Chapter Twenty-Five of 'For Their Unconquerable Souls'- New Realms of Honesty

[lomonaaeren]

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[fauxpersonae007]

Love that Harry can make Lucius' jaw drop in surprise. Very interesting update, Narcissa did surprise me here.

[lomonaaeren]

Thank you!

[quill_lumos]

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

[lomonaaeren]

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.

[ravenqueen55]

Loved it all, but the insight into Lucius's thoughts at the end has to be my favourite part. I thought it was hilarious!

[lomonaaeren]

Thank you!

[cassie_black12]

Even the sight of Harry drooling doesn't put Draco off - he truly is smitten.

I really enjoyed that interaction between Harry and Lucius. They really are such polar opposites, and yet, in some ways, I think Harry finds him easier to get along with than the other two.

Another good chapter.

[lomonaaeren]

Yes, he is. :)

I think one reason Harry finds Lucius easier is that he's a bit simpler- not in a bad way, but without the same subtlety that Draco and Narcissa have. And he doesn't come up with multiple ways to view Harry's situation as quickly, either, which makes him worse at comebacks.

Thank you!

[fbf]

You know, every time you put up another chapter, we get one step closer to the chapter I've been waiting for probably almost since you started this. The moment when Harry turns the tables on the Malfoys and uses their own laws against them, and I can't wait to read their reactions. Narcissa will be silently gleeful that Harry can be a Malfoy, but I think the boys will be fish sucking air.

*bounces* YAY!

[lomonaaeren]

Thank you! And oh, that scene will indeed be so fun to write.