*These kind of words, are I believe a big reason for SexGod!Draco in fanfic. As much as people insist he's supposed to be ugly in canon, he's usually described as a very vibrant physical presence, and leaning against something in a relaxed way and speaking lazily=seductive.
I can never understand the idea that Draco is actually ugly. Like Harry would've been coy about pointing out any physical flaw. That lack is part of the reason I've always figured Draco actually quite good-looking. (Though spaz trumps sex god, for me. In that Draco's more a spaz than a sex god, and I like it! *g*)
I'd say another reason for the SexGod!Draco is that hurt/comfort stuff Elkins did such an excellent job pointing out. It's bizarre to me that JKR didn't see what she was doing there, since she did the same with Harry. It's almost like she was writing two different stories or something.
*ETA: I wonder what Neville would have been like with Narcissa for a mother--you know, the mother who doesn't reject her child for not being violent enough. No wonder Draco turns out so badly!
Two thoughts on this: (1) Isn't it odd how the Malfoys turn out to be the best example of good parents within the books? Not that the bar was all that high or anything, but they're definitely the tightest family unit as far as I can tell. And didn't seem to have that many demands on each other there at the end.
(2) IIRC, there's a long fanfic (or series of fanfics?) where Neville and Draco couple and Narcissa is like their mom in residence or something... Does this ring any bells? I think AJ Hall was the author? Anyway, that fanfic pointed out (for me anyway) how alike Draco and Neville were in many ways. Two boys having to make it through on grit since no one was doing them any favors. (Oh! Hilarious bit! IIRC, Harry isn't treated at all well in the fic and that bothered me at the time. Now I think it was a wee bit prophetic. :D Though -- Hermione was an actual human being, when in canon she's a troll, but you can't have everything.)
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Date: 2008-03-28 10:17 pm (UTC)I can never understand the idea that Draco is actually ugly. Like Harry would've been coy about pointing out any physical flaw. That lack is part of the reason I've always figured Draco actually quite good-looking. (Though spaz trumps sex god, for me. In that Draco's more a spaz than a sex god, and I like it! *g*)
I'd say another reason for the SexGod!Draco is that hurt/comfort stuff Elkins did such an excellent job pointing out. It's bizarre to me that JKR didn't see what she was doing there, since she did the same with Harry. It's almost like she was writing two different stories or something.
*ETA: I wonder what Neville would have been like with Narcissa for a mother--you know, the mother who doesn't reject her child for not being violent enough. No wonder Draco turns out so badly!
Two thoughts on this: (1) Isn't it odd how the Malfoys turn out to be the best example of good parents within the books? Not that the bar was all that high or anything, but they're definitely the tightest family unit as far as I can tell. And didn't seem to have that many demands on each other there at the end.
(2) IIRC, there's a long fanfic (or series of fanfics?) where Neville and Draco couple and Narcissa is like their mom in residence or something... Does this ring any bells? I think AJ Hall was the author? Anyway, that fanfic pointed out (for me anyway) how alike Draco and Neville were in many ways. Two boys having to make it through on grit since no one was doing them any favors. (Oh! Hilarious bit! IIRC, Harry isn't treated at all well in the fic and that bothered me at the time. Now I think it was a wee bit prophetic. :D Though -- Hermione was an actual human being, when in canon she's a troll, but you can't have everything.)