eeeee!!!!! amazing chapter! i seriously love this story so much, THANK YOU!!!
i can't stress enough how much i love scorpius. he is so adorable, and i think the voice you've given him is so perfect. *snuggles him*
the description of harry struggling with the platinum was absolutely breath taking. the imagery of him pouring so much energy into his singing and the metal slowly responding to the song is incredibly evocative. i felt so completely caught up in the moment while i could practically hear him singing. the whole idea of metal dancing is so original and fascinating, and your execution of it is very powerful.
harry's blow up at draco really blew me away. the anger and the emotion were so raw. i especially love the bitterness over what had been done to him twisted by his anger at draco. this line was fantastic:
Maybe you’re right to call me one, even.” His laughter emerged, a sharp bark that made Draco leap; it sounded like stones clashing together. “Isn’t it only monsters who can slaughter other monsters?”
and i really, really loved his hesitant admission that he and hermione had looked for other possible remedies. i feels like it gave some more insight into harry's path towards self-acceptance, which i found almost as baffling at first as draco does. and this absolutely killed me:
“Why are you always fucking walking away from me?” Draco yelled at his back, his anger surging in him like the beat of brazen wings. “Why won’t you even try?”
Harry turned his head. Anger sparked in his eyes, cutting Draco the way his story hadn’t been able to.
“Because,” Harry said, “you’re not worth it.”
so heartbreakingly good!
i'm fascinated that draco thought the old arguments and pleas that he was issuing anew were somehow different in light of harry's telling him about his scars. it's as though he thinks all it takes to fix the problem at hand is complete information about harry's emotional state and his reasons for not hiding the scars. his plan of action isn't self-referential in the slightest. exasperating, for sure, but very draco!
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i can't stress enough how much i love scorpius. he is so adorable, and i think the voice you've given him is so perfect. *snuggles him*
the description of harry struggling with the platinum was absolutely breath taking. the imagery of him pouring so much energy into his singing and the metal slowly responding to the song is incredibly evocative. i felt so completely caught up in the moment while i could practically hear him singing. the whole idea of metal dancing is so original and fascinating, and your execution of it is very powerful.
harry's blow up at draco really blew me away. the anger and the emotion were so raw. i especially love the bitterness over what had been done to him twisted by his anger at draco. this line was fantastic:
Maybe you’re right to call me one, even.” His laughter emerged, a sharp bark that made Draco leap; it sounded like stones clashing together. “Isn’t it only monsters who can slaughter other monsters?”
and i really, really loved his hesitant admission that he and hermione had looked for other possible remedies. i feels like it gave some more insight into harry's path towards self-acceptance, which i found almost as baffling at first as draco does. and this absolutely killed me:
“Why are you always fucking walking away from me?” Draco yelled at his back, his anger surging in him like the beat of brazen wings. “Why won’t you even try?”
Harry turned his head. Anger sparked in his eyes, cutting Draco the way his story hadn’t been able to.
“Because,” Harry said, “you’re not worth it.”
so heartbreakingly good!
i'm fascinated that draco thought the old arguments and pleas that he was issuing anew were somehow different in light of harry's telling him about his scars. it's as though he thinks all it takes to fix the problem at hand is complete information about harry's emotional state and his reasons for not hiding the scars. his plan of action isn't self-referential in the slightest. exasperating, for sure, but very draco!
SO amazing! can't wait for the next chapter!!!