I think when I said I wanted him to be 'normal' I meant as in, 'following the course of natural development', not 'normal' as in, uh, 'like everyone else'. That is, I don't think people who have traditional morality are 'normal', they're just trained in a certain way. And it's not like I think Draco's morally 'wrong' or that he's amoral-- he's clearly been conditioned by his father and general upbringing to parrot and/or believe certain things, but I don't think that defines his personality. I just want him to grow up and learn to think for himself a little and nudge at his conditioning some; this doesn't mean he becomes all about goodness and light (well, Harry isn't either, so that works out) but just... y'know, more intelligent :> It's all about self-realization (for me).
As for why I ship H/D... ahahaha. I never said they were easy, obvious or even likely-- but I like the challenge, the contrast between them and the idea that if they did learn to understand where the other was coming from, that's a real accomplishment-- that'd really mean something (in general and for them). I mean, I'm pretty optimistic about them, 'cause they're still kids, y'know, and especially Draco; they've got their whole life ahead of them to change their minds about each other, even if they don't do it about anything else they believe (which they probably will).
It's like... I think that Draco's clearly obsessed with Harry on some level, and Harry definitely has a lot of issues and prejudices that Draco has represented from the get-go. And it's this very barrier between them that I like, if that makes sense. Any attempt to make the barrier lighter is a cheat and not what I want from H/D at all; I want all their problems and improbabilities out in the open, so I can see them shot at like a flock of birds. Perhaps they'll never work out, but to me that's not the point. It's sort of like struggling against fate, y'know? Living itself is like that; you play a losing game, and you don't play to win-- you just play to play.
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Date: 2005-03-01 05:29 pm (UTC)As for why I ship H/D... ahahaha. I never said they were easy, obvious or even likely-- but I like the challenge, the contrast between them and the idea that if they did learn to understand where the other was coming from, that's a real accomplishment-- that'd really mean something (in general and for them). I mean, I'm pretty optimistic about them, 'cause they're still kids, y'know, and especially Draco; they've got their whole life ahead of them to change their minds about each other, even if they don't do it about anything else they believe (which they probably will).
It's like... I think that Draco's clearly obsessed with Harry on some level, and Harry definitely has a lot of issues and prejudices that Draco has represented from the get-go. And it's this very barrier between them that I like, if that makes sense. Any attempt to make the barrier lighter is a cheat and not what I want from H/D at all; I want all their problems and improbabilities out in the open, so I can see them shot at like a flock of birds. Perhaps they'll never work out, but to me that's not the point. It's sort of like struggling against fate, y'know? Living itself is like that; you play a losing game, and you don't play to win-- you just play to play.