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This is making me realise I have some serious Draco issues. Self, he's a fictional character! Kindl stop being freaked out/scared/whatever because "people are judging him for what he's like at fourteen!" Because really, if you use that little grey mass that is your brain, you know they're completely right.
And you know, i'll take the issues over the fucking apologists any damn day, thanks.
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Whatever the case is, I don't like Draco, but I know there are people out there who do and, while I don't get it, I don't want to discourage people from liking who they like. I don't have that right and I don't want to force anyone to feel bad for liking Draco. I am sorry if my dislike of him made you feel freaked out/scared/whatever. That honestly was not my intention.
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Like I said, personal issues and experience with people who were complete bastards at 14 and turned out to be okay people in later years makes it hard for me to completely condemn him.
And frankly, what you people said doesn't come close to what I saw Back In The Days before the whole Draco-hype. (Never thought I'd miss that time. I want my fandom back! ^_^)
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As for that series, I didn't read that as such. To me, it's all Stockholm syndrome, and quite brilliant at that. (I know there's an "alternate ending" out there where they do "fall in love", but I'm not fond of that.)
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I don't like Draco. Then again, I don't like Sirus either. It's just my opinion, I know there are a lot of people who like Draco and a lot of people who like Sirius, and hey, more power to them. Am I judging Draco by what he was like at 14? I sure am. It's been my experience that people who are assholes at 14 tend to be assholes well into adulthood. But I am open to change. If in book 5, 6, or 7 Draco stops being an asshole, I might reconsider my opinion of him. I've read fic with Draco in it, and if the author made a good enough case why I should like Draco, I put my dislike aside for the duration of the story.
I do understand about your issues, though. I may not 100% understand them, but I've had my own fictional character issues, so I sorta get where you're coming from.
*goes back to giggling at hockey players, which she is much better at than trying to be intelligent and stuff*
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Sorry for rambling, but I'm knee-deep in writing these youngsters and you gave me some food for thought. :-)
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Which is EXACTLY why I don't like him. And he was, what, 16 at the time? Old enough to understand what he was doing, and to have taken responsibility for it, and as far as I can tell he never did. If you think about it, they never really said how close the rescue was, for all we know, James was in danger of being killed too. And then Sirius would have caused REALLY big problems :)
Sorry for rambling, but I'm knee-deep in writing these youngsters and you gave me some food for thought. :-)
Wow, at least I'm good for SOMETHING :)
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But...
I'm an optimist.
And I can see the possibility of redemption.
That doesn't mean he should be perfect or sweet, or even nice.
I remember a character on one of the soaps (actually, she was the Cassandra who inspired my RPS pseud :), and she started out as a mystery woman, appeared to be a calculating killer and ended up as a deliciously witty bitch, who wasn't nice at all.
I could so see Draco ending up as the male equivalent. One of those obnoxious-yet-strangely-endearing rich young men.