Harmony

Harmony is the het ship between Harry Potter and Hermione Granger from the Harry Potter fandom.

Canon
Though Harry and Ron initially found Hermione Granger stuck-up and arrogant, the three became best friends after Harry and Ron saved her from a troll in their first year, and she in turn lied to keep them from getting in trouble. Her quick mind was at times the only thing that saved the three friends from potential failure in both life-threatening and every-day situations. Hermione was always with Harry and was fiercely protective of him, from snapping at Lavender Brown when she doubted Harry's claim that Lord Voldemort had returned, to interceding when Dolores Umbridge was about to use the Cruciatus Curse on Harry. Hermione stood by Harry even when Ron doubted him during the Triwizard Tournament, accepting his story "without question," and when Ron temporarily left them in 1997, despite her own romantic feelings for Ron. Harry, for his part, was quick to defend Hermione against Cho Chang, Draco Malfoy, and others who insulted her, and protected her physically on instinct in dangerous places.

Though their friendship remained entirely platonic, at times their closeness engendered jealousy or curiosity in others, especially those who had feelings for one or the other, including Cho Chang, Viktor Krum, and even Ron. When the two were briefly alone together during the search for the Horcruxes, Harry and Hermione experienced some "charged moments," in which the two "shared something very intense"; however, Harry remained devoted to Ginny. As Harry himself described, Hermione was one of two of his best friends. The two were also close enough to share their feelings with one another before sharing those feelings with their significant other. Through Hermione's marriage to Ron Weasley, and through Harry's marriage to Ginny, Hermione became his sister-in-law, as well as the aunt and godmother of his children.

Year One
Hermione and Harry meet on the train to Hogwarts. Harry learns that Hermione has read about him in books. At first, Harry and Ron do not particularly like Hermione since she comes off as annoying and bossy towards them. When Harry and Ron had set up a duel with Draco late one night, Hermione was pretty against the idea as they head towards the "supposed" duel. And Harry and Ron were quite dead-set on the duel, so they just ignored her. Once they all realized that Draco had tricked them and attempted to get them in trouble with Filch seeing them, so they had to try to hide somewhere. They ended up in front of a locked door. When none of the boys knew what to do next since they didn't know many spells at the time, Hermione grabbed Harry's wand, and used the Alohomora spell, which happened to be the home of Fluffy, the 3-headed dog. One day, after Charms class, when Ron made that "nightmare" comment about Hermione, she happened to hear that comment and bumped into Harry, hurriedly passing them. She did not turn up in the next two classes nor was she at the Halloween feast. Harry and Ron had overheard from Parvati telling Lavender that she saw her crying in the girls' bathroom. When Professor Quirrel warned the whole dining hall that there was a troll in the dungeon, Harry remembered that Hermione was still stuck in the bathroom and persuaded Ron to come along. When they first saw the troll, they were able to lock it in a room. Unfortunately, minutes later, they realized they had locked the troll in the girls' bathroom Hermione was in after they heard her scream. In the end, Harry and Ron defeated the troll and saved Hermione while Harry literally jumped on the troll to distract it from attacking Hermione and Ron was able to use Wingardium Leviosa to successfully knock out the troll with its club. McGonagall, Snape and Quirrel came in soon after, and Hermione stuck up for Harry and Ron so they wouldn't get in trouble. This was the night when Harry first ever defended Hermione. When Ron was complaining about not getting more points from defeating the troll and saving Hermione, Harry reminded him that she might've not needed saving if they had locked the troll in the bathroom with her. This was also the night that they all became best friends. Through this friendship, Harry and Hermione had shared many adventures and many interesting scenes together. Throughout this book, Harry and Hermione how to carry a dragon to the top of the highest Hogwarts tower, they served detention together in the Forbidden Forest, and Hermione set aflame Snape's robes when she thought he was the one making Harry lose control of his broom during his first Quidditch match. But the main mystery the Trio is involved in this book is finding out what is underneath the door Fluffy is laying on and trying to stop Snape, who they suspect is the one who is after the Stone. Towards the end of the book, Harry decided to reach the Stone before Snape could, and Ron and Hermione went with him. They were able to get by Fluffy (Harry and Hermione played the flute) and Devil's Snare (Hermione did most of the work escaping the plant). In the next room, Harry was able to get the big key from the other flying keys. The next obstacle was for Ron, dealing with wizard's chess. He ended up having to sacrifice himself for Harry and Hermione to win the game and move on. For the next riddle, Hermione was the one that figured out the solution, which was determining which liquid would allow one to go through the next door and the one liquid that would allow one to go back from the entrance they come from since both entrances were blocked by flames. This whole scene shows how much trust and respect they have for each other. There's Harry trusting Hermione about which liquid is which to safely drink and pass through the next door, there's Hermione telling him that he's "a great wizard" and Harry basically said the same thing to her. Then we have the famous "friendship and bravery" line from Hermione  She did say "and" after "bravery" but what she was going to say, no one knows. What is believed to be Harry's first hug also takes place in this scene. After defeating Quirrelmort and talking to Dumbledore, Hermione and Ron were able to come see Harry in the hospital wing. When Harry first saw Hermione, she looked as though like she was going to fling her arms around him but was glad she didn't since he was sore. As they were leaving the train station and saying their goodbyes, Hermione looked a bit uncertain, witnessing how unpleasant Vernon Dursley seemed.

Year Two
There are not a lot of scenes between Harry and Hermione in this book, mainly because Hermione's not present for about a fourth of the book, when she gets petrified by the basilisk. In the beginning, it is said is "painful" to think of Hermione since he missed her when Dobby was intercepting letters to him. At the Dueling Club meeting, Harry saved Hermione from getting strangled by Millicent Bulstrode. When Hermione had her Polyjuice potion mishap that ended up transforming her face into that of a cat's, Harry quickly reassured her and suggested they take her to the hospital wing. About the time Hermione got petrified, McGonagall went to Harry to show him what happened to her. She offhandedly suggested to Ron that he should come too. When McGonagall caught Harry and Ron snooping around, Harry cooked up the story that they were going visit Hermione in the hospital wing. She bought it, and Harry could see a "tear glistening in her beady eye.' And, technically, she only granted Harry permission to see Hermione.  And at the end, when Hermione is no longer petrified, she is seen running towards Harry in the dinning hall, shouting, "You solved it! You solved it!"

Year Three
One of the favorites books for Harmony shippers, mostly because of the time-travel adventure they shared together. But this is also the first book where they had conflict with each other (Firebolt incident). The deal with the Firebolt is quite controversial among Harmony shippers. Some think that Hermione was in the right for having Harry's Firebolt confiscated. Some think Hermione should've told Harry of her worries whether if the broom is cursed or not. Some believe Harry exaggerated. And some people believe Ron largely played a role in Harry's ostracizing of Hermione. Regardless of that, Harry believed that Hermione's intentions meant well. When he got the Firebolt back, he wanted to make up with Hermione. And when they did make up, it was Ron who kinda shoved it in her face that there was nothing wrong with the broom, while Harry admitted that it might've been jinxed. There's a scene where Hermione uses a certain spell on Harry glasses so that he can see through fog while playing quidditch. Even though he sides with Ron in the Crookshanks/Scabbers debacle, he does try to cheer Hermione up. And, lastly, they ride on the Hippogriff together, which is a symbol for love.

Quotes

 * Harmony/Quotes

Fanon
Although Harmony is not canon, it is a very common pairing in the Harry Potter fandom. Many shippers are long time fans from the early days of the first few books and many are new fans discovering Harmony. On AO3, Harmony is the fourth most written ship for Hermione, and the fifth most written ship for Harry. It is also the 9th most written pairing within the Harry Potter tag. As of late January 2023, there were 6515 works tagged Hermione Granger/Harry Potter on AO3, with 3426 using "otp:true", which would make them 5th overall compared the the other top HP parings on Ao3 with the "otp:true" function On FanFiction.net, 4 Harmony fics are in the top 10 most favorited fanfics in the Harry Potter category, which is the most out of any other ship that appears in the top 10.

Fandom

 * FACEBOOK GROUP
 * H.M.S Harmony FB on Facebook


 * FAN FICTION
 * Hermione/Harry tag on FanFiction.Net
 * Hermione/Harry tag on FanFiction.Net


 * REDDIT
 * HPharmony on Reddit


 * TUMBLR


 * DEVIANT ART


 * FORUMS
 * harry ♥ hermione @fanforum


 * LIVE JOURNAL
 * HarryHermione on LiveJournal


 * WIKIS

Trivia

 * J.K. Rowling, after concluding the series, commented that, in comparison to Ron/Hermione, "in some ways Hermione and Harry are a better fit.".