


#PENNY CARRY ON RAINBOW ROWELL ARCHIVE#
(Except that Baz is a vampire, and he and Simon are roommates: both popular fanfiction tropes that increase the tension of the scenario.) The romantic pairing of Harry and Draco (known as Harry/Draco or “Drarry”) has long been one of the most popular fanfiction pairings or ships (an abbreviation of relationship), with over 50,000 works currently published on panfandom fanfiction archive AO3. We also meet Simon’s super-smart best friend Penelope “Penny” Bunce his girlfriend Agatha Wellbelove and his rich, arrogant, and possibly evil nemesis: Tyrannus Basilton “Baz” Pitch.įangirl makes no attempt to hide the fact that Simon and Baz are essentially Harry Potter and his schoolboy rival, Draco Malfoy. Leslie’s stories, Simon Snow is a teenage hero, who battles against the Insidious Humdrum: a being intent on destroying all magic. He first appeared in Rowell’s novel, Fangirl (2013)-a coming-of-age YA romance about a university student, Cath, who writes gay, enemies-to-lovers fanfiction for a series a bit like Harry Potter. You might not know Simon’s name, but his story is probably familiar. Having dealt with murder, depression and, demons, shouted defiance and questioned reality, Queen’s iconic anthem “Bohemian Rhapsody” ends softly and quietly with “Any way the wind blows.” So, too, Rainbow Rowell’s trilogy about Simon Snow-an orphan who learned he was the Chosen One, went to British magic school, fell in love, vanquished a great evil, and then had to learn what to do afterwards.
