ext_7757 ([identity profile] go-back-chief.livejournal.com) wrote in [personal profile] sistermagpie 2004-03-11 11:39 am (UTC)

I'm assuming that if you're a child reading these (depending of course on your specific age, maturity level, personality and reading habits), it's very easy to get locked-in the Harry POV, so to speak. For instance, you see Harry as he sees himself, a lost little boy, who's not terribly special, with experiences of being bullied and abused at home, etc, so you sort of see Draco as the mean, popular kid, who picks on those below him. But if you distance yourself from the Harry POV, you realise that this cannot be how most people at Hogwarts view the Harry/Draco rivalry. Harry is usually the most popular kid in school, and even at the times people distrust him (the heir of Slytherin, OoP), or most people shun him (the Triwizard tournament), he still has friends, he's never a geek, no matter what people think of him, they always seem to respect him on some level. Maybe it's because of his history and fame, but I think it goes deeper than that, it has to do with his personality, he's never, in all his years at Hogwarts, taken any kind of shit, and people know this, and will never see him as a Neville-type of person. For this reason, I think Draco is only ever truly a bully to Neville, and that's only in their first year. To say that Harry is being bullied by Draco, is almost an insult to anyone who has ever been really bullied. Draco has never had enough power to bully Harry, or anyone in the trio, really. If Harry has any experiences with true bullying, it's from Dudley.

Oh, and I agree that "potterstinks" is one of the absolute best fanon-impersonations of Draco. :-D It was quite a while since I last checked it out, but I used to follow it quite frequently. Not really sure I remember that comment (though it rings a faint bell), and I have to ask what the Q&A section is. Do you mean it's somewhere, where people not participating in the game can ask the characters questions?

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