DVD, which I do not have

I do not have the CoS DVD, as I do not have a DVD player, and hence it would be rather useless in my hands. But that's okay. I'm hearing all about it from everyone.

I would just like to suggest that Draco is a mean little SOB because he is depressed. I mean, look at him in the deleted scenes. His father slamming that cane around all over the place at Draco's hands, his head...the sad, whimpering little, "I'm sorry, father." That's the most heart-wrenching Draco-moment ever. I mean, in the book he's still rather snotty, isn't he. He whines in the first one about getting presents, and his father insults him rather a lot. But in this one Draco's just being curious and gets whacked around for it. He's crunched under he's father's jackboots, he is. He's depressed. He has no freedom. He can't be a light-hearted, fun guy, because his father will thwap him if he does anything out of line. That one line, that "Sorry," made me think that he's quite scared of his father.

HARRY IS A HEARTLESS BASTARD NOT TO FEEL A LITTLE SORRY FOR HIM. I mean, granted, Harry has no family who cares about him at all, which is ouchie, but at least he's not getting thwapped around with a snake cane and shamed by someone who is in fact supposed to love him. His father is dead and beautifully martyred and looking lovingly down at him from that mirror. That's no the face of a man who would ever thwap Harry. Oh no. The Dursleys may be horrible, but at least they don't hit him. Tell me that man doesn't cuff Draco on a regular basis. Tell me he doesn't. Of course, the Dursleys show no interest in Harry as a human being at all, which may be a hell of a lot worse, but hey. Harry is compassionate. Why is he not compassionate toward Draco?

Oh right, probably because Draco keeps making nasty comments about who's going to come to a "sticky end", so to speak, and is clearly racist as all get out.

But still.

A love match

I think I sense a love bond forming across the internet. fermatojam, nutty christian recently ressurected on livejournal, defender of the faith against the godless hoards of the Harry Potter fandom, has been friended by a single person; killiganhashope. While fermatojam appears to be a christian woman (or is simply interested in christian women, either as a straight/bisexual man or a lesbian, we are unclear on that point as yet), killiganhashope describes himself as a "widowed Christian man in search of a better life." They share a single interest, "christianity", but I think in this case it might be enough. But fermatojam lists the NRA as an interest, and killiganhashope lives in Arkansas, so I think they probably have more in common even than that.

fermatojam/killiganhashope! My OTP!

FIC: Dandelion

Title: Dandelion
Rating: PG at best
Pairing: oddly enough, it's all in your head. There is no real pairing, though you can think preslash H/D if you want. Or not. There is also some R/Hr in the background. Ish.
A/N: All about the Harry love. Thanks to bonibaru as usual for looking over this. The beginning is entirely inspired by the fact that her cats are having kittens. (This is for you, Taboo!). Also to silviakundera, who discovered just why no one really wants to beta for me. Special thanks to Lanjelin, who posted the following on veelainc and thus providing the plotbunny that spawned this story: "Actually, a few years back I read a paper on children who grow up to be "normal" despite being treated badly by most adults, being moved from foster home to foster home and over all being treated even worse than Harry. Directly translated, the term used for these children were "dandelion children", since dandelions can grow under any conditions I guess. But they, like Harry, had spent their first year in a loving environment. So Harry being as healthy as he is isn't totally unrealistic I think." Thanks, Lanjelin!

( Dandelion )

*weeps*

I scored 72% on the classic 400 Point Purity Test!

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