Ehehehe! 'Tis true, you never know which gender role they're playing indeed! Muwahahahah I love it when things fall in favor of switch!H/D >:D
I mean, when I was writing that one-sentence summary, I wasn't sure whether to say Silvia meant Harry or Draco should be made the 'girl' for purposes of example-- since I don't think either of them fall into place for that very easily. I remember her saying that Draco was pulling Harry's pigtails, though, and HE SO IS :)) <3333333
I can see how it's similar to female bullies picking on other girls 'cause Draco's so verbal and non-physical in how he approaches it-- but at heart, it's just that something clicks in my head when I think 'omg mean boy/girl pranking/playing for attention!! = love' Because if nothing else, it's similar to the Lily/James & Ron/Hermione dynamic in my mind (which would so horrify malafede, but makes me gleeful.
I don't think he acts that way around Hermione that much-- I mean, okay, it's Harry's pov so we don't see a lot of Hermione-Draco scenes, but it always seems to me that he's pestering Ron & Hermione partly to get at Harry or at least that it's not personal with them like it is with Harry. Like, Ron/Hermione is nothing like Draco/Hermione in that way-- it's Ron who picks on Hermione and is mean/attention-seeking to her, not Draco. Draco doesn't seem to want Hermione's attention.
I don't think any of this holds up post-OoTP (but then, this was a pre-OoTP argument), but eh. Draco's development (or lack thereof) in book 5 pretty much seemed unrealistic anyway :/
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I mean, when I was writing that one-sentence summary, I wasn't sure whether to say Silvia meant Harry or Draco should be made the 'girl' for purposes of example-- since I don't think either of them fall into place for that very easily. I remember her saying that Draco was pulling Harry's pigtails, though, and HE SO IS :)) <3333333
I can see how it's similar to female bullies picking on other girls 'cause Draco's so verbal and non-physical in how he approaches it-- but at heart, it's just that something clicks in my head when I think 'omg mean boy/girl pranking/playing for attention!! = love' Because if nothing else, it's similar to the Lily/James & Ron/Hermione dynamic in my mind (which would so horrify
I don't think he acts that way around Hermione that much-- I mean, okay, it's Harry's pov so we don't see a lot of Hermione-Draco scenes, but it always seems to me that he's pestering Ron & Hermione partly to get at Harry or at least that it's not personal with them like it is with Harry. Like, Ron/Hermione is nothing like Draco/Hermione in that way-- it's Ron who picks on Hermione and is mean/attention-seeking to her, not Draco. Draco doesn't seem to want Hermione's attention.
I don't think any of this holds up post-OoTP (but then, this was a pre-OoTP argument), but eh. Draco's development (or lack thereof) in book 5 pretty much seemed unrealistic anyway :/