ITA on Draco's "opening up" to his friends...I don't think he would even have a clue how. I don't see his friends as understanding or knowing the "inner Draco" exactly. It's more like he's familiar animal they feel affection for. Like with a dog: you know that he barks his head off at the garbage truck, attacks towels in the morning, snaps if you rub his fur the wrong way. He himself is totally clueless that he's giving out this information, though.
I guess that's part of the appeal of H/D. You somehow get this feeling that both of them could understand each other because they start out thinking the other is a complete jerk and they won't stand for a single thing. They question everything the other person does, so they have to learn to compromise and examine themselves to have even the smallest conversation.
In terms of Draco being aware of liking Harry, I get the feeling he's totally in denial about it now but he can't ever really get away from it. I mean, he hates Harry *now.* Hates how arrogant he is, how he's just a little twerp who gets away with murder and all that, hates all the times he's humiliated him. But I don't think he's ever forgotten that moment where he was left with his hand sticking out. And he can't even convince himself it didn't happen because it happened twice. Harry rejected him for himself in the robe shop and as Draco Malfoy on the train! Harry was able to hurt his feelings once and underneath he knows that must have meant he had feelings to hurt. Unlike Harry who, strangely, hasn't dealt with that kind of thing yet.
Meanwhile, I just had a conversation in my lj about the one L/D I read that I really liked--Passage to Eden. Shagging the Idiot Son indeed!:-)
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Date: 2003-10-10 05:05 pm (UTC)I guess that's part of the appeal of H/D. You somehow get this feeling that both of them could understand each other because they start out thinking the other is a complete jerk and they won't stand for a single thing. They question everything the other person does, so they have to learn to compromise and examine themselves to have even the smallest conversation.
In terms of Draco being aware of liking Harry, I get the feeling he's totally in denial about it now but he can't ever really get away from it. I mean, he hates Harry *now.* Hates how arrogant he is, how he's just a little twerp who gets away with murder and all that, hates all the times he's humiliated him. But I don't think he's ever forgotten that moment where he was left with his hand sticking out. And he can't even convince himself it didn't happen because it happened twice. Harry rejected him for himself in the robe shop and as Draco Malfoy on the train! Harry was able to hurt his feelings once and underneath he knows that must have meant he had feelings to hurt. Unlike Harry who, strangely, hasn't dealt with that kind of thing yet.
Meanwhile, I just had a conversation in my lj about the one L/D I read that I really liked--Passage to Eden. Shagging the Idiot Son indeed!:-)