Comments | drabblesmith: theanthropic. harry.

marginalia in drabblesmith

theanthropic. harry.

Aug 27, 2004 16:16

[theanthropic] - harry
this spilled out at exactly 100 words. i think i better not mess with it. and in my head, it was ron, but that's up for debate.He's faced the dark Lord again and again, as a baby, as a child, as a sullen teenager. Every time he has lived. Every time people edge away from him just a little bit more. They begin to think him ( Read more... )

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dorrie6 August 27 2004, 16:59:58 UTC

Every time people edge away from him just a little bit more. They begin to think him theanthropic. They forget he is just a boy. They push him ahead, they call him a demon, they call him a savior. They never call him Harry.

Dude.

God. This thing is gorgeous. I've read it about five times now, and each time I'm pulled into something more.

dorrie6 August 27 2004, 17:00:50 UTC

Plus, I think I'm, like, gonna cry.

marginalia August 28 2004, 19:46:52 UTC

i thought i was going to cry when i wrote it. it came from someplace that isn't me - i just typed it :) *hug*

byandby August 28 2004, 16:38:21 UTC

God. This was incredible.

The merpeople push him up from the depths, Dumbledore carries him back to the castle, and that night Gryffindor Tower sinks under the weight of the one who would have called him love.

I am utterly speechless. Wonderful. Beautiful. There is so much emotion in 100 words.

*weeps*

marginalia August 28 2004, 19:56:09 UTC

and that's exactly what i love about drabble writing. thank you!

maerda_erised August 28 2004, 20:06:00 UTC

O_O wooooooow... just beautiful. i can't even quote which lines i liked because i liked all of them. i particularly like the images of (a) no one calling him Harry and (b) the tower sinking under someone's weight. so very very powerful. wonderful piece.

marginalia August 29 2004, 20:20:29 UTC

thank you so much!

shalna August 29 2004, 11:34:26 UTC

That's ... probably perfect.

Both of the short paragraps sort build up towards the end and then the lines they never call him Harry and the one who would have called him love nail it just perfectly and make my heart ache. I've also always been intrigued by Harry's position in the wizarding world (Harry as more like a savior, or a weapon even, than a real person).

marginalia August 29 2004, 20:35:22 UTC

i have never been terribly interested by harry as a character, but when i start thinking about him like this then i'm fascinated. thank you!