I like Maya's Draco (I'm a big fan of Maya's stories, and after losing half my original novel, the thing that hit me hardest about my last computer dying was losing her collected fic. However, I've always seen Draco as a Not very good person. He isn't evil, but he's certainly a little slimeball. There is no soft moral core in mine the way there is in Maya's. On the other hand, he's redeemable.
That's what I mean. I can forgive her for the pranks she plays on him after she finds out who he is, because she's only playing them because she can't fight him in the war. Before that, they're a sign of her thoughtless petty cruelty.
While the war speeded along parts of Harry's maturation, it delayed big parts in Ginny. Her pranking, in a much more vicious form and her tendency in black and white terms was very useful in the war, so she didn't grow out of it.
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Date: 2009-10-24 04:50 pm (UTC)That's what I mean. I can forgive her for the pranks she plays on him after she finds out who he is, because she's only playing them because she can't fight him in the war. Before that, they're a sign of her thoughtless petty cruelty.
While the war speeded along parts of Harry's maturation, it delayed big parts in Ginny. Her pranking, in a much more vicious form and her tendency in black and white terms was very useful in the war, so she didn't grow out of it.