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* FateWorseThanDeath: [[spoiler:After Lucius's body is taken away by the monsters in the lake, Hermione notices while leaving that a large pair of eyes are staring at her specifically. This causes her to believe that Lucius came back to life, but as one of these creatures.]]
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* IgnoredEpiphany: From Lucius' perspective in "Fall of Man", he starts to recognize what he's doing is wrong, realizing Hermione isn't seducing him or manipulating him into acting how she wants, but he ignores it since he's older and stronger than her, [[spoiler:so he decides to rape her]]. He ends up regretting the decision as soon as he leaves her room.
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* DidntThinkThisThrough: How Lucius perceives his relationship with Hermione as things escalate, namely [[spoiler:when she's revealed to be pregnant with his son. He never took such a thing into consideration.]]
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** Hermione calls out that Lucius is incapable of understanding love. To him, it's a weakness and foolish idealism no matter how much Hermione describes it otherwise. She believes it's because he's never loved anyone. [[spoiler:Subverted in that he does fall in love with her and admits that since bringing her their mansion, he was trying ''not'' to fall in love with her.]]]]
** Bellatrix, however, doesn't understand why Lucius would want to be with a muggleborn teenager instead of her.
** Hermione calls out that Lucius is incapable of understanding love. To him, it's a weakness and foolish idealism no matter how much Hermione describes it otherwise. She believes it's because he's never loved anyone. [[spoiler:Subverted in that he does fall in love with her and admits that since bringing her their mansion, he was trying ''not'' to fall in love with her.
** Bellatrix, however, doesn't understand why Lucius would want to be with a muggleborn teenager instead of her.
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* LoveRedeems: Lucius's growing feelings for Hermione make him start to reconsider his life. Hermione even believes her inherent desire for good and redemption is what made Lucius fall for her.
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* PleaseWakeUp: [[spoiler:Hermione desperately tries to get Lucius to wake up after it becomes clear he has bled to death]].
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* RapeAsDrama: [[spoiler:Hermione has Doholov attempting to rape her, and Lucius actually doing the deed later.]]
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* RapeAsDrama: [[spoiler:Hermione has Doholov attempting to rape her, and Lucius actually doing the deed later.later, damaging her physically and mentally.]]
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* FirstKiss: Hermione gets her first kiss from Ron. [[spoiler:It angers Lucius, who forcefully kiss and rapes her later]].
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* FirstKiss: Hermione gets her first kiss as an adult from Ron. [[spoiler:It angers Lucius, who forcefully kiss kisses and rapes her later]].
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** Ron is her schoolmate who had feelings for her for years. He's her first kiss and cares for her [[spoiler: despite learning of her relationship with Lucius. He decides to raise her illegitimate son as his own, marries her and then has two kids with her]].
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‘Eden’ is notable for being not only extremely long (at 364,082 words and 50 chapters), but also relentlessly dark and disturbing. Its slow pacing and strong themes of psychological horror mean it’s not for everyone, but it’s adored by its fans, having spawned a [[http://sundryhp.deviantart.com/art/EDEN-by-obsessmuch-189385844?moodonly=24 lot]] [[http://warfare-777.livejournal.com/6578.html?thread=122802 of]] [[http://browse.deviantart.com/?qh=§ion=&q=eden+lucius+hermione#/d11t2g3 fan-art]], [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BRZFwIA8uwA&feature=related videos]], [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pGEh7GDzGVY song]] and even a hilarious [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11038629/1/Eden-Revisited parody.]]
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‘Eden’ is notable for being not only extremely long (at 364,082 words and 50 chapters), but also relentlessly dark and disturbing. Its slow pacing and strong themes of psychological horror mean it’s not for everyone, but it’s adored by its fans, having spawned a [[http://sundryhp.deviantart.com/art/EDEN-by-obsessmuch-189385844?moodonly=24 lot]] [[http://warfare-777.livejournal.com/6578.html?thread=122802 of]] [[http://browse.deviantart.com/?qh=§ion=&q=eden+lucius+hermione#/d11t2g3 fan-art]], [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BRZFwIA8uwA&feature=related videos]], [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pGEh7GDzGVY song]] and even a hilarious [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11038629/1/Eden-Revisited parody.]]
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* SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan: Hermione, despite everything that happens to her, still loves and wants to be with Ron because despite everything that happens to her, and what she does behind his back, he cares for her [[spoiler:and is still willing to raise her son as his own despite Lucius being the real father]]. This may be the reason why she tries to help bring out some good in Lucius, so that her attraction to him is less disturbing.
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* [[spoiler:UnbalancedByRivalsKid: Averted, Ron raises the illegitimate son of Lucius and Hermione as if he was his own after marrying her. He loved the boy's mother more than he hated his father enough to care for him.]]
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* [[spoiler:UnbalancedByRivalsKid: Averted, UnbalancedByRivalsKid: [[spoiler:Averted, Ron raises the illegitimate son of Lucius and Hermione as if he was his own after marrying her. He loved the boy's mother more than he hated his father enough to care for him.]]
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* FirstKiss: Hermione gets her first kiss from Ron. [[spoiler:It angers Lucius, who forcefully kiss and rapes her later]].
* {{Foil}}: Ron and Lucious are made out to be foils to each other concerning their feelings for Hermione. They're both purebloods, but that's about it.
** Ron is her schoolmate who had feelings for her for years. He's her first kiss and cares for her [[spoiler: despite learning of her relationship with Lucius. He decides to raise her illegitimate son as his own, marries her and then has two kids with her]].
** Lucius is the father of her school bully and started out with a VillainousCrush he denied. [[spoiler:He's the first to have sex with her, although the first time it was rape, got her pregnant, but ranges from caring to being abusive. They don't marry, though she still loves him even after his death]].
** Ron is her schoolmate who had feelings for her for years. He's her first kiss and cares for her [[spoiler: despite learning of her relationship with Lucius. He decides to raise her illegitimate son as his own, marries her and then has two kids with her]].
** Lucius is the father of her school bully and started out with a VillainousCrush he denied. [[spoiler:He's the first to have sex with her, although the first time it was rape, got her pregnant, but ranges from caring to being abusive. They don't marry, though she still loves him even after his death]].
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* PsychologicalHorrorPsychologicalHorror: Hermione experiences psychological pain and torment from beginning to end.
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* WhatYouAreInTheDarkWhatYouAreInTheDark: Another major theme. One example: Lucius, when he thinks Hermione is asleep, hugs her tightly [[spoiler:after a night of bliss as they sleep in his bed without clothes]]. This indicates to Hermione that deep down he cares for her.
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* BecameTheirOwnAntithesis: Our lead couple.
** Hermione herself admits that before her kidnapping, she was a 17 year old who was "naive, brave, so proud, so clever". She's now an 18 year old who is brave because she has to be, far less emotionally stable and and "old beyond her years".
** Lucius was proud of his bigoted, self-centered carelessness and loyalty to Voldemort, uninteresting love or compassion for others. He doesn't completely change, but he finds himself growing to care for a muggle-born old enough to be his daughter and throwing away everything for her. He does admit he hasn't completely change, and Hermione offers to help him get better.
** Hermione herself admits that before her kidnapping, she was a 17 year old who was "naive, brave, so proud, so clever". She's now an 18 year old who is brave because she has to be, far less emotionally stable and and "old beyond her years".
** Lucius was proud of his bigoted, self-centered carelessness and loyalty to Voldemort, uninteresting love or compassion for others. He doesn't completely change, but he finds himself growing to care for a muggle-born old enough to be his daughter and throwing away everything for her. He does admit he hasn't completely change, and Hermione offers to help him get better.
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* DiesWideOpen: [[spoiler:Hermione has to close Lucius's eyes before sending his body into the lake]].
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* StepfordSmiler: The epilogue shows Hermione has become this [[spoiler:due to her time with Lucius, loss of her parents, Lucius's death and their son not knowing his real father.]]
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* PetTheDog: On some occasions, Lucius will do something good without expecting anything in return from Hermione, such as telling her she's not a whore for [[spoiler:sleeping with him]].
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* YouAreACreditToYourRace: Lucius hates all muggleborns but says Hermione is the only one he doesn't want exterminated. He even goes on to wish she were a pureblood.
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* YouAreACreditToYourRace: Lucius hates all muggleborns but says Hermione is the only one he doesn't want exterminated. He even goes on to wish she were a pureblood.pureblood.
* YouKilledMyFather: [[spoiler:Lucius murders Hermione's parents, making her even more disturbed that she falls for him and carries his child]].
* YouKilledMyFather: [[spoiler:Lucius murders Hermione's parents, making her even more disturbed that she falls for him and carries his child]].
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* StrongFamilyResemblance: Hermione frequently notes how similar Draco is to his father Lucius. [[spoiler: Even moreso their own son, who has such a strong resemblance to his late father that the only think that kept Hermione from going crazy was that he inherited his mother's eyes]].
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* StrongFamilyResemblance: Hermione frequently notes how similar Draco is to his father Lucius. [[spoiler: Even moreso their own son, who has such a strong resemblance to his late father that the only think thing that kept Hermione from going crazy was that he inherited his mother's eyes]].
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* ThatManIsDead: After [[spoiler:Lucius rapes her]], Hermione believes that she is no longer ''Hermione Granger'', the determined and optimistic girl, anymore. Because Hermione Granger was [[spoiler:a virgin]].
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* LimaSyndrome: Zig-zagged with Lucius towards Hermione. On one hand, he becomes more considerate to her as he starts to develop feelings for her. On the other hand, he's still abusive and cruel to her on occasion.
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* BiggerBad: Voldemort is not directly involved in the main events, only appearing at certain points. However, since this is based on the world of ''Harry Potter'', he's still the Death Eaters' master.
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* LoveEpiphany: Hermione realizes she's fallen in love with Lucius when he decides to end their relationship to avoid suspicion. Lucius realizes he's fallen for her when it becomes clear he might lose her when she tries to escape.
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* BettyAndVeronica: With There are two instances of this. The first with Hermione as Archie, Betty is Ron with Veronica as Lucius.Lucius. The second with Hermione as the Betty, Lucius as the Archie and Bellatrix as the Veronica.
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* NeverMyFault: Lucius has a nasty habit of not taking responsibility for what happens to Hermione, even as he begins to reform. He's responsible for: [[spoiler:becoming obsessed with her, physical abuse, raping her, depriving her of being with Ron and getting her pregnant]] but feels she's just as much to blame, though Hermione calls him out on it.
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* NeverMyFault: Lucius has a nasty habit of not taking responsibility for what happens to Hermione, even as he begins to reform. He's responsible for: [[spoiler:becoming obsessed with her, murdering her parents, physical abuse, raping her, depriving her of being with Ron and getting her pregnant]] but feels she's just as much to blame, though Hermione calls him out on it.
* [[spoiler:PregnantBadass: Hermione kills Narcissa as triumphantly as she can while being a few weeks pregnant]].
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* YouAreACreditToYourRace: Lucius hates all muggleborns but says Hermione is the only one he doesn't want exterminated. He even goes on to wish she were a pureblood.
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** Despite being a pureblood supremacist as her husband and sister, Narcissa doesn't share their sadism towards Hermione and even shows sympathy for [[spoiler:the deaths of Hermione's parents]].
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** Lucius pretends to want a ScarpiaUltimatum from Hermione in return for [[spoler: not killing her parents. Eventually, he rapes her, but later the two enter a, somewhat less violent, physical relationship]].
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** Lucius pretends to want a ScarpiaUltimatum from Hermione in return for [[spoler: [[spoiler: not killing her parents. Eventually, he rapes her, but later the two enter a, somewhat less violent, physical relationship]].
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** Lucius pretends to want a ScarpiaUltimatum from Hermione in return for [[spoler:not killing her parents. Eventually, he rapes her, but later the two enter a, somewhat less violent, physical relationship]].
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** Lucius pretends to want a ScarpiaUltimatum from Hermione in return for [[spoler:not [[spoler: not killing her parents. Eventually, he rapes her, but later the two enter a, somewhat less violent, physical relationship]].
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* AbhorrentAdmirer: [[spoiler:Lucius and Hermione sort of see each other as this at first]].
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* AbhorrentAdmirer: [[spoiler:Lucius Lucius and Hermione sort of see each other as this at first]].first.
* AllForNothing: Despite everything Hermione does, [[spoiler:she fails to escape with Lucius, as he's killed by Bellatrix]].
* AllForNothing: Despite everything Hermione does, [[spoiler:she fails to escape with Lucius, as he's killed by Bellatrix]].
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* EvenEvilHasStandards: Even Lucius thinks that Avery and Bellatrix's plans for [[spoiler:Ginny]] were a bad idea, and calls Avery out on it.
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** Even Lucius thinks that Avery and Bellatrix's plans for [[spoiler:Ginny]] were a bad idea, and calls Avery out onit.it.
** Despite being a pureblood supremacist as her husband and sister, Narcissa doesn't share their sadism towards Hermione and even shows sympathy for [[spoiler:the deaths of Hermione's parents]].
** Even Lucius thinks that Avery and Bellatrix's plans for [[spoiler:Ginny]] were a bad idea, and calls Avery out on
** Despite being a pureblood supremacist as her husband and sister, Narcissa doesn't share their sadism towards Hermione and even shows sympathy for [[spoiler:the deaths of Hermione's parents]].
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* StrongFamilyResemblance: Hermione frequently notes how similar Draco is to his father Lucius. [[spoiler: Even moreso their own son, who has such a strong resemblance to his late father that the only think that kept Hermione from going crazy was that he inherited his mother's eyes]].
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: [[spoiler:The chapter after being raped by Lucius, Hermione describes it as feeling like "something alive and unclean living, squirming and writhing" inside her. Several chapters and nights of consensual sex with Lucius later, she's pregnant]].
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** [[spoiler:The chapter after being raped by Lucius, Hermione describes it as feeling like "something alive and unclean living, squirming and writhing" inside her. Several chapters and nights of consensual sex with Lucius later, she'spregnant]].pregnant]].
** [[spoiler:Lucius brings up he'd rather die than let Hermione go.]]
* FreudianExcuse: Averted. Hermione asks what happened to Lucius to make him the man he is. He laughs and says nothing happened, he was just raised to be like this.
** [[spoiler:The chapter after being raped by Lucius, Hermione describes it as feeling like "something alive and unclean living, squirming and writhing" inside her. Several chapters and nights of consensual sex with Lucius later, she's
** [[spoiler:Lucius brings up he'd rather die than let Hermione go.]]
* FreudianExcuse: Averted. Hermione asks what happened to Lucius to make him the man he is. He laughs and says nothing happened, he was just raised to be like this.
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* {{Deconstruction}} / RealityEnsues: For the crack pairing of Hermione and Lucius. Even if the two do grow to love each other, it gives them many problems: age difference, Lucius's marital status, differing viewpoints on the wizarding world, Lucius's prejudice towards Hermione's blood status and how it affects them and the people in their lives.
* DespairEventHorizon: Hermione crosses it at least three times: when she learns [[spoiler: that her parents are dead.]] Then when [[spoiler:Lucius rapes her.]] Finally, [[Lucius dies]]. The last one was so strong it ends up haunting her for the rest of her life.
* DespairEventHorizon: Hermione crosses it at least three times: when she learns [[spoiler: that her parents are dead.]] Then when [[spoiler:Lucius rapes her.]] Finally, [[Lucius dies]]. The last one was so strong it ends up haunting her for the rest of her life.
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* {{Deconstruction}} / RealityEnsues: For the crack pairing of Hermione and Lucius. Even if the two do grow to love each other, it gives them many problems: age difference, Lucius's marital status, differing viewpoints on the wizarding world, past conflicts, Lucius's prejudice towards Hermione's blood status and how it affects them and the people in their lives.
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* DespairEventHorizon: Hermione crosses it at least three times: when she learns [[spoiler: that her parents are dead.]] Then when [[spoiler:Lucius rapes her.]] Finally,[[Lucius [[spoiler:Lucius dies]]. The last one was so strong it ends up haunting her for the rest of her life.
* DespairEventHorizon: Hermione crosses it at least three times: when she learns [[spoiler: that her parents are dead.]] Then when [[spoiler:Lucius rapes her.]] Finally,
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* EasilyForgiven: [[spoiler:Lucius thinks Hermione has forgiven him too easily and doesn't want her to forgive him for what he's done. Though to be frank, while she says that, it clearly was wasn't easy.]]
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* {{Deconstruction}} / RealityEnsues: For the crack pairing of Hermione and Lucius. Even if the two do grow to love each other, it gives them many problems: age difference, Lucius's marital status, differing viewpoints on the wizarding world, Lucius's prejudice towards Hermione's blood status and how it affects them and the people in their lives.
* {{Deconstruction}} / RealityEnsues: For the crack pairing of Hermione and Lucius. Even if the two do grow to love each other, it gives them many problems: age difference, Lucius's marital status, differing viewpoints on the wizarding world, Lucius's prejudice towards Hermione's blood status and how it affects them and the people in their lives.
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* DespairEventHorizon: Hermione crosses it when she learns [[spoiler: that her parents are dead.]]
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* DespairEventHorizon: Hermione crosses it at least three times: when she learns [[spoiler: that her parents are dead.]] Then when [[spoiler:Lucius rapes her.]] Finally, [[Lucius dies]]. The last one was so strong it ends up haunting her for the rest of her life.
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* EasilyForgiven: [[spoiler:Lucius thinks Hermione has forgiven him too easily and doesn't want her to forgive him for what he's done. Though to be frank, while she says that, it clearly was easy.]]
* EvilCannotComprehendGood: Hermione calls out that Lucius is incapable of understanding love. To him, it's a weakness and foolish idealism no matter how much Hermione describes it otherwise. She believes it's because he's never loved anyone. [[spoiler:Subverted in that he does fall in love with her and admits that since bringing her their mansion, he was trying ''not'' to fall in love with her.]]
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* StarCrossedLovers: Lucius and Hermione. Divided by age, racial status, families and frieds friends and, eventually, [[spoiler:death]].
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* {{Hypocrite}}: Lucius Malfoy. He gets called out for it several times about his pureblood status and beliefs and his relationship with Hermione.
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* {{Hypocrite}}: Lucius Malfoy. He gets called out for it several times about his pureblood status and beliefs and his relationship with Hermione. Hermione even calls him out for being one for two reasons. First, he's afraid of his wife thinking he's cheating on her with a muggleborn, despite that he slept with her sister Bellatrix without concern. Then, when Hermione [[spoiler:is pregnant with his child]], he tells her he won't pretend to accept it because it wouldn't be fair to lie to her, when he wasn't exactly fair to her when [[spoiler:he raped her]].
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‘Eden’ is notable for being not only extremely long (at 364,082 words and 50 chapters), but also relentlessly dark and disturbing. Its slow pacing and strong themes of psychological horror mean it’s not for everyone, but it’s adored by its fans, having spawned a [[http://sundryhp.deviantart.com/art/EDEN-by-obsessmuch-189385844?moodonly=24 lot]] [[http://warfare-777.livejournal.com/6578.html?thread=122802 of]] [[http://browse.deviantart.com/?qh=§ion=&q=eden+lucius+hermione#/d11t2g3 fan-art]], [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BRZFwIA8uwA&feature=related videos]], [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pGEh7GDzGVY song.]] and even a [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11038629/1/Eden-Revisited parody.]]
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‘Eden’ is notable for being not only extremely long (at 364,082 words and 50 chapters), but also relentlessly dark and disturbing. Its slow pacing and strong themes of psychological horror mean it’s not for everyone, but it’s adored by its fans, having spawned a [[http://sundryhp.deviantart.com/art/EDEN-by-obsessmuch-189385844?moodonly=24 lot]] [[http://warfare-777.livejournal.com/6578.html?thread=122802 of]] [[http://browse.deviantart.com/?qh=§ion=&q=eden+lucius+hermione#/d11t2g3 fan-art]], [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BRZFwIA8uwA&feature=related videos]], [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pGEh7GDzGVY song.]] song]] and even a hilarious [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11038629/1/Eden-Revisited parody.]]
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‘Eden’ is notable for being not only extremely long (at 364,082 words and 50 chapters), but also relentlessly dark and disturbing. Its slow pacing and strong themes of psychological horror mean it’s not for everyone, but it’s adored by its fans, having spawned a [[http://sundryhp.deviantart.com/art/EDEN-by-obsessmuch-189385844?moodonly=24 lot]] [[http://warfare-777.livejournal.com/6578.html?thread=122802 of]] [[http://browse.deviantart.com/?qh=§ion=&q=eden+lucius+hermione#/d11t2g3 fan-art]], [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BRZFwIA8uwA&feature=related videos]], and even a [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pGEh7GDzGVY song.]] and even a [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11038629/1/Eden-Revisited parody.]]
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->''"Am I supposed to be moved by your pathetic pleas? How dare you ask me to pity you? I detest you!"''
->-- '''Lucius Malfoy'''
[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3494886/1/Eden ‘Eden’]] by Obsessmuch is an AU Harry Potter fanfic centered on the unusual pairing of Hermione Granger and Lucius Malfoy. Hermione and Ron are held as hostages by the Death Eaters. Lucius Malfoy is given charge of the pair, but the muggle-born Hermione gets under the hardened bigot’s skin. Lucius is determined to break her before she breaks him. Hermione is determined to survive. Both are forced to confront the darkest corners of their souls in order to achieve their objectives.
‘Eden’ is notable for being not only extremely long (at 364,082 words and 50 chapters), but also relentlessly dark and disturbing. Its slow pacing and strong themes of psychological horror mean it’s not for everyone, but it’s adored by its fans, having spawned a [[http://sundryhp.deviantart.com/art/EDEN-by-obsessmuch-189385844?moodonly=24 lot]] [[http://warfare-777.livejournal.com/6578.html?thread=122802 of]] [[http://browse.deviantart.com/?qh=§ion=&q=eden+lucius+hermione#/d11t2g3 fan-art]], [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BRZFwIA8uwA&feature=related videos]], and even a [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pGEh7GDzGVY song.]]
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!!This fanfic provides examples of:
* AbhorrentAdmirer: [[spoiler:Lucius and Hermione sort of see each other as this at first]].
* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: Deconstructed. Hermione ''hates'' Lucius with a passion. And the story goes to great lengths to show just how awful being in any kind of relationship with a man like him would be.
* AnguishedDeclarationOfLove: [[spoiler:Hermione, Lucius, and Ron]] all get one.
* ArmourPiercingQuestion: 'Why am I so abhorrent to you? What is wrong with me? What did I ''do''?'
* AssholeVictim: Dolohov.
* [[spoiler:BabiesMakeEverythingBetter: ''Heavily'' subverted. Hermione believes she can use her pregnancy to get Lucius to set her free and win her life back. But in the end, the fact that she's pregnant causes the death of Lucius which, due to the severity of her emotional dependence on him, leaves Hermione broken beyond repair and wishing more than anything she'd got rid of her baby when she had the chance.]]
* BeautifulDreamer: Lucius watches Hermione sleep early on in the story. Not played completely straight, though, as Hermione finds it frightening more than anything.
* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: [[spoiler: Hermione spends a great deal of time and energy wishing for Lucius to die. When he eventually ''does'' die at the end of the story, his death breaks her completely, due to the severity of her Stockholm Syndrome.]]
* BeneathTheMask: Hermione wonders at how artfully Lucius keeps his true self hidden: 'It's as if he wears not only his Death Eater's mask, but also this pale mask of skin, concealing the real man beneath. What is he made of, this man I'm locked up with?'
* BettyAndVeronica: With Hermione as Archie, Betty is Ron with Veronica as Lucius.
* BewareTheQuietOnes: Avery. He never so much as raises his voice, or displays any kinds of emotion, and he is the one who [[spoiler:eventually blows the lid on Hermione and Lucius.]]
* [[spoiler:BigDamnKiss]]: Chapters 29 and 44.
* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler: Hermione and Ron survive and go on to start a family, but Hermione is so damaged by what she went through she spends the rest of her life essentially broken. What's more, the pair of them are left raising Lucius's son, who serves as a reminder of his father due to the strong family resemblance. For some fans, who were rooting for Lucius's survival, his death gives the story a DownerEnding]].
* [[spoiler:BloodFromTheMouth: Lucius's death.]]
* BreakTheCutie: Hermione, oh so much.
* BreakTheHaughty: Having broken down Hermione both mentally and physically, Lucius is then broken down emotionally by Hermione.
* BridalCarry: Lucius carries a severely injured and barely conscious Hermione like this. It's a confusing moment for both of them.
** Happens again later, see IronicEcho.
* BrotherSisterIncest: Toyed with when Ginny turns up in one chapter. See also MoralEventHorizon.
* ButIWouldReallyEnjoyIt: Death Eaters are forbidden from sleeping with muggle-borns. Which makes Lucius's attraction to Hermione very difficult for him to deal with.
* [[spoiler:ChildByRape: Averted, many believe that Hermione's son is this. He was most likely conceived during Lucius and Hermione's secret relationship, long after his father raped his mother.]]
* ColdBloodedTorture: And lots of it, very explicitly.
* CrazyJealousGuy: Lucius openly despises Ron from the beginning, and uses any excuse to physically or mentally cause him pain. [[spoiler:When he later finds him kissing Hermione, he tortures him into unconsciousness, not caring that in doing so he makes Hermione hate him all the more.]]
* DeadpanSnarker: Lucius at first. Avery later takes it UpToEleven
--> '''Avery''': Such charming language. You must be very proud of your son.
* [[spoiler: DeathBySex]]
* DespairEventHorizon: Hermione crosses it when she learns [[spoiler: that her parents are dead.]]
* DestructiveRomance: The premise of the story.
--> '''Tagline:''' An obsession that destroys everything it touches.
* [[spoiler: DiedInYourArmsTonight]]
* DistressedDude: Ron, who often owes his survival to Hermione's hold over Lucius.
* DoggedNiceGuy: Poor Ron…
* DomesticAbuse: Lucius is physically and emotionally abusive towards Hermione.
* EmotionallyTongueTied: Lucius.
* EntitledToHaveYou: [[spoiler:After Ron discovers the affair, Hermione wants to end it with Lucius. However, he refuses to let that happen, believing he has every right to have her.]]
* EvenEvilHasStandards: Even Lucius thinks that Avery and Bellatrix's plans for [[spoiler:Ginny]] were a bad idea, and calls Avery out on it.
* EyeScream: Lucius casts a spell at one point which makes Hermione's eyes burn and weep blood.
* {{Fainting}}: Hermione faints in front of loads of Death Eaters. [[spoiler: She's pregnant, and her fainting gives Avery an idea of the truth.]]
* {{Fingore}}: Lucius breaks Hermione's fingers and grinds them under his boot when trying to get her to give up information on Harry.
* FirstNameBasis: Lucius can't ''stand'' the fact that Hermione calls him by his first name. He makes a point of refusing to return the favour, referring to her only as 'mudblood'. [[spoiler:Eventually he begins to accidentally call her by name, signalling a shift in his perception of her.]]
* FiveBadBand: The regular villains fit quite well.
** TheBigBad: Voldemort
** TheDragon: Lucius
** TheEvilGenius: Avery
** TheBrute: Dolohov
** TheDarkChick: Bellatrix
** TokenGoodTeammate: [[spoiler:Narcissa]]
** TagAlongKid: Draco
* ForbiddenFruit: It's made explicit that Lucius becomes obsessed with Hermione because her muggle-born status makes her forbidden to him.
--> '''Lucius''': ''Why?'' Draco, isn't it plain enough? Surely it should be obvious to you - a boy who has been so spoiled he's never been refused anything, even something he had no desire for in the first place.
* ForcefulKiss: Lucius plants one too many on Hermione. Some moments though, the tables are turned and its Hermione who does it to Lucius.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: [[spoiler:The chapter after being raped by Lucius, Hermione describes it as feeling like "something alive and unclean living, squirming and writhing" inside her. Several chapters and nights of consensual sex with Lucius later, she's pregnant]].
* GuiltComplex: Hermione. Over ''everything.''
* [[spoiler:HerHeartWillGoOn]]
* [[spoiler:HowDareYouDieOnMe]]
--> [[spoiler:'''Hermione:''' WAKE UP! Bloody wake ''up!'' Don't you leave me! Don't you bloody... you ''bastard''...]]
* {{Hypocrite}}: Lucius Malfoy. He gets called out for it several times about his pureblood status and beliefs and his relationship with Hermione.
* IfICantHaveYou: [[spoiler:Bellatrix murders Lucius before he can escape with Hermione.]]
* IHaveYouNowMyPretty: Doholov and Lucius to Hermione.
* IncestSubtext: Implied between Bellatrix and Draco.
** Bellatrix also seems to enjoy calling Lucius 'brother', even though they aren't really related.
* INeedAFreakingDrink: After seeing what Avery and Bellatrix tried to do to [[spoiler:Ron and Ginny]], Lucius pours himself a drink, pushing one onto Hermione, too.
-->'''Lucius:''' I thought you might need a drink. God knows, I do.
* InterplayOfSexAndViolence: Hermione implies that Lucius often hits her before and after sleeping with her.
* InterruptedSuicide: [[spoiler: Hermione tries to kill herself, but Lucius stops her from doing so.]]
* IntertwinedFingers: Lucius sometimes holds Hermione's hand this way.
* IronicEcho: Lucius kisses Hermione and then carries her bridal style [[spoiler:to her bed, where he rapes her]]. 3 chapters later, the same repeats, only this time [[spoiler:it's consensual.]]
* [[spoiler:KilledOffForReal: Lucius, Bellatrix, Dolohov, and Avery. And Hermione's parents.]]
* [[spoiler:KilledMidSentence: Lucius.]]
* [[spoiler:KillEmAll: Out of the regular characters, only Hermione, Ron and Draco survive.]]
* LoveDodecahedron: Lucius and Hermione are... involved in a relationship that is difficult to define. At the same time, Hermione and Ron are genuinely in love with each other, although not in a physical relationship. Meanwhile, Bellatrix pines after Lucius, whom she has been having an affair with behind Narcissa's back. And Dolohov lusts after Hermione. And it's implied that there is a small, [[IncestIsRelative weird]] sexual attraction between Bellatrix and Draco.
* LoveHurts: Yep.
* LoveIsAWeakness: Lucius believes it to be one, a case of irony.
* LoveRedeems: Lucius's growing feelings for Hermione make him start to reconsider his life.
* LoveTriangle: Type 7 - Hermione and Ron are genuinely in love, but she and Lucius have an incredible emotional dependence on each other.
* TheMasochismTango: Hermione and Lucius never stop hating each other.
* MayDecemberRomance: As Ron and Draco point out, Lucius is old enough to be Hermione's father. The squickiness of the situation is not overlooked.
* MoralityPet: Hermione to Lucius. She is the only character who can bring out some good in him, and that good is negligible at best.
* MurderTheHypotenuse: Bellatrix attempts this.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Lucius has this when he realizes [[spoiler:he's gotten Hermione pregnant]].
** "Fall of Man", a story by the same author, tells chapter 26 through Lucius's perspective. It shows him [[spoiler:suffering this trope during his assault on Hermione, but keeps trying to ignore it. By the end, he goes through this when he realizes he has just raped an unwilling, defenseless, emotionally torn teenage girl who has lost her virginity.]]
* NightmareSequence: Hermione has several. She believes that the reason Lucius sleeps so peacefully is that he has no conscience.
* [[spoiler: NoNameGiven: The illegitimate son of Lucius Malfoy and Hermione Granger is never referred to by any name.]]
* NoSenseOfPersonalSpace: Lucius towards Hermione.
* NoSympathy: Avery.
* [[spoiler: NotIfTheyEnjoyedItRationalization: Lucius skirts very, ''very'' close to this when he attacks Hermione. 'Fall of Man' shows that he's aware, afterwards, of what he's done. Hermione herself is confused and disgusted by the whole thing, but never doubts that what Lucius did was straight-up rape.]]
* OnlySaneMan: Ron. At times, even ''he'' thinks that Hermione's lost her mind. Hermione doesn't entirely disagree with him.
* PrecisionFStrike: Ron gets a very satisfying one.
--> '''Ron''': What now, Lucius ''fucking'' Malfoy? WHAT NOW?
* PickOnSomeoneYourOwnSize: Both Hermione and Ron call Lucius out for fixating his energies on destroying a teenage girl.
* PrimalFear: The dark for Hermione.
* PsychologicalHorror
* PyrrhicVillainy: Lucius spends a ''lot'' of time trying to gain complete victory over Hermione. But he eventually admits both to Hermione and to himself that her terror of him has lost its appeal.
* RageAgainstTheReflection: Lucius glares at his own reflection in a mirror before smashing it, [[spoiler:though it's not clear whether his self-hatred is due to his sleeping with Hermione, his feelings for her, or his awareness of how terribly he has hurt her.]]
* RapeAsDrama: [[spoiler:Hermione has Doholov attempting to rape her, and Lucius actually doing the deed later.]]
* [[spoiler:RedemptionEqualsDeath: Lucius dies trying to get Hermione out.]]
* ScarpiaUltimatum: Lucius pretends to offer Hermione one of these to save her parents’ lives. [[spoiler:It's just a power game of his: after she agrees, he refuses the offer, and kills her parents anyway.]]
* ScrewTheMoneyIHaveRules: [[spoiler: Lucius offers Avery all the money he has to let him and Hermione go when they've been found out at the end of the story. Avery refuses.]]
-->[[spoiler:'''Avery:''' I'm not in this for personal gain. That's where you and I differ, I think. I am able to keep the cause at the forefront of my mind, always. I see no need to abandon it for my own desires, unlike ''some'' I could mention.]]
* SeparatedByTheWall: After [[spoiler: Lucius rapes Hermione]], she sits with her back to her bedroom door, in tears, trailing her hand down the door. 'Fall of Man', which tells this chapter from Lucius's perspective, reveals that at the same time, Lucius is on the other side of the door, pressing his forehead to it, eaten up with self-loathing.
* ShutUpHannibal: Hermione pulls several of these on Lucius. Most notably when he attempts to victim-blame her:
--> '''Hermione:''' You won't blame me. How could you blame me? I was seventeen years old – I was a child. But ''you'' – you're a grown man, with a wife, a son my age, for god's sake. You should have known better.
** Ron gives one to Voldemort:
--> '''Ron:''' I'll tell you what - why don't you cut the melodramatic crap for a change? No one really wants to listen to a drama queen throwing a strop.
* SlapSlapKiss: Taken to a horrifying extreme.
* TheSociopath: Avery.
* [[spoiler:SomeoneToRememberHimBy: Hermione gives birth to Lucius' son after his death.]]
* SpitefulSpit: Several. Hermione spits at Lucius when first captured. Ron spits at Bellatrix at one point. After [[spoiler:Draco finds out about Hermione's relationship with his father, he spits at her.]]
* StalkingIsLove: Lucius towards Hermione.
* StarCrossedLovers: Lucius and Hermione. Divided by age, racial status, families and frieds and, eventually, [[spoiler:death]].
* StockholmSyndrome: Hermione develops this for Lucius despite the torture, racist comments, [[spoiler:murder of her parents and being raped by him.]]
* SurvivorGuilt: [[spoiler:Hermione blames herself for Lucius's death.]]
* [[spoiler:TellMeAboutMyFather: Averted. The epilogue states that, although Hermione's son has his own suspicions about his parentage, he never questions his mother about it, due to his love for her and fear of the truth.]]
* TenderTears: Hermione cries more than anyone else in the story, somewhat understandably. In "Fall of Man", Lucius states that he hates to see her cry, as he can't stand the effect her tears have on him (that is, they make him feel pity for her).
* [[spoiler:ThatThingIsNotMyChild: Lucius refuses to accept the half-blood child that Hermione is carrying. Eventually, when he begins to admit his love for her, he stops calling his new son "it" and admits it to be ''their'' child.]]
* [[spoiler:TogetherInDeath: Hermione hopes for this after Lucius dies]]
--> [[spoiler:'''Hermione:''' I can only hope that he's waiting for me. Even if it's only in oblivion.]]
* TraumaticHaircut: Lucius casts a spell to make Hermione lose her hair at one point. [[spoiler:It grows back a short while later.]]
* UnreliableNarrator: Hermione's narrative, especially concerning her feelings, can often be misleading, due to her suffering from stockholm syndrome and the extreme emotional and mental pressure she's under.
** In 'Fall of Man', Lucius's narrative is extremely unreliable, due to his deteriorating mental state. He often paints Hermione as a stupid, villainous manipulator, despite all evidence to the contrary.
* VillainousBreakdown: Lucius, Bellatrix, Dolohov and Draco are all driven to one gradually. Draco's eventual breakdown is pretty spectacular:
--> '''Draco''': Oh you're ''sorry''? I'm sure you're fucking ''sorry'', you ''bitch!'' Sorry? SORRY? ''LIKE HELL YOU ARE!''
* VillainousBSOD: Lucius has one when Hermione [[spoiler:tells him she's pregnant.]]
* VillainousCrush: Lucius tries not to have one on Hermione, but it gets the better of him.
* WallBangHer: Implied in chapter 31.
* WantsAPrizeForBasicDecency: After [[spoiler:stabbing Hermione in the shoulder]], Lucius fixes the wound he has created up for her. He suggests that she should be grateful to him for healing her. She just tells him to GetOut.
* WhatBeautifulEyes: "Fall of Man" reveals that the thing Lucius admires about Hermione is her eyes.
* WhatTheHellHero: Ron gives a big one to Hermione when he learns how she's [[spoiler:sleeping with Lucius, the Death eater father of their high school nemesis, pureblood supremist and murderer of her parents.]]
* WhatYouAreInTheDark
--> '''Lucius''': It’s darkness that shows us what we truly are. In the dark, one can be whatever one wishes to be.
* WrongGenreSavvy: Subverted, [[spoiler: Hermione thinks Lucius is going to rape her several times, but he doesn't because he claims to find sex with a muggle born disgusting, but he ends up doing the deed because he couldn't help it. Played straight when she also thinks she's in a story where one can EarnYourHappyEnding, where she can make her own future with Lucius and spend their lives together, but she's unable to save him from dying]].
* YouAreACreditToYourRace: Lucius hates all muggleborns but says Hermione is the only one he doesn't want exterminated. He even goes on to wish she were a pureblood.
->-- '''Lucius Malfoy'''
[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3494886/1/Eden ‘Eden’]] by Obsessmuch is an AU Harry Potter fanfic centered on the unusual pairing of Hermione Granger and Lucius Malfoy. Hermione and Ron are held as hostages by the Death Eaters. Lucius Malfoy is given charge of the pair, but the muggle-born Hermione gets under the hardened bigot’s skin. Lucius is determined to break her before she breaks him. Hermione is determined to survive. Both are forced to confront the darkest corners of their souls in order to achieve their objectives.
‘Eden’ is notable for being not only extremely long (at 364,082 words and 50 chapters), but also relentlessly dark and disturbing. Its slow pacing and strong themes of psychological horror mean it’s not for everyone, but it’s adored by its fans, having spawned a [[http://sundryhp.deviantart.com/art/EDEN-by-obsessmuch-189385844?moodonly=24 lot]] [[http://warfare-777.livejournal.com/6578.html?thread=122802 of]] [[http://browse.deviantart.com/?qh=§ion=&q=eden+lucius+hermione#/d11t2g3 fan-art]], [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BRZFwIA8uwA&feature=related videos]], and even a [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pGEh7GDzGVY song.]]
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!!This fanfic provides examples of:
* AbhorrentAdmirer: [[spoiler:Lucius and Hermione sort of see each other as this at first]].
* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: Deconstructed. Hermione ''hates'' Lucius with a passion. And the story goes to great lengths to show just how awful being in any kind of relationship with a man like him would be.
* AnguishedDeclarationOfLove: [[spoiler:Hermione, Lucius, and Ron]] all get one.
* ArmourPiercingQuestion: 'Why am I so abhorrent to you? What is wrong with me? What did I ''do''?'
* AssholeVictim: Dolohov.
* [[spoiler:BabiesMakeEverythingBetter: ''Heavily'' subverted. Hermione believes she can use her pregnancy to get Lucius to set her free and win her life back. But in the end, the fact that she's pregnant causes the death of Lucius which, due to the severity of her emotional dependence on him, leaves Hermione broken beyond repair and wishing more than anything she'd got rid of her baby when she had the chance.]]
* BeautifulDreamer: Lucius watches Hermione sleep early on in the story. Not played completely straight, though, as Hermione finds it frightening more than anything.
* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: [[spoiler: Hermione spends a great deal of time and energy wishing for Lucius to die. When he eventually ''does'' die at the end of the story, his death breaks her completely, due to the severity of her Stockholm Syndrome.]]
* BeneathTheMask: Hermione wonders at how artfully Lucius keeps his true self hidden: 'It's as if he wears not only his Death Eater's mask, but also this pale mask of skin, concealing the real man beneath. What is he made of, this man I'm locked up with?'
* BettyAndVeronica: With Hermione as Archie, Betty is Ron with Veronica as Lucius.
* BewareTheQuietOnes: Avery. He never so much as raises his voice, or displays any kinds of emotion, and he is the one who [[spoiler:eventually blows the lid on Hermione and Lucius.]]
* [[spoiler:BigDamnKiss]]: Chapters 29 and 44.
* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler: Hermione and Ron survive and go on to start a family, but Hermione is so damaged by what she went through she spends the rest of her life essentially broken. What's more, the pair of them are left raising Lucius's son, who serves as a reminder of his father due to the strong family resemblance. For some fans, who were rooting for Lucius's survival, his death gives the story a DownerEnding]].
* [[spoiler:BloodFromTheMouth: Lucius's death.]]
* BreakTheCutie: Hermione, oh so much.
* BreakTheHaughty: Having broken down Hermione both mentally and physically, Lucius is then broken down emotionally by Hermione.
* BridalCarry: Lucius carries a severely injured and barely conscious Hermione like this. It's a confusing moment for both of them.
** Happens again later, see IronicEcho.
* BrotherSisterIncest: Toyed with when Ginny turns up in one chapter. See also MoralEventHorizon.
* ButIWouldReallyEnjoyIt: Death Eaters are forbidden from sleeping with muggle-borns. Which makes Lucius's attraction to Hermione very difficult for him to deal with.
* [[spoiler:ChildByRape: Averted, many believe that Hermione's son is this. He was most likely conceived during Lucius and Hermione's secret relationship, long after his father raped his mother.]]
* ColdBloodedTorture: And lots of it, very explicitly.
* CrazyJealousGuy: Lucius openly despises Ron from the beginning, and uses any excuse to physically or mentally cause him pain. [[spoiler:When he later finds him kissing Hermione, he tortures him into unconsciousness, not caring that in doing so he makes Hermione hate him all the more.]]
* DeadpanSnarker: Lucius at first. Avery later takes it UpToEleven
--> '''Avery''': Such charming language. You must be very proud of your son.
* [[spoiler: DeathBySex]]
* DespairEventHorizon: Hermione crosses it when she learns [[spoiler: that her parents are dead.]]
* DestructiveRomance: The premise of the story.
--> '''Tagline:''' An obsession that destroys everything it touches.
* [[spoiler: DiedInYourArmsTonight]]
* DistressedDude: Ron, who often owes his survival to Hermione's hold over Lucius.
* DoggedNiceGuy: Poor Ron…
* DomesticAbuse: Lucius is physically and emotionally abusive towards Hermione.
* EmotionallyTongueTied: Lucius.
* EntitledToHaveYou: [[spoiler:After Ron discovers the affair, Hermione wants to end it with Lucius. However, he refuses to let that happen, believing he has every right to have her.]]
* EvenEvilHasStandards: Even Lucius thinks that Avery and Bellatrix's plans for [[spoiler:Ginny]] were a bad idea, and calls Avery out on it.
* EyeScream: Lucius casts a spell at one point which makes Hermione's eyes burn and weep blood.
* {{Fainting}}: Hermione faints in front of loads of Death Eaters. [[spoiler: She's pregnant, and her fainting gives Avery an idea of the truth.]]
* {{Fingore}}: Lucius breaks Hermione's fingers and grinds them under his boot when trying to get her to give up information on Harry.
* FirstNameBasis: Lucius can't ''stand'' the fact that Hermione calls him by his first name. He makes a point of refusing to return the favour, referring to her only as 'mudblood'. [[spoiler:Eventually he begins to accidentally call her by name, signalling a shift in his perception of her.]]
* FiveBadBand: The regular villains fit quite well.
** TheBigBad: Voldemort
** TheDragon: Lucius
** TheEvilGenius: Avery
** TheBrute: Dolohov
** TheDarkChick: Bellatrix
** TokenGoodTeammate: [[spoiler:Narcissa]]
** TagAlongKid: Draco
* ForbiddenFruit: It's made explicit that Lucius becomes obsessed with Hermione because her muggle-born status makes her forbidden to him.
--> '''Lucius''': ''Why?'' Draco, isn't it plain enough? Surely it should be obvious to you - a boy who has been so spoiled he's never been refused anything, even something he had no desire for in the first place.
* ForcefulKiss: Lucius plants one too many on Hermione. Some moments though, the tables are turned and its Hermione who does it to Lucius.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: [[spoiler:The chapter after being raped by Lucius, Hermione describes it as feeling like "something alive and unclean living, squirming and writhing" inside her. Several chapters and nights of consensual sex with Lucius later, she's pregnant]].
* GuiltComplex: Hermione. Over ''everything.''
* [[spoiler:HerHeartWillGoOn]]
* [[spoiler:HowDareYouDieOnMe]]
--> [[spoiler:'''Hermione:''' WAKE UP! Bloody wake ''up!'' Don't you leave me! Don't you bloody... you ''bastard''...]]
* {{Hypocrite}}: Lucius Malfoy. He gets called out for it several times about his pureblood status and beliefs and his relationship with Hermione.
* IfICantHaveYou: [[spoiler:Bellatrix murders Lucius before he can escape with Hermione.]]
* IHaveYouNowMyPretty: Doholov and Lucius to Hermione.
* IncestSubtext: Implied between Bellatrix and Draco.
** Bellatrix also seems to enjoy calling Lucius 'brother', even though they aren't really related.
* INeedAFreakingDrink: After seeing what Avery and Bellatrix tried to do to [[spoiler:Ron and Ginny]], Lucius pours himself a drink, pushing one onto Hermione, too.
-->'''Lucius:''' I thought you might need a drink. God knows, I do.
* InterplayOfSexAndViolence: Hermione implies that Lucius often hits her before and after sleeping with her.
* InterruptedSuicide: [[spoiler: Hermione tries to kill herself, but Lucius stops her from doing so.]]
* IntertwinedFingers: Lucius sometimes holds Hermione's hand this way.
* IronicEcho: Lucius kisses Hermione and then carries her bridal style [[spoiler:to her bed, where he rapes her]]. 3 chapters later, the same repeats, only this time [[spoiler:it's consensual.]]
* [[spoiler:KilledOffForReal: Lucius, Bellatrix, Dolohov, and Avery. And Hermione's parents.]]
* [[spoiler:KilledMidSentence: Lucius.]]
* [[spoiler:KillEmAll: Out of the regular characters, only Hermione, Ron and Draco survive.]]
* LoveDodecahedron: Lucius and Hermione are... involved in a relationship that is difficult to define. At the same time, Hermione and Ron are genuinely in love with each other, although not in a physical relationship. Meanwhile, Bellatrix pines after Lucius, whom she has been having an affair with behind Narcissa's back. And Dolohov lusts after Hermione. And it's implied that there is a small, [[IncestIsRelative weird]] sexual attraction between Bellatrix and Draco.
* LoveHurts: Yep.
* LoveIsAWeakness: Lucius believes it to be one, a case of irony.
* LoveRedeems: Lucius's growing feelings for Hermione make him start to reconsider his life.
* LoveTriangle: Type 7 - Hermione and Ron are genuinely in love, but she and Lucius have an incredible emotional dependence on each other.
* TheMasochismTango: Hermione and Lucius never stop hating each other.
* MayDecemberRomance: As Ron and Draco point out, Lucius is old enough to be Hermione's father. The squickiness of the situation is not overlooked.
* MoralityPet: Hermione to Lucius. She is the only character who can bring out some good in him, and that good is negligible at best.
* MurderTheHypotenuse: Bellatrix attempts this.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Lucius has this when he realizes [[spoiler:he's gotten Hermione pregnant]].
** "Fall of Man", a story by the same author, tells chapter 26 through Lucius's perspective. It shows him [[spoiler:suffering this trope during his assault on Hermione, but keeps trying to ignore it. By the end, he goes through this when he realizes he has just raped an unwilling, defenseless, emotionally torn teenage girl who has lost her virginity.]]
* NightmareSequence: Hermione has several. She believes that the reason Lucius sleeps so peacefully is that he has no conscience.
* [[spoiler: NoNameGiven: The illegitimate son of Lucius Malfoy and Hermione Granger is never referred to by any name.]]
* NoSenseOfPersonalSpace: Lucius towards Hermione.
* NoSympathy: Avery.
* [[spoiler: NotIfTheyEnjoyedItRationalization: Lucius skirts very, ''very'' close to this when he attacks Hermione. 'Fall of Man' shows that he's aware, afterwards, of what he's done. Hermione herself is confused and disgusted by the whole thing, but never doubts that what Lucius did was straight-up rape.]]
* OnlySaneMan: Ron. At times, even ''he'' thinks that Hermione's lost her mind. Hermione doesn't entirely disagree with him.
* PrecisionFStrike: Ron gets a very satisfying one.
--> '''Ron''': What now, Lucius ''fucking'' Malfoy? WHAT NOW?
* PickOnSomeoneYourOwnSize: Both Hermione and Ron call Lucius out for fixating his energies on destroying a teenage girl.
* PrimalFear: The dark for Hermione.
* PsychologicalHorror
* PyrrhicVillainy: Lucius spends a ''lot'' of time trying to gain complete victory over Hermione. But he eventually admits both to Hermione and to himself that her terror of him has lost its appeal.
* RageAgainstTheReflection: Lucius glares at his own reflection in a mirror before smashing it, [[spoiler:though it's not clear whether his self-hatred is due to his sleeping with Hermione, his feelings for her, or his awareness of how terribly he has hurt her.]]
* RapeAsDrama: [[spoiler:Hermione has Doholov attempting to rape her, and Lucius actually doing the deed later.]]
* [[spoiler:RedemptionEqualsDeath: Lucius dies trying to get Hermione out.]]
* ScarpiaUltimatum: Lucius pretends to offer Hermione one of these to save her parents’ lives. [[spoiler:It's just a power game of his: after she agrees, he refuses the offer, and kills her parents anyway.]]
* ScrewTheMoneyIHaveRules: [[spoiler: Lucius offers Avery all the money he has to let him and Hermione go when they've been found out at the end of the story. Avery refuses.]]
-->[[spoiler:'''Avery:''' I'm not in this for personal gain. That's where you and I differ, I think. I am able to keep the cause at the forefront of my mind, always. I see no need to abandon it for my own desires, unlike ''some'' I could mention.]]
* SeparatedByTheWall: After [[spoiler: Lucius rapes Hermione]], she sits with her back to her bedroom door, in tears, trailing her hand down the door. 'Fall of Man', which tells this chapter from Lucius's perspective, reveals that at the same time, Lucius is on the other side of the door, pressing his forehead to it, eaten up with self-loathing.
* ShutUpHannibal: Hermione pulls several of these on Lucius. Most notably when he attempts to victim-blame her:
--> '''Hermione:''' You won't blame me. How could you blame me? I was seventeen years old – I was a child. But ''you'' – you're a grown man, with a wife, a son my age, for god's sake. You should have known better.
** Ron gives one to Voldemort:
--> '''Ron:''' I'll tell you what - why don't you cut the melodramatic crap for a change? No one really wants to listen to a drama queen throwing a strop.
* SlapSlapKiss: Taken to a horrifying extreme.
* TheSociopath: Avery.
* [[spoiler:SomeoneToRememberHimBy: Hermione gives birth to Lucius' son after his death.]]
* SpitefulSpit: Several. Hermione spits at Lucius when first captured. Ron spits at Bellatrix at one point. After [[spoiler:Draco finds out about Hermione's relationship with his father, he spits at her.]]
* StalkingIsLove: Lucius towards Hermione.
* StarCrossedLovers: Lucius and Hermione. Divided by age, racial status, families and frieds and, eventually, [[spoiler:death]].
* StockholmSyndrome: Hermione develops this for Lucius despite the torture, racist comments, [[spoiler:murder of her parents and being raped by him.]]
* SurvivorGuilt: [[spoiler:Hermione blames herself for Lucius's death.]]
* [[spoiler:TellMeAboutMyFather: Averted. The epilogue states that, although Hermione's son has his own suspicions about his parentage, he never questions his mother about it, due to his love for her and fear of the truth.]]
* TenderTears: Hermione cries more than anyone else in the story, somewhat understandably. In "Fall of Man", Lucius states that he hates to see her cry, as he can't stand the effect her tears have on him (that is, they make him feel pity for her).
* [[spoiler:ThatThingIsNotMyChild: Lucius refuses to accept the half-blood child that Hermione is carrying. Eventually, when he begins to admit his love for her, he stops calling his new son "it" and admits it to be ''their'' child.]]
* [[spoiler:TogetherInDeath: Hermione hopes for this after Lucius dies]]
--> [[spoiler:'''Hermione:''' I can only hope that he's waiting for me. Even if it's only in oblivion.]]
* TraumaticHaircut: Lucius casts a spell to make Hermione lose her hair at one point. [[spoiler:It grows back a short while later.]]
* UnreliableNarrator: Hermione's narrative, especially concerning her feelings, can often be misleading, due to her suffering from stockholm syndrome and the extreme emotional and mental pressure she's under.
** In 'Fall of Man', Lucius's narrative is extremely unreliable, due to his deteriorating mental state. He often paints Hermione as a stupid, villainous manipulator, despite all evidence to the contrary.
* VillainousBreakdown: Lucius, Bellatrix, Dolohov and Draco are all driven to one gradually. Draco's eventual breakdown is pretty spectacular:
--> '''Draco''': Oh you're ''sorry''? I'm sure you're fucking ''sorry'', you ''bitch!'' Sorry? SORRY? ''LIKE HELL YOU ARE!''
* VillainousBSOD: Lucius has one when Hermione [[spoiler:tells him she's pregnant.]]
* VillainousCrush: Lucius tries not to have one on Hermione, but it gets the better of him.
* WallBangHer: Implied in chapter 31.
* WantsAPrizeForBasicDecency: After [[spoiler:stabbing Hermione in the shoulder]], Lucius fixes the wound he has created up for her. He suggests that she should be grateful to him for healing her. She just tells him to GetOut.
* WhatBeautifulEyes: "Fall of Man" reveals that the thing Lucius admires about Hermione is her eyes.
* WhatTheHellHero: Ron gives a big one to Hermione when he learns how she's [[spoiler:sleeping with Lucius, the Death eater father of their high school nemesis, pureblood supremist and murderer of her parents.]]
* WhatYouAreInTheDark
--> '''Lucius''': It’s darkness that shows us what we truly are. In the dark, one can be whatever one wishes to be.
* WrongGenreSavvy: Subverted, [[spoiler: Hermione thinks Lucius is going to rape her several times, but he doesn't because he claims to find sex with a muggle born disgusting, but he ends up doing the deed because he couldn't help it. Played straight when she also thinks she's in a story where one can EarnYourHappyEnding, where she can make her own future with Lucius and spend their lives together, but she's unable to save him from dying]].
* YouAreACreditToYourRace: Lucius hates all muggleborns but says Hermione is the only one he doesn't want exterminated. He even goes on to wish she were a pureblood.
