You're going to Phoenix Rising? Oh misery! I really wanted to go and Aja said I could be on a panel (though I have never been to a con and would have sucked at that), but there were money issues, and around then I'll be job hunting and handing in my thesis, so apparently, no.
Yeah, I absolutely believe this scene's there to show us more of both Draco and Harry's characters. I mean it's also the first interaction of Harry's we see with a peer, you know? (Dudley's a relative and I don't count him.) And since I am a character fiend, this is why this is one of my favourite scenes in alllll of canon. (Other Such Scenes: Draco in Hagrid's class in GoF, the Bathroom Scene in HBP, the Train Scene in HBP, the - let me think, I must have some non-Draco-related favourite scenes!)
People who comment on Harry's first impression of Draco seem to conveniently forget that Harry's first impression of Hermione was not fantastic either, and Hermione was working on the twin pluses of not reminding him of Dudley and not being a bigot, which Draco clearly is. (Actually, now there's a thought - Harry is instantly prejudiced against people who make him feel stupid.)
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Re: In which I go off on the robe shop...
Date: 2006-11-10 06:38 pm (UTC)Yeah, I absolutely believe this scene's there to show us more of both Draco and Harry's characters. I mean it's also the first interaction of Harry's we see with a peer, you know? (Dudley's a relative and I don't count him.) And since I am a character fiend, this is why this is one of my favourite scenes in alllll of canon. (Other Such Scenes: Draco in Hagrid's class in GoF, the Bathroom Scene in HBP, the Train Scene in HBP, the - let me think, I must have some non-Draco-related favourite scenes!)
People who comment on Harry's first impression of Draco seem to conveniently forget that Harry's first impression of Hermione was not fantastic either, and Hermione was working on the twin pluses of not reminding him of Dudley and not being a bigot, which Draco clearly is. (Actually, now there's a thought - Harry is instantly prejudiced against people who make him feel stupid.)