Re: FTuS 26 (aka Inner Slytherin)lomonaaerenJanuary 7 2009, 04:35:51 UTC
Thank you very much indeed for the long review! (And the pointing out of that error. One problem with writing a retrospective story like this is that I don't always remember what happened in the original as compared to this one. I'll correct that error in the next chapter).
Draco still sometimes judges Harry by his own standards, even when he's trying to judge him by Harry's. He would think that someone who came in quickly was trying to eavesdrop, so he thinks Harry would also think it.
Draco's compassion will grow stronger, but I think his games also will. In a way, his compassion scares him, because once Harry was an enemy, and here Draco is falling harder than Harry, which scares him. So he retreats into game-playing to prove to himself that he's still "tough" enough for a relationship like this.
(Draco's remark about an interesting life was actually referring to Emptyweed. He intends to make Emptyweed's life interesting indeed with his curse).
Alas, certain secrets may be kept from Harry still and there will be some sort of reckoning on these lies of omission, but I suspect that Draco merely prefers to consider his tactical adjustments as commonsensical adaptation to particular changes in circumstances, right?
Draco still sometimes judges Harry by his own standards, even when he's trying to judge him by Harry's. He would think that someone who came in quickly was trying to eavesdrop, so he thinks Harry would also think it.
Draco's compassion will grow stronger, but I think his games also will. In a way, his compassion scares him, because once Harry was an enemy, and here Draco is falling harder than Harry, which scares him. So he retreats into game-playing to prove to himself that he's still "tough" enough for a relationship like this.
(Draco's remark about an interesting life was actually referring to Emptyweed. He intends to make Emptyweed's life interesting indeed with his curse).
Alas, certain secrets may be kept from Harry still and there will be some sort of reckoning on these lies of omission, but I suspect that Draco merely prefers to consider his tactical adjustments as commonsensical adaptation to particular changes in circumstances, right?
You would be correct!
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