Unlikely pairings - moved from MAIN again :)

[dumbledore11214]

Geoff:
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Mark you, the idea of Harry and Draco
as an item is an intriguing one. I have read some interesting fanfic
going along this when I get into a "What would have happened if?"
frame of mind.

Alla:

Absolutely, as I said upthread I totally know why people SHIP 
Harry/Draco – same reason why I SHIP Snape/ Sirius – classic "thin 
line from love to hate", etc.
And no, I do not think that sexual tension was between two eleven 
year olds, but I sure understand how it can be read that way.

Just as I find the handshake between Sirius and Snape in book 4 to be 
full of sexual tension. NO, I do not think it is what JKR intended, 
lol. But I am also guilty of hoping that relationship between Sirius 
and Snape will change for the better after that handshake – that they 
will be forced to work together and be friends or something.

It is interesting though that as unlikely as I always found both 
pairings to come true, I always felt more sympathetic for 
Snape/Sirius, because up to certain point I saw some goodness in 
Snape as well and never saw any in Draco.

To use "Pride and Prejudice" example, I would probably not mind to 
compare Snape/Sirius to it, but I totally do not see Harry/Draco as 
comparison because of seeing good qualities in Darcy and none in 
Draco. I mean, Okay now I can say that he loves his parents, but 
that's pretty much it.

By the way, speaking about Pride and prejudice, I remember Neri 
arguing at some point on Main that reversal in Lizzy's views happens 
after the letter from Darcy pretty much and not that very dramatic at 
the end. Um, anybody can tell me why this is not true?

I reread the book not that often last time, but watched BBC series 
and latest American adaptation recently. Lizzie is shocked when she 
gets the letter and that causes reevaluation, not that she is one 
hundred percent sure in his innocence, but neither is she sure in his 
guilt any more. Does anything more dramatic happen after that? I mean 
sure before the letter she thinks of him as villain who did not treat 
poor Wickham well, but after that she is just not sure?  And even 
when he helps Lidia, I did not feel it was more shocking for Lizzie 
than reading the letter.

Thanks.

Alla