Meme!

[lightofdaye]

In the grand tradition of memes, I stole this one from nearlyconscious who stole it from gamma_x_orionis who probably stole from someone else for all I know. Anyway its a chance to quiz me on my fandoms. Leave a comment.

[My fandoms : Harry Potter, A Song Of Ice And Fire, The Dresden Files, Buffy The Vampire Slayer/Angel]

Name a character in any of my fandoms, and I'll answer these questions;-


Do you love/hate/don’t feel strongly about this character?

What’s your favorite trait of this character?

What’s your favourite moment/event involving this character?

If you could have one power/attribute/etc. of this character, what would it be?

Have you ever pictured this character naked?

When did you fall in love/hate with this character? I you don’t have any strong feelings toward them, why not?

What’s your OTP for this character?

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[nathalieweasley.livejournal.com]

Draco Malfoy

[lightofdaye]

Do you love/hate/don’t feel strongly about this character?
I hate Draco Malfoy. I’ve been hesitant to be strong with the others bt no, I hate this guy. He’s a conniving worthless little shit. Sure the narrative starts to take steps to make him more sympathetic but it never goes so far as to redeem him; he doesn’t ever admit he’s wrong or renounce his bigoted views and in the final battle he’s fighting for Voldemort, however ineffectually.


What’s your favourite trait of this character?
To go with the others, what makes him a good antagonist is his complete bastardry and he does have a good ability to read other people and find nerves t pick on and drive them crazy. So that, I guess.

What’s your favourite moment/event involving this character?


If you could have one power/attribute/etc. of this character, what would it be?
His riches maybe. His ability to dodge consequences.

Have you ever pictured this character naked?
oh hell no.


When did you fall in love/hate with this character? I you don’t have any strong feelings toward them, why not?
Like Ron, this hatred of his character is built up over all the books. I mean he starts doing stuff that makes you hate him from his first scene onwards. But if I had to pick a moment. I believe there’s that time he’s trying to get a rise out of Harry by saying he’s staying at Hogwarts over Christmas because he has no real family. From a guy whp’s only worth is in his family name, that’s pretty galling.

What’s your OTP for this character?
I should have deleted this question. Well I have written Draco/Rose and Draco/Pansy scenes but I don’t really have a OTP for Draco.

[tamlane.livejournal.com]

No grey area for Mr. Malfoy where you're concerned, eh?

Let's see...
First year he got sent into the Forest as punishment.
Second year his father publicly reamed him out over a humiliating Quidditch loss.
Third year he got bitch slapped by both a hippogriff and a Muggleborn girl.
Fourth year he got turned into a bouncing ferret.
Fifth year his dad got sent to jail.
Sixth year and seventh year he lived under the constant threat of pain and death.

And even when he wins, someone comes along and snatches the prize out of his hand and gives it to Harry Potter.

Yep, he does a great job of dodging consequences.

[lightofdaye]

no grey area whatsoever. :P

I don't remember Lucius reaming him out of quiddtich. Just for not being as good at school as Hermione. And then he bought him a broom and got him on slytherin quidditch team.

And his dad being sent to jail is more Lucius failing to dodge consequences than it being a consequence of Draco's action.

I was mainly thinking of him appearing hale and hearty in the epilogue with a wife and kid. But given the time jump i guess he could have spent years in azkaban after DH.

but you're right, I couldn't think of any abilities of his I wanted to have.

[tamlane.livejournal.com]

I like to think he wouldn't spend years in Azkaban. I like to think Draco deserves a chance at happiness. I'm not excusing his behavior. But there's being a nasty little shit, and then there's being forced into a life of crime against your will at the age of 16. And I don't believe Harry would have had him sent to Azkaban.

Of course, he's still a nasty little shit in my favorite Draco fics. That's what I like about him.

[lightofdaye]

He probably wouldn't, no. Harry is scrupulously fair after all.

I hope Lucius got sent away for a long time though.

[nathalieweasley.livejournal.com]

I definitely read mostly H/D stories but I'd like to think I read ones where the past has been acknowledged and Draco redeemed. He acted like a shit, yes, but his actions were done for legitimate reasons i.e. Sixth year and seventh year he lived under the constant threat of pain and death.

But I enjoyed reading your thoughts on him.

[lightofdaye]

I'd skimmed through you journal a bit and saw all the H/D and thought 'oh dear this isn't going to go down well'

But I mean I can see fanfic redeeming Draco, and I can see it happening, I guess. But it would be a long slog for him and it definitely did not happen in the actual books.

[nathalieweasley.livejournal.com]

Not at all! Everyone has their character preferences and their own ideas of how their personalities develop after the books.

[nevrafire.livejournal.com]

Yay! I'm not the only one in fandom who Hatessss Draco Malfoy- redeeming arc or not.

*high five*