Ah yes, courage as the primary virtue... *eyeroll* Cannot quite suppress the feeling that if JKR were to be faced with a monstrous THING drinking blood in a haunted forest, her reaction would be much like Draco's - and mine, I might add. Namely 'AHHHHHHHH what the hell is that OMG run like buggery AHHHHHH mommy mommy please come help me this school is on SO MUCH CRACK AHHHH!' And yet I still can't buy Draco as going insane. Possibly just because in this very odd wizarding world in which he is thoroughly submerged, I kind of figure that if you emerge in your teens with logic, it'll stick with you. Draco's not brave. Draco's not stoic. Draco *is* resilient. We always see him come bouncing back like a nasty little india rubber ball. Even if he is scared out of his mind at certain points, they're the points where it *makes sense* he would be, and then he gets his mind back. Draco *makes sense.* So few of the other characters do, entirely. *waves 'No St Mungo's For Draco!' banner.
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Date: 2004-08-02 07:51 pm (UTC)And yet I still can't buy Draco as going insane. Possibly just because in this very odd wizarding world in which he is thoroughly submerged, I kind of figure that if you emerge in your teens with logic, it'll stick with you.
Draco's not brave. Draco's not stoic. Draco *is* resilient. We always see him come bouncing back like a nasty little india rubber ball. Even if he is scared out of his mind at certain points, they're the points where it *makes sense* he would be, and then he gets his mind back. Draco *makes sense.* So few of the other characters do, entirely.
*waves 'No St Mungo's For Draco!' banner.