[HPforGrownups] Re: Canon Draco vs Fanfic Draco

[heidi]

No: HPFGUIDX 5831



Cassandra Claire wrote:

>
> *blinks* I don't think anyone was seriously wondering that, were
> they? I mean, I thought we were joking.

No, I actually admit to nonsarcastically wondering why they bothered to make
cards for Draco and Crabbe, with sillhouettes but couldn't figure out actual
drawings for either boy - but they did for Goyle. It really doesn't make
sense - but I do agree that it makes sense not to have any Draco-pens or
Draco-snowglobes, or bookends like there are for Ron & Hermione - although
if they do another "Quidditch game"  based on book 2, they'll have to have
him in there somehow - how can you have a big quidditch scene from book 2
without the slytherin seeker?

> Ah, well. I think the source
> of Draco's enormous popularity in fanfic is that he's blond, and
> that's about it. Although much alternate reading of the canon
> (complete with textual examples) trying to prove the thesis that he's
> actually a conflicted character, can be found over on the hpslash
> egroup. If one were interested.

>From working on my Malfoy FAQ, I've gone back ^ read basically every scene
from teh books that he's in, and there actually is support for the idea that
JKR could make him into someone who steps back from completely becoming a
homicidal maniac, which would be what he more or less would have to turn
into if he goes the Death Eater route. I'll flip through it later & try to
find some examples to post here if anyone is interested...