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It is incredibly odd to realize that if I were 10 years younger, I'd be shipping Draco/Ginny right now. I know this with rather high certainty. I almost yearn for my never-to-be-written grand Draco/Ginny epic, ahahaha, naturally to be unfinished (I never finished -anything- at 16).
    That was random. I really was (still am...?) a ridiculous silly over-romantic doofus since before adolescence, even. Anything the least bit archetypal and grand gets my vote, in the end. If it seems likely & reasonable, I'm just going to die of boredom (though mind you, complete chaotic irrationality is boring too-- it's walking the border of possibility that's the thing). Which is probably why I'm not the best person to write a ship manifesto :D :D

The main problem with Draco/Ginny is the Draco characterization it seems to imply (though of course my Draco would still be the brat-- pairing Draco/Ginny is really about sulky brat/sunny brat). Lately I've been wondering how exactly people get the idea that Draco is (or could be) icily composed again.

( The fanon is trying to eat my brain again, dude. I just want to know whyyyyyy. Why icy? )

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Also, this tangent is only vaguely related to Lasair's post about `The Gift' Buffy episode.... But it got me to think about characters doing things which are 'understandable' (considering their history) but not 'right' considering some objective ideal of what people 'should' do in a given situation to satisfy the greater good (if that applies).

That is, Buffy was willing to destroy the world 'cause she couldn't bear to make her sister a sacrifice so it could continue-- she was definitely operating on a code that applied to her and only her. That is, you couldn't say that someone else 'should' have done what Buffy did, 'cause it was all tied up in her own pov (which is the definition of selfishness, I suppose).

The question for me is-- why does the societally-imposed ethical system intrinsically trump an individual's sense of personal 'rightness'?

( Greater good vs. relative good, blah blah... )

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Btw, this is beautiful. Omg, Kirk Not For President!!1 No, you don't understand, it's BEAUTIFUL. heh. cellia, this link's for you <3 *DIES OF GEEKDOM* (Omg, mating ritual!!1)