Why bottom!Draco?

[tsosh.livejournal.com]

I hope it's OK to post this, because it's not a fic or anything...
I have a question - Why do you prefer Draco to be bottom? I love it too of course, but it started because I pair him with Harry and couldn't imagine Harry not to be top (And it looks sooo good in my head). So what are your reasons? It will help me convince others in the rightness of bottom!Draco :)

Oh, and there's also this delicious ferret!Draco by the very talented yukipon, so you woldn't say I've been wasting your time.

Comments

[bansheeqwn.livejournal.com]

I totally agree with you tsosh. the majority of what people consider to be canon Draco IS mostly fanon that has been mistakenly taken as 'canon'. what JKR has written of draco's charac is very superficial. we know he's a bully when surrounded by his goons and he's a spoiled rich kid with a superiority complex. that's pretty much it.

I always see Harry as more dom simply because he is the hero. how can harry be expected to be the savior of the wizardry world and be botton to draco? there's just no way! at least in my opion. harry's the one that's kicked dark lord butt on numerous occasions and lived. he's the one that single-handedly killed the basilik. Draco on the other hand ran away screaming like a girl from the forbidden forest and was scared of harry's disembodied head throwing snow balls at him. In every confrontation he's had w/ harry, it's always harry who comes out on top (no pun intended!). we've yet to read of a single confrontation between draco (alone!) and any other character. Draco's a total puss!

also, i think many people have started to confuse Tom Felton's physic with Draco Malfoy's physical characterization. Tom's growth spur between PS and CoS has him now towering over harry in the movies. but in the books, draco and harry are about the same height, maybe he's even slighter shorter than harry. the majority of the fics i've read charac draco as taller and bigger than harry hence, harry as bottom. yuck!

so harry's gotten a bit emotional and moody on a few occasions. so what?! it's perfectly understandable given what he's gone through. i'd be pretty pissed myself if i was constantly being kept in the dark and considered too young despite all harry has already seen and done. it actually makes harry a stronger person. i can't see draco going through what harry has and actually coming out the better for it. in my opinion draco's just not strong or mature enough, emotionally or morally, to handle the situation as well as harry.

anyways...when it comes to h/d goodness, i'll always see draco as bottom, no questions asked.