Another Fic Search...and Rants.
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bottom_dracoHey Guys, I am back with another fic(s) request and a rant to burn off some steam.
So I have another fic search and one that is fairly specific. I am looking for fics out their to add to my growing bookmarks with the pairing Harry/Draco or Gryffindor/Draco, that doesn't have Draco pretty much turning into this suddenly perfect partner for Harry. You all know what I'm talking about. The ones were he suddenly isn't jealous and bitter of the fact that Harry gets all the attention and start to sympathize with Harry and admit he has been wrong, because obviously ever Gryffindor or person on the light side are saints that are just always, always right and can just never do the bad thing. Because you know, it's not like they are human or anything, right?
Yeah, I am not looking for fics like that.
Sadly for me, and lucky for everyone else that is a huge Harry Potter (the character) fan and like to pair him with Draco, these fics are more dominate in this fandom and are easy to find.
I really, really, don't want to read another fic like this again. I get why most people who write HP/DM go the same route I explained above. From the way I see it, Harry is the main character and is on the 'good' side or the 'right' side. That's cool and all, but for a person like me who really doesn't go for the goody two shoes character, it frustrating to see the character seemingly always changing to better fit Harry's good personality.
I get it. Harry Potter = Good guy that could do no wrong.
BUT, I would prefer it if Draco Malfoy ≠ Harry Potter perfect boyfriend/Lover/Pet/Husband after he sees reason that the 'light' side was obviously right from the beginning and the 'dark' side was just so very wrong and had absolutely zero reasoning to begin with.
Why can't they just agree to disagree? Can they not have their own opinion and still be together?
In my eyes, both sides had equal parts were they were wrong and were they were right. You know, I have yet to read a story (with bottom Draco) where the 'light' side and 'dark' side simply compromised with each other other than Oath Breaker. Isn't that one usually tries to do before going into full war and even after going into full war a treaty to end the war or something is sighed.
And this may offend other (which I'm not trying to do, I swear) but I had never seen the fight against Harry and Tom Riddle as a full out war, even when they supposedly declared war. This could likely be to the fact that by the time I got into the HP books I had read some really intense war fics filled with eye widening action and some pretty graphic manga (Naruto, Bleach, Vampire Knight, Code Breaker, and much more) and compared to them what Harry went through to defeat Tom Riddle wasn't really all that bad. They also kept mentioning on how if Tom wasn't defeated it would effect the whole wizarding world, but the action was kept in Britain and just seemed like a small civil war at most times to me. I don't think the wizarding world would have trouble killing off Tom if Harry didn't defeat him if it really came to that.
While reading slash fics over the years I have become sensitive to all things 'good' or 'right'. I dislike characters that always do 'good' or whatever. I don't mind reading about them if they are partnered with a character like Draco who others sees as a 'bad' or 'not right'.
I don't want to read another fic like that either. The one were Draco 'gets whats he deserve'. He can be punished for what he did in the war, that's fine. It's when people over due it is were I draw the line. Fics that involves him becoming a slave of some sort, and after being tortured and raped, seems to fall in love with his 'master' were I would see him either finding some way to kill himself instead of have to bruise his pride or biding his time to escape and kill. A LOT of authors seem to make him incapable of killing or focus on the word 'coward' because he is a slytherin.
Authors tend to look from a Gryffindor point of view and not a slytherin like I would prefer. Or just a general would be great.
At any rate, rant over and done with I am hoping that their are fics (bottom Draco) out their that isn't written in a Gryffindor perspective, have Draco changing or 'correcting' his views to be with Harry, have Draco punished for his crimes unfairly, or 'light' side Draco period at this point. I would rather him just be on his own dang side or neutral.
So I have another fic search and one that is fairly specific. I am looking for fics out their to add to my growing bookmarks with the pairing Harry/Draco or Gryffindor/Draco, that doesn't have Draco pretty much turning into this suddenly perfect partner for Harry. You all know what I'm talking about. The ones were he suddenly isn't jealous and bitter of the fact that Harry gets all the attention and start to sympathize with Harry and admit he has been wrong, because obviously ever Gryffindor or person on the light side are saints that are just always, always right and can just never do the bad thing. Because you know, it's not like they are human or anything, right?
Yeah, I am not looking for fics like that.
Sadly for me, and lucky for everyone else that is a huge Harry Potter (the character) fan and like to pair him with Draco, these fics are more dominate in this fandom and are easy to find.
I really, really, don't want to read another fic like this again. I get why most people who write HP/DM go the same route I explained above. From the way I see it, Harry is the main character and is on the 'good' side or the 'right' side. That's cool and all, but for a person like me who really doesn't go for the goody two shoes character, it frustrating to see the character seemingly always changing to better fit Harry's good personality.
I get it. Harry Potter = Good guy that could do no wrong.
BUT, I would prefer it if Draco Malfoy ≠ Harry Potter perfect boyfriend/Lover/Pet/Husband after he sees reason that the 'light' side was obviously right from the beginning and the 'dark' side was just so very wrong and had absolutely zero reasoning to begin with.
Why can't they just agree to disagree? Can they not have their own opinion and still be together?
In my eyes, both sides had equal parts were they were wrong and were they were right. You know, I have yet to read a story (with bottom Draco) where the 'light' side and 'dark' side simply compromised with each other other than Oath Breaker. Isn't that one usually tries to do before going into full war and even after going into full war a treaty to end the war or something is sighed.
And this may offend other (which I'm not trying to do, I swear) but I had never seen the fight against Harry and Tom Riddle as a full out war, even when they supposedly declared war. This could likely be to the fact that by the time I got into the HP books I had read some really intense war fics filled with eye widening action and some pretty graphic manga (Naruto, Bleach, Vampire Knight, Code Breaker, and much more) and compared to them what Harry went through to defeat Tom Riddle wasn't really all that bad. They also kept mentioning on how if Tom wasn't defeated it would effect the whole wizarding world, but the action was kept in Britain and just seemed like a small civil war at most times to me. I don't think the wizarding world would have trouble killing off Tom if Harry didn't defeat him if it really came to that.
While reading slash fics over the years I have become sensitive to all things 'good' or 'right'. I dislike characters that always do 'good' or whatever. I don't mind reading about them if they are partnered with a character like Draco who others sees as a 'bad' or 'not right'.
I don't want to read another fic like that either. The one were Draco 'gets whats he deserve'. He can be punished for what he did in the war, that's fine. It's when people over due it is were I draw the line. Fics that involves him becoming a slave of some sort, and after being tortured and raped, seems to fall in love with his 'master' were I would see him either finding some way to kill himself instead of have to bruise his pride or biding his time to escape and kill. A LOT of authors seem to make him incapable of killing or focus on the word 'coward' because he is a slytherin.
Authors tend to look from a Gryffindor point of view and not a slytherin like I would prefer. Or just a general would be great.
At any rate, rant over and done with I am hoping that their are fics (bottom Draco) out their that isn't written in a Gryffindor perspective, have Draco changing or 'correcting' his views to be with Harry, have Draco punished for his crimes unfairly, or 'light' side Draco period at this point. I would rather him just be on his own dang side or neutral.
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Date: 2013-01-09 04:20 am (UTC)It never really suggests who is top or bottom (from what I can remember) but if I have got it wrong please disregard my comment and link to the story. :)
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Date: 2013-01-11 02:26 am (UTC)