I think it's what makes H/D appealing in the end, the more you think about it, the more "but"s you come up. D: heh! That kind of cheers me up. At least I'm not the only one (who both thinks that & ships them) ^^;; But yes, they're totally more interesting with their attachments intact, which is why I started to be interested in Pansy or Ron or Hermione-- it was all about their relationships to Harry or Draco, at first. I've known people who actively cut Ron & Hermione out of Harry's life so he could concentrate on Draco, and it always sounds like a rejection of Harry of a sort... though maybe I'm a bit oversensitive :> I also think 'us against the world' would only work for me once you did a ton of work to make them friends and partners first, rather than just destroying the(ir) world one way or another to achieve that effect ^^;;;
I totally started off exploring Draco's past & his world to make him more of a character in his own right... plus, he's sort of begging for his own story, being so neatly balanced at the other edge of the stick, at least in canon. I guess, for me it seems 'a story for Draco' was always implied and sort of... obvious in canon if 'negative space' type storytelling could be said to be obvious :>
And man, I really know what you mean about 'dark horse' Draco-- that's been why I've had so many difficulties with H/D post-HBP! I just didn't -feel- Draco there anymore, and it wrecked havoc with my stories 'cause I really can't write Draco-obsessed Harry... I mean, I could, but it would be a joke. You're so right about needing alternating pov's in my experience-- 'cause the only fic I've felt remotely satisfied with in the H/Dness sense was because it balanced between them & gave a fuller picture than usual, I think. Still, you can probably achieve a similar depth of effect with really good dialogue (rather than inner monologue or what have you).
If I was more writey at the moment, I definitely would write it-- maybe I still could :> That Harry sort of taunted me-- I can't figure out why he'd come back to Ginny, and especially not Padma/Parvati or whoever, why he'd be so needy/desperate, and what other explanation would there be, though if that was true, he definitely wouldn't be able to stay married once he sees Draco again. But just, the idea of Harry's crush is fascinating to me 'cause I've so rarely been convinced by it in fics yet it actually exists in my head, too. Probably in the old-school way of initial-denial!Harry followed by angst (WHY MALFOY?) and then stubbornness when Draco's inevitably more cautious (something about breaking kneecaps and tying Draco to a bed... oh wait, that's just in my head, ahaha....ha).
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Date: 2006-08-19 09:57 pm (UTC)heh! That kind of cheers me up. At least I'm not the only one (who both thinks that & ships them) ^^;; But yes, they're totally more interesting with their attachments intact, which is why I started to be interested in Pansy or Ron or Hermione-- it was all about their relationships to Harry or Draco, at first. I've known people who actively cut Ron & Hermione out of Harry's life so he could concentrate on Draco, and it always sounds like a rejection of Harry of a sort... though maybe I'm a bit oversensitive :> I also think 'us against the world' would only work for me once you did a ton of work to make them friends and partners first, rather than just destroying the(ir) world one way or another to achieve that effect ^^;;;
I totally started off exploring Draco's past & his world to make him more of a character in his own right... plus, he's sort of begging for his own story, being so neatly balanced at the other edge of the stick, at least in canon. I guess, for me it seems 'a story for Draco' was always implied and sort of... obvious in canon if 'negative space' type storytelling could be said to be obvious :>
And man, I really know what you mean about 'dark horse' Draco-- that's been why I've had so many difficulties with H/D post-HBP! I just didn't -feel- Draco there anymore, and it wrecked havoc with my stories 'cause I really can't write Draco-obsessed Harry... I mean, I could, but it would be a joke. You're so right about needing alternating pov's in my experience-- 'cause the only fic I've felt remotely satisfied with in the H/Dness sense was because it balanced between them & gave a fuller picture than usual, I think. Still, you can probably achieve a similar depth of effect with really good dialogue (rather than inner monologue or what have you).
If I was more writey at the moment, I definitely would write it-- maybe I still could :> That Harry sort of taunted me-- I can't figure out why he'd come back to Ginny, and especially not Padma/Parvati or whoever, why he'd be so needy/desperate, and what other explanation would there be, though if that was true, he definitely wouldn't be able to stay married once he sees Draco again. But just, the idea of Harry's crush is fascinating to me 'cause I've so rarely been convinced by it in fics yet it actually exists in my head, too. Probably in the old-school way of initial-denial!Harry followed by angst (WHY MALFOY?) and then stubbornness when Draco's inevitably more cautious (something about breaking kneecaps and tying Draco to a bed... oh wait, that's just in my head, ahaha....ha).