatrix Black, even if it defies everything she’s been taught to believe.

But beyond the contrast, they also share surprising similarities. Both are fiercely intelligent and exceptionally powerful witches as well as being deeply loyal to those they care about. Hermione to her friends and cause, Bellatrix to Voldemort (or, in some AUs, to her family or ideals). They’re both emotionally intense, driven by strong convictions, and unwilling to back down from a fight. And, they both experience a kind of isolation: Hermione for being a Muggle-born overachiever, and Bellatrix for her fanaticism and instability. That loneliness gives them something to recognise in each other, even if it’s unspoken.

That’s why Bellamione thrives in fanfic: it takes two powerful, passionate, and opposite women and explores what happens when they collide, and maybe even connect, in a world where the rules are allowed to bend.

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“I’ll just rest my eyes” is the biggest lie you’re going straight to snorkmimimi land

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https://archiveofourown.org/works/65181445

If anybody was thinking “gee I could use another story from the Shades of Grey series” then this is for you. Lol enjoy

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I also came across some fan art about 12-15 years ago and I haven't been able to leave, so be warned, once the S.S. Bad Hair Day leaves the port, you're one of us for life.

As for fics, there's the all-time classic and quite possibly the most famous Bellamione fic: "Those Gilded Chains We Wear" by @kuraibites. I might be a teeny tiny bit biased, given my obsession with it and the fact that I was dubbed Herald of TGCWW by the author herself, but I'm pretty sure most fans of the pairing will agree with me.

After that, anything by Useful Oxymoron, particularly "Murder Most Horrid", with "Dark Corners of the Earth" and "Breaking the Window" as close seconds. But honestly, you can't go wrong with Oxy, no one else has come as close to knocking my socks off like Kurai did with TGCWW.

Okay I'm lowkey getting into bellamione 😳😳😳😳 does anyone have any good bellamione fic recs??

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I wanna be your slave

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Au：Hermione's the Minister of Magic.

Be a good girl.

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Happy Valentine's Day.

Au：Bellatrix is a dada professor.

bellatrix had been avoiding her feelings for Hermione until it was too much to avoid.

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Love them

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i couldn't think of anything else but them for this cover.

p.s. it's my first time editing bellamione......... in a muggle world.

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i know, ok?

i. can't. stop. editing. thinking. about. them.

damn, hozier!

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Shout-out German Bellamione authors from 2017 for making me realize I'm gay