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reenkait occurs to me that when you really care about something, it's easiest to completely get burnt out and apathetic and against it. ok, obvious. but still. there are some things that i read that make me almost -hate- harry/draco. hate it. hate it. i hate that they do this to my precious. *laughs* i want to renounce it and say, this is not my precious! gah! is not! i don't like anything like this and it's just all wrong, and is -that- what i was going on about? is -that- what people think this -is-??! because if they do, i just want to never hear of it again.
but the only thing worse than -hating- a fic with your favorite pairing, and wanting to never read anything like that again, is not being able to really hate it, because you are so in love with their love that you can't help but care about these ciphers that are really in no way "harry" or "draco". they aren't, and yet i can't quite convince myself enough so that i don't care what happens to them. completely insane. i mean, i hate this fic. i hate it. and yet i -care- about them, and i bother to feel upset at the way this fic treats them in the first place. i mean, i think this fic exemplifies everything that can possibly be done wrong with this pairing. everything. i didn't think that'd be possible, but here it is.
when you would easily call something "the worst h/d fic ever" and yet you still feel emotionally attached to the characters just because of the stupid associations in your head that have nothing, really, to do with the fic, you know there is a problem.
i mean, ok. this is the person's first h/d story. i should be gentle. but to hell with that. it's my problem, of course, that any time i find an hp fanfic author i think might be interesting, the way i test them is by reading an h/d fic, if they ever wrote one. i can't even -judge- any other type, not as thoroughly. i can't tell you if your sirius/remus fic is the most brilliant thing ever-- i can't compare it to much of anything and i'd be guessing if i said the characters sounded off and sirius would -never- do this or that.
i used to be like this with art. it didn't matter what you usually draw to me, i just wanted you to draw a princess in a pretty dress. this was when i was little. but still, same idea. i could judge princesses. i couldn't judge slime monsters, not really.
i should've just stopped reading when it started with draco crying. because a draco that cries is so uncool as to be in a whole new universe of uncoolness, and honestly, just how cool was he to start with?? obviously i have no sense of self-preservation. sigh.
EDIT: ok. things that make me cry in horror and defeat, as far as characterization, aka, Worst Sins Imaginable:
- draco cries. harry cries.hermione cries. REENA CRIES
- draco (or, rarely, harry) is a sensitive intellectual. NOT. please no. please.
- draco is open and honest about his feelings, and says he's sorry.
- harry is a doormat, always understanding and forgiving.
- draco is of course, flamboyantly gay, while harry is "straight-acting"
- draco is a slut. harry is a slut. *reena tears hair out*
- ron is the stereotype for all homophobes everywhere.
- they call each other by first name almost immediately
- they are soulmates, but It's Not Meant To Be.
- harry has forgotten that he's ridiculously well-adjusted, all things considered, and becomes the posterchild for depression. cue draco, being sensitive.
- harry is gay, gay, gay. harry and girls don't mix, never have, never will.
- draco's behavior is all lucius' fault. if lucius "went away" it'd all get better.
- draco mellows with age, and becomes "reasonable", because people change drastically for no reason other than being a few years older.
- harry crumples after draco leaves him, and that sends him over the edge and he just -has- to leave the wizarding world and become a muggle. that, or he kills himself.
- their love isn't meant to be. thus suicide is the only option. harry is the suicidal sort, didn't you know? that, or homicide.
- harry soon cares about draco more than anything, more than life or his sanity or his best friends. draco is his everything. ron and hermione just have to understand (but usually they don't. shocking.)
- draco is actually a very smart and powerful and important wizard. as powerful as harry. who knew?
- draco is the sexiest thing on two legs and everyone thinks so (not just draco. -everyone-. except ron.) harry is second place.
- two words: leather. pants.
~~
P.S. - am i reccing a really weird-but-cool buffy/faith smut fic? why, yes i am. `strawberry road'. mmm. what fic -should- be like, pairing be damned (says the buffy/spike shipper, mind you).
but the only thing worse than -hating- a fic with your favorite pairing, and wanting to never read anything like that again, is not being able to really hate it, because you are so in love with their love that you can't help but care about these ciphers that are really in no way "harry" or "draco". they aren't, and yet i can't quite convince myself enough so that i don't care what happens to them. completely insane. i mean, i hate this fic. i hate it. and yet i -care- about them, and i bother to feel upset at the way this fic treats them in the first place. i mean, i think this fic exemplifies everything that can possibly be done wrong with this pairing. everything. i didn't think that'd be possible, but here it is.
when you would easily call something "the worst h/d fic ever" and yet you still feel emotionally attached to the characters just because of the stupid associations in your head that have nothing, really, to do with the fic, you know there is a problem.
i mean, ok. this is the person's first h/d story. i should be gentle. but to hell with that. it's my problem, of course, that any time i find an hp fanfic author i think might be interesting, the way i test them is by reading an h/d fic, if they ever wrote one. i can't even -judge- any other type, not as thoroughly. i can't tell you if your sirius/remus fic is the most brilliant thing ever-- i can't compare it to much of anything and i'd be guessing if i said the characters sounded off and sirius would -never- do this or that.
i used to be like this with art. it didn't matter what you usually draw to me, i just wanted you to draw a princess in a pretty dress. this was when i was little. but still, same idea. i could judge princesses. i couldn't judge slime monsters, not really.
i should've just stopped reading when it started with draco crying. because a draco that cries is so uncool as to be in a whole new universe of uncoolness, and honestly, just how cool was he to start with?? obviously i have no sense of self-preservation. sigh.
EDIT: ok. things that make me cry in horror and defeat, as far as characterization, aka, Worst Sins Imaginable:
- draco cries. harry cries.
- draco (or, rarely, harry) is a sensitive intellectual. NOT. please no. please.
- draco is open and honest about his feelings, and says he's sorry.
- harry is a doormat, always understanding and forgiving.
- draco is of course, flamboyantly gay, while harry is "straight-acting"
- draco is a slut. harry is a slut. *reena tears hair out*
- ron is the stereotype for all homophobes everywhere.
- they call each other by first name almost immediately
- they are soulmates, but It's Not Meant To Be.
- harry has forgotten that he's ridiculously well-adjusted, all things considered, and becomes the posterchild for depression. cue draco, being sensitive.
- harry is gay, gay, gay. harry and girls don't mix, never have, never will.
- draco's behavior is all lucius' fault. if lucius "went away" it'd all get better.
- draco mellows with age, and becomes "reasonable", because people change drastically for no reason other than being a few years older.
- harry crumples after draco leaves him, and that sends him over the edge and he just -has- to leave the wizarding world and become a muggle. that, or he kills himself.
- their love isn't meant to be. thus suicide is the only option. harry is the suicidal sort, didn't you know? that, or homicide.
- harry soon cares about draco more than anything, more than life or his sanity or his best friends. draco is his everything. ron and hermione just have to understand (but usually they don't. shocking.)
- draco is actually a very smart and powerful and important wizard. as powerful as harry. who knew?
- draco is the sexiest thing on two legs and everyone thinks so (not just draco. -everyone-. except ron.) harry is second place.
- two words: leather. pants.
~~
P.S. - am i reccing a really weird-but-cool buffy/faith smut fic? why, yes i am. `strawberry road'. mmm. what fic -should- be like, pairing be damned (says the buffy/spike shipper, mind you).
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Date: 2003-01-13 05:24 pm (UTC)i mean, it depends on the fic. it'd be weird if there was still "potter" and "malfoy" in luw, and awww, harry & draco calling each other that in `underwater light'. awww.
not saying it's necessarily in-character, but y'know. woobie. ^^
i actually defended crying!draco once, to
but i just hate the use of it as a cliche plot device, and stuff.
ahahah it's just funny for harry to call out "malfoy" in the throws of passion. i mean, he's more sentimental than that. i think, anyway.
but yah. funny how everyone agrees with me but the in-character fic isn't exactly falling from the sky ^^;;
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Date: 2003-01-14 05:08 pm (UTC)Personally, I tend to like it when there is still a lot of animosity involved in their passionate throes. :D I have a thing for angry sex... possibly? So I think the brusqueness involved with 'Malfoy' and 'Potter' could be quite sexy!
*laughs at self*
I do agree that it wouldn't do for most fics (UL, Origins, etc..), though.
Yeah, crying in general really sucks as a plot device. It always smacks of Mary-Suism, to me. As if the author wishes she could simply cry, and get her crush to notice her (like Harry often does with Draco). Or maybe I am being too harsh, I dunno.
*opens umbrella upside-down, hoping to catch some IC fics*