~~ sword-of-doom!Draco <3

A combination of reading the_leaky's latest storyline and listening to the LoTR movie soundtrack made me picture Draco... in a light I've forgotten I loved, really. A heroic light.

It's not Frodo-style heroism I'm talking about, actually-- not that of the hapless innocent who's chosen by Destiny to fight darkness. No... but it's another form of the archetype, just as old. It's about the youngest, the weakest-- the most foolish-- Ivan the Fool, setting out on a hopeless journey to save someone he loves best-- his dying mother, perhaps-- or to rescue a kidnapped princess he'd loved at first sight. It's the heroism which sends one on a journey of self-discovery same as any other, but it's often borne not of bravery but desperation.

And reading about Draco saving Harry, I remembered-- that's my favorite story. Draco the Fool, hopeless and without any obvious skill, a laughing stock more than likely. Whatever powers he has, he misuses them, but more likely none are apparent.
    Harry saving Draco seems... redundant in a way. Harry is already saving everyone else-- that seems to be his job and his pre-existing journey. Draco's future-- that's limitless. He can define himself in almost any fashion. It's his choice, where Harry's was taken away from him.

I mean, this is fanon Draco in the best sense-- where you take a cute-yet-annoying boy from canon & give him an AU future to turn him into a man. Someone who could stand alone-- carry a story. And yet there's no need to add anything to his character except a number of challenges to temper it, the way one tempers steel. That's what defines a hero, after all-- not his traits but his choices. Surviving under pressure and seizing a trial as if it was an opportunity to show the world what one is made of, but mostly to show oneself who you are.

Most likely I just wanted an excuse to draw a guy with a sword.

( But I call this Draco the Fool. )

w00t! pr0n! except not.

Ahhhh, stellabelle so owns me. Yeah, she wrote another H/D fic and yeah, I'm so in love with it I have to pimp it in this most embarrassing fashion. Ahem.

Possibly this might have to do with the fact that it's called `I Have A Girlfriend, You Fucker!'. I think this and this alone could make me fall over from the sheer beauty of it all.

Also, after the_leaky's unfortunate descent into angst, I so needed this, man. Besides, there are references to like, British things in it. Like... like Kensington. Oh, the love. As well as easy!Draco and rather-stupid-but-eager!Harry. The world really should work like this. I mean, it may not, but DAMMIT IT SHOULD. Actually, it -does-, doesn't it?