Poor Little Lamb (The Draco's Choice Remix) [Harry Potter; Draco Malfoy, others]

[melle_mal]

Title: Poor Little Lamb (The Draco's Choice Remix)
Author: rynne
Summary: Draco had choices to make.
Rating: PG-13
Fandom: Harry Potter
Spoilers and/or Warnings: through DH.
Title, Author and URL of original story: The Prince and the Lamb by lyras

Comments

[lyras]

But now he knew, there was no winning here.

Oh, wow. I love the way you've used my little ficlet (which was written before DH came out) and tied it in with the canon we got for the Malfoys in DH. I love the Malfoys in DH, but they don't exactly come off well, except for Narcissa, so it's wonderful to see Draco's POV here. I loved the moment where he's wiser than his father, but realises he can't play the role of Snape to his father's Draco.

Poor Draco, all his illusions stripped away. You made me believe in him here, with all his lost hopes and helplessness. I love that he just doesn't care about the Elder Wand at the end. And the last line is wonderful.

Fabulous - I look forward to finding out who you are!

[rynne]

I'm glad you liked it! This is really only the second time I've written Draco, so I'm glad you thought he was believable. You had so many wonderful fics I would have loved to remix, but that particular ficlet just kept nudging me and telling me to explore it, and I'm glad you liked the results. :)

[lyras]

Thank you again, especially as I saw from your journal that this was a pinch hit! I'm amazed that you managed such a good, meaty story in such a short time.

The ficlet you chose is definitely one of those I would have liked to do more with, given an opportunity, so I was delighted that you used it here.

[nora_charles]

Good fic! The feeling of oppressive fear is great.

[rynne]

Thanks! I'm glad you got that feeling, since that's what I was going for. :)

[iambickilometer]

This is just beautiful. The last two books had given me an appreciation for Draco I hadn't felt before, and seeing the recent movie reminded me about that. And then this... is exactly the sort of situation I imagined Draco to be in. In the end, he loves his family. He's not a nice person, not a particularly good person - and so very bigoted - but he's not evil, and I love that.

[rynne]

Thank you! I'm not really that interested in Draco myself, but reading the original ficlet just gave me the urge to tell his story, and I'm glad you thought it fit.

[vespertanmer]

This is the first story I've ever read strictly from Draco's perspective. It was enlightening, in a bleak way, to read his take on events in Deathly Hallows. His fear and reconsideration of choices made are palpable, and human. Nicely written.

[rynne]

Thanks! This is only the second story from Draco's perspective I've ever written, so I'm glad it turned out well! :)

[werewolfsfan]

Wow! I'm 49 so I was an adult fan of the Potterverse from the beginning. I've always wished that the bad guys were portrayed more fully. Even for children's stories, their should have been some attempt made to show why some became Death Eaters or at least sympathizers. Also, how they were wrong and realized it.
Thank you for giving us what so much of what was missing in canon. And you wrote such a wrenching expose of one of the most prominent enemies of Potter in the series! I cannot point to what impressed me or moved me the most because that is every paragraph! This is more harrowing for its insights and the Potterverse more rounded for this being a part of it.

[rynne]

Thank you! Those are quite the compliments! I've also always wished that the bad guys were more rounded than JKR ended up making them, and I'm glad you think I've helped with that.