Fuck, fuck, fuck! Fuckity fuck fuck! I LOVE YOU. PLEASE use this word more often. I'm serious. It's rather refreshing to hear someone really rant. ;>
I think what bothers me most about that particular plot-line is that NOTHING HAPPENS. Boy hates boy at the beginning. Boy STILL hates boy at the end. Where's the payback? The development? The introspective exploration? Fucking someone is definitely going to change the way you look at the person, regardless of if it makes you love them or not. So Harry may still hate Draco, or vice versa. But there has to be more to it. Otherwise, who cares? The story may as well have not been written.
Maybe he hates him more. So write that.
Maybe he falls for him. So write that.
Maybe he ends up killing him but regretting it. Write that.
DON'T just write that they go back to the exact same fucking relationship they had before the fucking! It makes no sense.
Anyway. Wow, look, I started ranting, too! Yay! Thanks. It's a good topic.
Oh yeah, and I hate when the author gets so wrapped up in the hating that the characters go OOC. I don't mind a little change-up in their mindsets. After all, they are both experiencing some hard stuff in life and that's bound to make you a little crazy. But I need to be convinced that Harry would grab Draco and fuck him against a wall somewhere. I need to be convinced that Draco would try to slit his own wrists. Right now, I just don't see either of those scenarios happening with the real characters.
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Date: 2004-08-19 10:44 am (UTC)I think what bothers me most about that particular plot-line is that NOTHING HAPPENS. Boy hates boy at the beginning. Boy STILL hates boy at the end. Where's the payback? The development? The introspective exploration? Fucking someone is definitely going to change the way you look at the person, regardless of if it makes you love them or not. So Harry may still hate Draco, or vice versa. But there has to be more to it. Otherwise, who cares? The story may as well have not been written.
Maybe he hates him more. So write that.
Maybe he falls for him. So write that.
Maybe he ends up killing him but regretting it. Write that.
DON'T just write that they go back to the exact same fucking relationship they had before the fucking! It makes no sense.
Anyway. Wow, look, I started ranting, too! Yay! Thanks. It's a good topic.
Oh yeah, and I hate when the author gets so wrapped up in the hating that the characters go OOC. I don't mind a little change-up in their mindsets. After all, they are both experiencing some hard stuff in life and that's bound to make you a little crazy. But I need to be convinced that Harry would grab Draco and fuck him against a wall somewhere. I need to be convinced that Draco would try to slit his own wrists. Right now, I just don't see either of those scenarios happening with the real characters.
Okay. That's my spiel.