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[thornyrose42]

 I'v been off the grid for a while due to being away peer mentoring on a residential drama project for kids at risk of exclusion. It was, in case you wanted to know, amazing but absolutely exhausting. The kids ranged from sensible and mature to down right aggravating. However the other leaders were fantastic, we all bonded really well and had a

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[softly_me]

See? There is no need for thumbscrews. It took a while because of work and school and I seemed to have a lot to say.

Let's see, then, where to begin.

I think you did a great job writing our favorite Slytherin. You avoided the usual mistake us fangirls fall into which is making Draco far more impressive than he is. We like to think he's just wit and good hair and bad boy charm, but he really isn't at all. There's some wit, of course, but the last few books made it clear that he is very human indeed. You capture this human side effortlessly with little things like the way he 'yelped' and hid from Potter at the Ministry and pettily tried to provoke Susan. I also like the way he was Malfoy from the first few books - the one thing he's really good at is getting under people's skin. It was great to watch him push her buttons perfectly - his own little revenge for the humiliation he was feeling. Spot-on character wise

[thornyrose42]

But... but I haven't been able to use the thumbscrews for ages! They are getting seriously rusty