I know what you mean. I too, am split between liking Draco to be as bratty and bitchy and whiny and pathetic as possible and liking him to be snarky and witty too (I'm only human). And yeah, I think it's because in canon, there's only so far to take him without changing him, and within the range of choices, one picks the one most attractive.
Particularly when writing het or slash, you pick the one you believe will be most attractive to the potential partner, which usually means the one most attractive to you. Also, most of the H/D I've read ages the boys up, and I don't think it's unreasonable to believe that a more mature Draco who would appeal to Harry would have grown out of whiny and into witty, out of bratty and into snarky. The other choice is that he goes the route of his father, who may have his own appeal to fans, but who I cannot see as attractive to Harry. And therein, I think, lies part of the reason I can accept a certain fanon!Draco. I need someone I can believe Harry falling for. That said, I still do want to see the roots of canon!Draco from which the characer sprang.
Heehehe, DarkSeducer!Harry is more canonical as well. They're both more angry and desperate and likely to do "bad things", eheheh. Which is definitely all right with me~:) I don't think he'd seduce Harry... if anything, the problem is that I don't think of Harry as seducible (Draco would have to actually be -cool- and -sexy- for that to work)... wheareas I think of -Draco- as plenty seducible, possibly by Harry being mean to him or beating him up or just getting in his face or... well :D
While I think Dark!Harry is canonical (and close to canon on a few occasions), I don't think Seducer!Harry is. Seduction, to my mind, requires a certain amount of deliberate thought and channelling of passion. Harry's learning some control over his passion, yes, but I don't know that I can ever see him focusing it into seduction. I can't even see him really flirting. Of course, I also believe someone can allow himself to be seduced even if the seducer isn't actually doing anything. That's part of what obsession is, I think. And that is very, very Draco, to my mind. Part of the reason I can see darkseducer!Draco is I can see him getting fed up with Harry not even being aware, and deciding to make him aware. Which is a pretty, pretty picture, to my mind. *G*
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Part the Second
Date: 2003-10-05 09:20 pm (UTC)Particularly when writing het or slash, you pick the one you believe will be most attractive to the potential partner, which usually means the one most attractive to you. Also, most of the H/D I've read ages the boys up, and I don't think it's unreasonable to believe that a more mature Draco who would appeal to Harry would have grown out of whiny and into witty, out of bratty and into snarky. The other choice is that he goes the route of his father, who may have his own appeal to fans, but who I cannot see as attractive to Harry. And therein, I think, lies part of the reason I can accept a certain fanon!Draco. I need someone I can believe Harry falling for. That said, I still do want to see the roots of canon!Draco from which the characer sprang.
Heehehe, DarkSeducer!Harry is more canonical as well. They're both more angry and desperate and likely to do "bad things", eheheh. Which is definitely all right with me~:) I don't think he'd seduce Harry... if anything, the problem is that I don't think of Harry as seducible (Draco would have to actually be -cool- and -sexy- for that to work)... wheareas I think of -Draco- as plenty seducible, possibly by Harry being mean to him or beating him up or just getting in his face or... well :D
While I think Dark!Harry is canonical (and close to canon on a few occasions), I don't think Seducer!Harry is. Seduction, to my mind, requires a certain amount of deliberate thought and channelling of passion. Harry's learning some control over his passion, yes, but I don't know that I can ever see him focusing it into seduction. I can't even see him really flirting. Of course, I also believe someone can allow himself to be seduced even if the seducer isn't actually doing anything. That's part of what obsession is, I think. And that is very, very Draco, to my mind. Part of the reason I can see darkseducer!Draco is I can see him getting fed up with Harry not even being aware, and deciding to make him aware. Which is a pretty, pretty picture, to my mind. *G*