Oh, my lovely Sister M, beacon of everything that is shiny and right. As you may be able to predict, I agree with you completely! (also I read that book, 'The Hollow', and while I liked Obsessive Artist Lady best, I mean... YES. 'No, I shall lie to him about something as important as his father's death. Yay. Lies.')
I also take this opportunity to mark that you are smarter than me, since I cheerfully sat around thinking Draco was a nasty little liar apart from in Care of Magical Creatures, when he was a Beacon of Holy Truth. Until I reflected that this didn't actually make very much with the sense, and went back and realised that Draco is the Most Horrible Liar of All Time. To which everyone agreed until I appended 'I mean, not good at it.' Because everything he says that's not true, he's clearly trying to believe *is* true. (Unless he's, you know, claiming that Harry has psychotic episodes.) But everything he says seriously.
At this point, I will stop and admire Elkins' essays (which really OMG make me want to meta until I fall down, and inspired the only time I ever really did off my own bat) and which clearly and more importantly inspire you. And also, I will admire Order of the Phoenix, a book which helps me so much with the meta that I forgive it for the Neville Love. Because, dude, Draco's been saying for years that Harry is soaking up all this attention that he thinks he deserves. and boy, howdy.
Oh Draco, Draco. *pictures him, oddly enough, like Cordelia from Buffy.* Put him on Veritaserum in CoMC, and who'd notice the difference? Not that I'm saying he'd want to say everything about himself, but everything he wants to hide is horribly obvious, anyway. Ahem! Let us make him a spy for the side of light in Voldemort's camp. For the sheer humour of it all. Which is to say that I love him too.
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Date: 2004-11-21 02:57 pm (UTC)I also take this opportunity to mark that you are smarter than me, since I cheerfully sat around thinking Draco was a nasty little liar apart from in Care of Magical Creatures, when he was a Beacon of Holy Truth. Until I reflected that this didn't actually make very much with the sense, and went back and realised that Draco is the Most Horrible Liar of All Time. To which everyone agreed until I appended 'I mean, not good at it.' Because everything he says that's not true, he's clearly trying to believe *is* true. (Unless he's, you know, claiming that Harry has psychotic episodes.) But everything he says seriously.
At this point, I will stop and admire Elkins' essays (which really OMG make me want to meta until I fall down, and inspired the only time I ever really did off my own bat) and which clearly and more importantly inspire you. And also, I will admire Order of the Phoenix, a book which helps me so much with the meta that I forgive it for the Neville Love. Because, dude, Draco's been saying for years that Harry is soaking up all this attention that he thinks he deserves. and boy, howdy.
Oh Draco, Draco. *pictures him, oddly enough, like Cordelia from Buffy.* Put him on Veritaserum in CoMC, and who'd notice the difference? Not that I'm saying he'd want to say everything about himself, but everything he wants to hide is horribly obvious, anyway.
Ahem! Let us make him a spy for the side of light in Voldemort's camp. For the sheer humour of it all.
Which is to say that I love him too.