[HPforGrownups] Re: Elkins' Draco Malfoy Is Ever So Lame. Yet Sympathetic. And Dead, Too.

[Arynn Octavia]

No: HPFGUIDX 124507

Betsy:
The entire point of the hurt/comfort phenomenon is that after the 
male is hurt, the female will comfort him.  It is not sadism. It's 
not the actual pain that gets the ladies off, it's the chance to 
soothe the troubled brow.
 
Arynn:
Okay, you make it a little more understandible. Elkin's quote sounded a little insulting towards women. 
 
But I don't get one more thing. The original quote said women like to see the man put on a brave face dispite his suffering. Draco does suffer (not more than any typical teen IMHO) and his suffering is usually casued by himself. But he never puts on a brave face when he is actually suffering, just when he's faking it. When he's actually hurt he whines and cries about it. So explain to me women, why is Draco sexy? 
 
Harry sufferes more than Draco, and never whines EVER. Yet Draco has the devoted following. I suspect it has to do more with Tom Felton that Draco Malfoy, though honestly if I were into males (and about ten years younger) I would be more into Harry. 
 
About Draco, someone has mentioned that he showed interest in being Harry's friend, but if you notice, he practically ignores him in the robe shop, and only seems interested when he learns Harry's name. Seems more of a Peter/James friendship he wants than a true friendship. (id est: he wants powerful friends, not companionship)
 
Just to clarify I do not mean Peter/James in the slashy way.
 
 
 


--Arynn Octavia (A Lupin Lover)
		
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