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katmarajade

Happy Christmas, AIGOOISM!

Dec 09, 2014 06:32

Title: The Blade and the Bow
Author: katmarajade
Written for: aigooism
Fandom: Harry Potter
Pairing: Draco Malfoy/Neville Longbottom
Rating: PG-13
Summary: After the war, Draco signs up for self-defence lessons. So does someone else …
Word Count: 666
Warnings: I know nothing about sword fighting!
Author's Notes: You prompted a lot of LOTR type things, so I decided to ( Read more... )

fandom: harry potter, hp: draco/neville, char: hp: draco malfoy, holiday drabbly bits!, hdb 2014, char: hp: neville longbottom, fic

Comments 9

aigooism December 9 2014, 13:12:44 UTC

First of all -- WHY ARE YOU UP SO EARLY? When I saw the notification in my email, the first thought that came in my head after a big YAY was "Isn't it 6:00amish in central time zone right now?!"

Anyway, EEEEEEEEEEE! Thank you so much! I love swordfighting Draco and Neville, but even better is a swordfighting Neville (WHO SOUNDS SO EFFING HAWT) and a bow-shooting Draco. Just, EEEEEEEEEEE! The bow is such a Draco thing.

I also love your confident, witty, smooth-talking Neville. So perfect. And oh, man, he sounds so dreamy from Draco's perspective. I'm glad Draco has good taste because I so agree with his view of Neville.

And Draco's snarkiness with the McLaggen's brothers were on spot! Had me laughing with his highness jerkiness XD

This was wonderful, darling Katy! I'm sorry I threw in so many LotR stuff, but those really were all the things going through my mind then. Damn LotR/Hobbit fanfics! XD Hey, at least I didn't prompt you "video games" again! XD

THANK YOU AGAIN! This gift fic made my night!

katmarajade December 9 2014, 13:40:00 UTC

This prompt was definitely easier for me than some of your previous ones! :-) Once I had the idea in my head of both of them taking lessons (Draco for self-defense and Neville because of the whole pulling out the sword thing making him think he needs to be a top notch swordsman) it all fell into place. I had a lot of fun with this one. And Conan was a hoot to write, even if he didn't get any lines. Having Draco describe him made me giggle all the way through. And I thought he was a good segue into an even hotter (and cleverer and wittier and-- in your, mine, and Draco's opinion-- better buff swordsman! ;-) hehe ( ... )

gelsey December 9 2014, 13:21:32 UTC

Ah, wonderful! I never would have thought of this, but very nice. I love the use of the name Conan coupled with the broadsword ;) I love the imagery of Draco with a bow, and of course Neville will always be hot with a sword!

katmarajade December 9 2014, 13:43:54 UTC

Haha, I'm not sure I would have thought of this on my own, but the sword fighting and bow fighting a la Aragorn and Legolas was part of the prompt (and what I ran with) and then this whole concept came to me. I had such fun with Conan-- and I felt that I was almost JKR-ian in my naming of him. ;-) Glad you enjoyed it, bb!

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katmarajade December 11 2014, 15:43:10 UTC

Thank you! Flustered Draco is always fun to write, as then he often seems to act even snobbier and like more of a prat to cover it up!

sdkshelly December 13 2014, 16:49:25 UTC

Hee! Flustered!Draco is complete love. And who wouldn't be all blushy and flushed watching Neville with a sword, honestly. :DD

katmarajade December 14 2014, 14:33:37 UTC

*nods* I agree completely on both counts. It's one of the ways I like Draco best and Neville with a sword ... *flails*

secretsolitaire December 19 2014, 19:03:26 UTC

This is delightful! :)

katmarajade January 1 2015, 16:44:16 UTC

Hehe! Thanks! It was a lot of fun.