You're right, it doesn't make anyone less important to be supporting others--it doesn't even make them female. Crabbe and Goyle are also shown mainly as background to Draco, and while they on their side have their own DE connections through their fathers, Pansy is more proactive and independent it seems to me.
What I like about Draco and Pansy is what I see in their dynamic in canon. I am interested in their friendship, the way they seem to protect each other's insecurities and work together. (I was kind of upset by interpretations of the train car scene I saw after HBP that said Draco was dismissive of her--I don't see him being dismissive at all. Sure he's got his big manly job to think about and is imagining himself as an adult, but I don't think Pansy would consider herself shut out of that just because it's something he has to do for himself.)
I also kind of find it fascinating that she gave Draco a Pansy, actually. Not just because Hermione's also got a hate-on for her starting around GoF but because it's a slightly different dynamic than the Trio. It interests me the way that Draco's introduced with these two omnipresent guy friends, but that he early-on develops a close friendship with a girl.
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Date: 2007-06-02 08:39 pm (UTC)You're right, it doesn't make anyone less important to be supporting others--it doesn't even make them female. Crabbe and Goyle are also shown mainly as background to Draco, and while they on their side have their own DE connections through their fathers, Pansy is more proactive and independent it seems to me.
What I like about Draco and Pansy is what I see in their dynamic in canon. I am interested in their friendship, the way they seem to protect each other's insecurities and work together. (I was kind of upset by interpretations of the train car scene I saw after HBP that said Draco was dismissive of her--I don't see him being dismissive at all. Sure he's got his big manly job to think about and is imagining himself as an adult, but I don't think Pansy would consider herself shut out of that just because it's something he has to do for himself.)
I also kind of find it fascinating that she gave Draco a Pansy, actually. Not just because Hermione's also got a hate-on for her starting around GoF but because it's a slightly different dynamic than the Trio. It interests me the way that Draco's introduced with these two omnipresent guy friends, but that he early-on develops a close friendship with a girl.