What's with all the Draco love in fanon?

[Lauryn]

No: HPFGUIDX 153196


> On 5/30/06, John <clark.kentjr at ...> wrote:
> > For some reason a lot of people like to ship Draco with Harry,
Ginny, or Hermione.  Maybe I'm missing something here, but Draco (in
canon) is a pompous, gloating, racist nitwit (up until HBP anyway,
when he  finally does something without yapping about it) who has been
nothing  but horrible to the Trio and their friends.
> <SNIPPED>
> > Is there any reason besides the actor for the character being
handsome (which Draco in the book WASN'T described as being). <Snipped>

>Ali <alexisnguyen at ...> wrote: 
> <snipped>What you've described as how you see Draco ("pompous,
gloating, racist nitwit") is not necessarily different from how I, and
some others, see him.  However, in an adult set in his ways, those
traits would be viewed, rightly so, as repulsive.  However, in a
child, it pulls on the heartstrings a little and makes you root for
him to be redeemed, to be tossed out into the real world and learn
better how to properly act.  There has been arguments about how Draco
is 15 yrs old and should start to know better since 17 yrs is when
wizards come of age.
> However, being considered an adult and being an adult are two very
> different things, and in my way of thinking, Draco is still a child,
> having been sheltered by his parents and raised to see the world in
> only one way without having had too much to challenge those beliefs.
> <snipped>


Hello, HBP spoilers ahead.
In my opinion fandom loves Draco because he is/was a mystery, because
people can relate to him (hear me out) and like Ali said, because we
want to see him redeemed.
Previously in the books we didn't see much about Draco apart from all
the trouble he caused Harry. Although he established himself as an
undesirable friend for Harry, in my opinion he did not establish
himself as much else. For fanfiction writers at least, a less defined
character is easier to write, because you can work with the character
a bit more, before you are called out for being not true to canon.
After HBP Draco still is a mystery, who would have picked the breaking
nose, crying to Myrtle, protecting his family, attempted murder
combination? 
I also think that people like him because unlike Dudley Dursley, we
have a "villian" here who people can relate to.
Well I can relate to him anyway. 
Who hasn't in their preteens said something that had negative
consquences, the outcome being the opposite of what you had been
intending? I certainly did.
In Draco I see someone who we possibly all could have been, but for
some reason or another we have been able to smooth out our rough
edges, make different choices and peel back any prejudices. He hasn't
achieved it yet, but he could.
I could go on and on about all the different possible motivations
behind all his horrible actions. At this stage we don't know if he
does it because he enjoys being cruel or because he is trying to deal
with things in the only way he knows how.
Anyway. . .feel free to pick what I have said apart and disagree.
Side note: I think one reason fans make Draco attractive because they
want to show the audience that the other character's opinion of him
has changed and they see something worth while in who he is. Isn't it
true that once you get to know someone, they can go from plain to
beautiful? But then again, I may just be overly optimistic.

Thanks for reading.
Lauryn
aka Black Colour Vision/ Dylantian/ Sweet Mystery