OH!! This is a brilliant short fic! Throwing us right in there and gradually building in characterization and context and upping the ante with each section and taking a few twists and turns along the way. A fun, compact plot that hits all the right high notes.
Harry never quite knew what to make of Daphne Greengrass, she was perfectly polite and nice to everyone as far as he knew but she also had a look about her, as if everything was just a little bit funny to her.
Ahhh, you give me everything I love about super-rare characters, making them your own in one tight, descriptive little sentence. I can *see* this Daphne in my head, and I love her.
“We’re government employees, Harry, of course that didn’t occur to them.”
LMAO, as a quasi government employee, I can confirm.
Of course your Harry is perfect, 100% canon, could absolutely see this scenario playing out exactly as you set it up. The isolating fame, the suspicion, the deadpan humor (“Okay, pretend I’m not following this at all,” LOL), all right on point. And Draco, OMG, I know I'm supposed to hate him, but you give me such a canonically arsehole Draco that I can't help but love him. :D Really good job with the Slytherin-ness, both the Draco and the Greengrass sisters. Kudos all around!
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Date: 2020-05-25 11:52 am (UTC)Harry never quite knew what to make of Daphne Greengrass, she was perfectly polite and nice to everyone as far as he knew but she also had a look about her, as if everything was just a little bit funny to her.
Ahhh, you give me everything I love about super-rare characters, making them your own in one tight, descriptive little sentence. I can *see* this Daphne in my head, and I love her.
“We’re government employees, Harry, of course that didn’t occur to them.”
LMAO, as a quasi government employee, I can confirm.
Of course your Harry is perfect, 100% canon, could absolutely see this scenario playing out exactly as you set it up. The isolating fame, the suspicion, the deadpan humor (“Okay, pretend I’m not following this at all,” LOL), all right on point. And Draco, OMG, I know I'm supposed to hate him, but you give me such a canonically arsehole Draco that I can't help but love him. :D Really good job with the Slytherin-ness, both the Draco and the Greengrass sisters. Kudos all around!