Rarepair tag game!
Rules: List the top rarepairs that you like outside of your OTP, and why you ship it! (Criteria for what makes a rarepair is up to your own discretion.)
HP edition.
@youknowmevj said anyone can have a go and we’re mutuals so I’ll count that as a tag.
My favourite rarepairs:
Harry Potter/Tracey Davis: Tracey is just as much of a blank slate character as the oft-shipped Daphne, but has less fanon tropes applied to her, and her status as a halfblood could put her in some interesting positions. Alas, she’s rarely used as anything besides a foil to Daphne, let alone shipped with Harry. I personally enjoy headcanoning Tracey as having severe ADHD, making her a foil to my headcanon of Daphne being autistic.
fem!Voldemort/Bellatrix: Honestly, Bellatrix does tend to read as more of a lesbian to me, and I think that a lesbian version of this ship would be really good. Alas, most fics that genderbend Voldemort do so with the sole intention of shipping her with Harry. I don’t have any problems with that, but I do want to see more variety. My fic, Unseen Perspective, is probably the closest I’ve seen to this pairing existing.
Harry/Delphini: There’s a lot of fun to be had here. It puts Harry in a similar compromising position Tomarry but without potentially defusing the entire plot by removing the antagonist. Unfortunately, Delphini would need to be born earlier for the fic to really juice it for all the drama it’s worth, and Delphini’s origin in Cursed Child is already contentious enough that many authors would rather ignore her than explore her character in different circumstances. It would be fun for more fics to just use the “Voldemort’s daughter character” without necessarily tying her to Cursed Child.
Lily/James/Sirius: idk what it is, but I LOVE seeing these three in a triad together. I like it a lot in the backstory for To Reach Without, and I remember Malarkia alluding to it as well, which really excited me. I think it would be fun to see more often, either as backstory or in a fic.
Hermione/Daphne: I’m not sure why these two aren’t paired together given the relative popularity of Harry/Daphne fics, but I’ve only ever found a small handful of good fics in the pairing. Despite the tropes associated with the Haphne pairing not always being the best, there’s a charm to a lot of them and I’d love to see lesbian versions with Hermione as the female lead instead.
fem!Harry/fem!Draco: Only seen this one two or three times, but it’s been consistently enjoyable each time. I thought I had an issue with Drarry for a long time, but I think I mostly just disliked the way most slash fics are written, since they made me feel vaguely uncomfortable and sometimes a little dysphoric. Making the pairing into a lesbian one made me realise that and I’ve kept a casual eye on the pairing.
