Harry just happens to go much more prettily with his Shadow.
Do you consider Draco to be that kind of Jungian hate-on Shadow to Harry? I don't think I've ever seen Harry's reactions to Draco as that kind of loathing, not even in my first readings to the different books, in which I invariably get sucked in by Harry's pov and forget my own preferences. (The only exception: HBP H/G, threw me right out of Harry-mode)
I've been thinking of Draco more like a literary shadow, the shadowing having more to do with plot than their antagonism as different personalities. Although it's certainly true that Harry's using Draco as a measurement of himself and defining what he himself is not. Maybe I ought to reconsider, but the fact that I find H/D so attractive and right, to me, means they can't be loathing each other on that level.
Actually, I think maybe this sorts out, for me, why I am so fantastically squicked by Snarry. Harry's reactions to Snape (including reluctantly identifying with him after the pensive thing) says Shadow on the level of your Ginny/SM situation, and *feels sick now* I really can't think of any people it would be worse to put together romantically or sexually than this kind of Shadow dynamic.
Oh, and I think Umbridge definitely is Hermione's Shadow. :)
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Do you consider Draco to be that kind of Jungian hate-on Shadow to Harry? I don't think I've ever seen Harry's reactions to Draco as that kind of loathing, not even in my first readings to the different books, in which I invariably get sucked in by Harry's pov and forget my own preferences. (The only exception: HBP H/G, threw me right out of Harry-mode)
I've been thinking of Draco more like a literary shadow, the shadowing having more to do with plot than their antagonism as different personalities. Although it's certainly true that Harry's using Draco as a measurement of himself and defining what he himself is not. Maybe I ought to reconsider, but the fact that I find H/D so attractive and right, to me, means they can't be loathing each other on that level.
Actually, I think maybe this sorts out, for me, why I am so fantastically squicked by Snarry. Harry's reactions to Snape (including reluctantly identifying with him after the pensive thing) says Shadow on the level of your Ginny/SM situation, and *feels sick now* I really can't think of any people it would be worse to put together romantically or sexually than this kind of Shadow dynamic.
Oh, and I think Umbridge definitely is Hermione's Shadow. :)
- Clara