~~strutting my icy!draco sexgod pics :D

i hate to sound self-serving, but i seriously think i drew a "right" draco for the first time. yes. i know he's right, even if he's not in-character, because well-- he's got that certain er... "irresistible" look. well, to me anyway. plus he's got cute hair. hair is essential for the draco malfoy overall vibe. yes. hahah. anyway, here:

( he wants to be a rock star... )

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the other picture is a bit funny, in that i was trying to draw a tender moment. it was tender for awhile. but i kept fiddling with it, and then for some reason harry & draco turned angry. hahaha. isn't that just like them? still, i think it's cute, in that psychotic harry/draco sort of way....

( um. they're angry but they sure know some killer moves... )

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i don't know if this last one is worth anything or not, but it's inspired by shakespearechic's `princes of fire and ice'. this is when harry first sees malfoy again and malfoy's got a sexy walk. ahahah. i've been thinking about sexy walks lately, even though i began this pic weeks and weeks ago and it's prolly still not "done". mostly because of fleur and cho noticing each other's walk and hips and swaying bits and so on, whereas in `veela magic', anyway, harry doesn't exactly think draco knows how to walk, heh. um. anyway. this is my idea of prince-of-ice!draco, doing his thang.

now if you'll excuse me, i have to jump and devour ishuca's latest chapter of `plague of legends'.
    and. heh. i find it really amusing the sorts of things that get responses. *laughs* i wonder if i -knew- how it worked-- ie, how in the world some people decide to comment or not to comment-- or read in the first place-- would it make it more or less strange and peculiar. something tells me that it would only get weirder ^^;

~~ on perspective & comfort

EDIT: nevermind all following. eleveninches' funny!smutfic is probably a -much-, much, much more enjoyable way to spend your time :D
    read it and choke on your overwhelmed wheezes of pure piggy joy. yes that is my very objective review :D

ahhhhh, pure smirky wheezy goodness....

"You know," Harry began, "when they said you joined a cult, I really didn't believe them."

...and ok, the harry/snape funny!smutfic by sloaneywoney was also hilarious. but my heart wasn't in it, you see. not like my heart is in drag-queen!draco and horny-barrister!harry :D
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wah. moby rocks my world. my world is insane. here i am, in my old dorm, where i haven't lived since '98, and it feels like home. i see it and i meep, "home!" like i was a bird flying south again. it's been so long, and i still obsess over the same old feelings, same old things. it's like nothing ever goes away, only recycles. in the dining hall, i sit where i used to sit, because my friends and floormates used to sit there and it was cool, but now they don't, but i'm drawn to it, i feel more comfortable there, even sitting alone. this is just wrong, isn't it? well, as far as any of these things can be wrong. it's not even that i don't form new attachments easily. it all accumulates. by the time i die, i'm going to have a close personal relationship with more things than i could even remember. i'm a strange bird alright.

anyway, if any of you are wondering why this isn't an entry devoted to vanityfair's (or ishuca's) new chapters, it's because i haven't gotten to reading -anything- these past couple of days, what with all the stupid creative stuff. ick. anyway, broken printers and unfinished fanart was hounding me.
    this is the guilty party for today, being a (random) illustration for lasultrix's `veela magic' chapter 5, wherein cho's seduction of harry really begins. i was just drawing some asian-looking girl, who became cho, and well-- this happened.
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um. i was thinking, after penelope_z's post, what is it that makes a good harry (or draco) as far as fanart, and why so many seem to fall short. (like, the way daniel looks in those posters, all uber-heroic and everything, seems wrong, yes.)

( ...perhaps not all pretty was created equal, then.... )

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my other not-so-brilliant realization today was inspired by ethrosdemon's response to the h/r/h story i wrote for her. while other people liked it, she was the only one (so far, i guess) that it really spoke to. there's definitely something to be said for existing emotional investment affecting how deeply a piece moves you, and how well you're able to pick up on the intricacies within it (if such exist).

it was just kind of startling that the same piece could be "decent" to one and "wonderful" to another. while again, this seems obvious-- it's just that i think this underscores the role of emotional vulnerability and receptiveness to a particular subject matter in the responses a story receives from readers. it's even more clear in this case because i'm kind of in the middle, so i can see it both ways. while i am invested in the story because i wrote it-- and i was drawing on my own emotional palette and as usual, various other deep emotional resonances to write it-- the threesome-fic isn't my cup of tea, really. so i can see it from a distanced pov, but also from the perspective of someone who actually -cares-. and it's like, if you -care-, every word shines brighter, and every visual is more striking, and of course, not to forget how much a piece gains by having the power to make you sad or happy, besides just appreciative of a job well done.

i realize good fiction should be able to make its own case and make you care on its own merits only, but-- in general, i think a large number of the pieces that mean the most to us, do so because our hearts are open to start with. bleh. now i can t00b off and finally read all my piled up fic.

guh! still haven't reviewed epicyclical's cookie, or maya's latest chapter, or vignette00's ficlet, or read hackthis' jammy sequel, or holographis' latest ficlets, or ashkitty's ginny ficlet, or, or.... *weeps*