Heh, I had a few people reviewing on FF.net who were upset by the way Hermione and Draco worked together; they thought they handled Harry like a child. But really, you could argue Harry does the same thing when he deflects Hermione's attention to the main problem earlier in the chapter. All the relationships here have at least a tiny bit of manipulation involved.
And I'm glad their argument seemed natural. This is the first time I've written Hermione and Draco alone together (well, except for the few scenes in the first story that don't count because Hermione is so depressed), and I wanted to show their differences without making them into enemies.
I think Draco is really jealous (though he might not admit this) not so much of Hermione's knowing Harry longer, but of the fact that Harry is much more likely to listen when Hermione offers him advice.
Ginny will be stronger in this story than usual, or at least moving towards strength. Dealing with what happened to her is part of that.
Draco just assumed he could bore Daphne whenever he wanted, so he didn't bother to set a term to the agreement. This is known as "overconfidence, Draco has it."
Harry panics and removes himself from the situation whenever he feels a slight bit of jealousy or lust- the main emotions the potion was created to suppress, along with rage- so to really see what he'd do, it would have to be a time he couldn't really leave. With the lesser emotions, he feels them at their normal level of strength, and he can still feel, say, envy of someone else's broom collection. It's just one aspect of each emotion that's cut off.
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Heh, I had a few people reviewing on FF.net who were upset by the way Hermione and Draco worked together; they thought they handled Harry like a child. But really, you could argue Harry does the same thing when he deflects Hermione's attention to the main problem earlier in the chapter. All the relationships here have at least a tiny bit of manipulation involved.
And I'm glad their argument seemed natural. This is the first time I've written Hermione and Draco alone together (well, except for the few scenes in the first story that don't count because Hermione is so depressed), and I wanted to show their differences without making them into enemies.
I think Draco is really jealous (though he might not admit this) not so much of Hermione's knowing Harry longer, but of the fact that Harry is much more likely to listen when Hermione offers him advice.
Ginny will be stronger in this story than usual, or at least moving towards strength. Dealing with what happened to her is part of that.
Draco just assumed he could bore Daphne whenever he wanted, so he didn't bother to set a term to the agreement. This is known as "overconfidence, Draco has it."
Harry panics and removes himself from the situation whenever he feels a slight bit of jealousy or lust- the main emotions the potion was created to suppress, along with rage- so to really see what he'd do, it would have to be a time he couldn't really leave. With the lesser emotions, he feels them at their normal level of strength, and he can still feel, say, envy of someone else's broom collection. It's just one aspect of each emotion that's cut off.
I'm glad you're enjoying the story.