I whole-heartedly agree with lj user="astartes_amazon">, Draco, Narcissa and Lucius do think through absolutely everything, which is one of the reasons that I adore this story so much. You seem to be able to get inside their heads, I can understand how this family got themselves into the mess that the did, everything would be considered and carefully undertaken and done for a reason. But the trouble was that, in the past, their reasons were so wrong.
I get Harry, I understand him totally, but Draco and his reasons for doing what he did can seem alien. But not here, in this story. The characterisations here are so well realised, that the reader can understand why the Malfoys do what they do, without necessarily agreeing with them and along the way develop affection for them all.
I really liked the line where Lucius contemplates the fact that families are often sorted into the same houses rather than ending uptearing themselves apart, which makes more sense, Hogwarts houses are divided by beliefs and attitudes, not by personalities.
I also love the way that Harry continues to confounds the family, even when they think that they understand him, he throws them for a loop and long may he do so, hot-headed Gryffindor that he is and their attitude towards him seemes to be developing into a sort of exasperated affection.
Lovely, characterisations, lovely little touches, wonderful world building.
Thank you! I do enjoy thinking about why certain characters do certain things (it's how almost all my stories begin), and in this case I find the Malfoys' motives in canon as bewildering as you do. Why serve Voldemort? Why think that that would ever work out any way but badly? And yet they do, and we see that they love each other at the same time, so it's not as though they're soulless automatons. I'm trying to work out, here, what might have happened to turn them into those kind of people.
Lucius is being a bit disingenuous there. :) He knows there have been exceptions. But he never lets knowledge get in the way of a good metaphor.
Harry has earned their "exasperated affection"- good phrase- just by being himself. I doubt he could have done so if he'd set out to act the way he thought they wanted. Of course, in this story he's so oblivious to nuance that he really couldn't do that even if he tried.
Glad you're enjoying it, and thank you for reviewing.
I get Harry, I understand him totally, but Draco and his reasons for doing what he did can seem alien. But not here, in this story. The characterisations here are so well realised, that the reader can understand why the Malfoys do what they do, without necessarily agreeing with them and along the way develop affection for them all.
I really liked the line where Lucius contemplates the fact that families are often sorted into the same houses rather than ending uptearing themselves apart, which makes more sense, Hogwarts houses are divided by beliefs and attitudes, not by personalities.
I also love the way that Harry continues to confounds the family, even when they think that they understand him, he throws them for a loop and long may he do so, hot-headed Gryffindor that he is and their attitude towards him seemes to be developing into a sort of exasperated affection.
Lovely, characterisations, lovely little touches, wonderful world building.
Thanks for sharing.
Lucie x
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Lucius is being a bit disingenuous there. :) He knows there have been exceptions. But he never lets knowledge get in the way of a good metaphor.
Harry has earned their "exasperated affection"- good phrase- just by being himself. I doubt he could have done so if he'd set out to act the way he thought they wanted. Of course, in this story he's so oblivious to nuance that he really couldn't do that even if he tried.
Glad you're enjoying it, and thank you for reviewing.
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