If Draco had meant for Harry to grasp his courage any other way he's a dummy. Was he just using Harry as a safe avenue for the flirtage? "It's alright to say this to him, it's alright to hint to him, it's safe, he won't let it mean anything so I can play a bit"? I can't see what he was playing at, otherwise.
And yay! for not-weak-or-bitchy!Ginny. And that "oh". Sometimes I think we see only Harry's sort of courage, and we get to see all the other griffyndors as courageous in that they rush in to battle and don't leave Hogwarts when McGonagall gives them the choice. We ignore Ron coming back after he ran away, and Hermione staying when he ran away, and Ginny getting up after - well, anything at all is thrown at her - and making a life for herself.
I know with all too much familiarity the sort of stuff Lily is reading!
And yay! for not-throwing-a-snit!Ron. We so rarely get to see him, given his performance in the last two books and how it's affected his fanon self.
I liked harry's moment with James, most especially because Harry's the only one in that lot James could have it with. As Harry himself said, everyone else in their family has an agenda. A good agenda, usually, but still.
And much as I LOVE Courting!Harry (more than any other courting character - in this case I think it's the uncalculating calculatedness of it, where he seduces himself, shows himself what can be, as much as he is showing Draco, when usually Courting!fics are all about the sophisticate and the virgin or Maiden who needs a Rescuer) I'm having trouble seeing this as a H/D fic, to be honest. It's a Harry fic, with incidental Malfoy snoggage. And a very believable one. He's honest and courageous and a good enough Dad and many many many of the things we hoped Harry would be when he was older. I don't mind that it took him a while. :)
And just because I see Draco as semi-secondary in this fic doesn't mean I don't think he is uber-great. That last section is utterly yummy.
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And yay! for not-weak-or-bitchy!Ginny. And that "oh". Sometimes I think we see only Harry's sort of courage, and we get to see all the other griffyndors as courageous in that they rush in to battle and don't leave Hogwarts when McGonagall gives them the choice. We ignore Ron coming back after he ran away, and Hermione staying when he ran away, and Ginny getting up after - well, anything at all is thrown at her - and making a life for herself.
I know with all too much familiarity the sort of stuff Lily is reading!
And yay! for not-throwing-a-snit!Ron. We so rarely get to see him, given his performance in the last two books and how it's affected his fanon self.
I liked harry's moment with James, most especially because Harry's the only one in that lot James could have it with. As Harry himself said, everyone else in their family has an agenda. A good agenda, usually, but still.
And much as I LOVE Courting!Harry (more than any other courting character - in this case I think it's the uncalculating calculatedness of it, where he seduces himself, shows himself what can be, as much as he is showing Draco, when usually Courting!fics are all about the sophisticate and the virgin or Maiden who needs a Rescuer) I'm having trouble seeing this as a H/D fic, to be honest. It's a Harry fic, with incidental Malfoy snoggage. And a very believable one. He's honest and courageous and a good enough Dad and many many many of the things we hoped Harry would be when he was older. I don't mind that it took him a while. :)
And just because I see Draco as semi-secondary in this fic doesn't mean I don't think he is uber-great. That last section is utterly yummy.
Yummy, yummy fic!