Bellamione

Bellamione is the femslash ship between Bellatrix and Hermione from the Harry Potter fandom.

Canon
Bellatrix and Hermione have limited interactions in the series. Bellatrix is a Death Eater, and so on the opposing side of the Battle of Hogwarts. Their interactions are antagonistic. Bellatrix despises Hermione for being a muggle (or as Bellatrix puts it, 'mudblood').

In Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, the trio hunt for Voldemort's Horcruxes, but during the hunt are captured by Snatchers and are taken to Malfoy's Manner. The Malfoy family attempt to discern if the identifies of their captures are indeed the trio. As they converse, Bellatrix enters, stares right at Hermione and asks if it is indeed the mudblood. After they confirm their identities, Bellatrix sends Harry and Ron to the cellars as prisoners but keeps Hermione behind to torture. She uses the Cruciatus curse on Hermione, attempting to gain information on Godric Gryffindor's sword and how she attained it. Despite the curse, Hermione managed to lie, and her body is left on the ground (though still alive). Harry and Ron come to her aid, but Bellatrix threatens Hermione with a knife to her throat, and so Harry ceases. She eventually releases Hermione, after a chandelior falls from the roof of the house, and they escape.

Later, Hermione used a hair of Bellatrix's that had fallen onto her to change into Bellatrix using a Polyjuice potion, so that she could sneak into Gringotts. Bellatrix fought Hermione again at the Battle of Hogwarts, though that was where Bellatrix died.

Fanon
Bellamione is a small ship (and somewhat a rarepair), but it still has a decent amount of popularity, and is one of the more well-known femslash pairings in the Harry Potter fandom. It is an enemyslash pairing, since Bellatrix is an antagonist and therefore an enemy to Hermione. Hence, fanfics of Bellamione are often darker, often having both Hermione and Bellatrix as villains, or instead a redemption arc for Bellatrix. Fans of Bellamioine often cite parallels between the two characters. Both women are highly intelligent and driven, and both loyal to a male leader. Some view Bellatrix as a darker counterpart to Hermione.

It is also a controversial ship, since canonically Bellatrix tortues and abuses Hermione, and some fanfics dislike the romanticising of their relationship.

As of August 2020, it is the most popular ship on Archive of Our Own for Bellatrix Lestrange with over 800 fics. It is the second most popular femlash pairing for Hermione; the first being Hermione/Pansy. It is argubably one of the most popular Bellatrix ships in the entire franchise (the other being the canonical Bellatrix/Tom Riddle ship).

Fandom
FAN FICTION
 * Bellatrix/Hermione on fanfiction.net
 * Bellatrix/Hermione on fanfiction.net

FAN ART

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FORUMS
 * Bellamione on Reddit