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diff --git a/literature/enemies-to-friends.rst b/literature/enemies-to-friends.rst new file mode 100644 index 0000000..1074415 --- /dev/null +++ b/literature/enemies-to-friends.rst @@ -0,0 +1,55 @@ +Enemies to Friends … girls object! +################################## + +:date: 2021-10-31T01:11:25 +:category: literature +:tags: storyPrompt, review, harryPotter, blogComment + +(my post_ on the topic on Reddit) + +I have just re-read Tangerine-Alert trilogy on Harry avoiding his +participation in the Triwizard Tournament (volumes one_, two_, +and three_), and although I generally liked the stories and some +of the ideas are really good, there was one overwhelming feeling +which made me almost puke: the ease with which Harry collaborated +with Lucius Malfoy. I understand that enemy to friends is a +lovely trope and gives it a good dramatic tension, but if you +want to really span the dramatic arch, then you have to span it +and not ignore it. All these stories are from the GoF time-frame, +so it is just not possible to get over the fact that Lucius +Malfoy intentionally tried to hurt Harry's best friend's sister +(if not more, we all know, that according to the fairy-tale rules +the knight slaying the dragon and saving the princess has to +get her hand in a marriage and half of her father's kingdom … +OK, the latter wouldn't be too much, true), also intentionally +(he knew the beast will go after muggleborns) tried to kill his +other best friend, tortured Dobby, etc. Draco was not a sweet +boy but aside from bullying Hermione he tried to kill Buckbeak +just because he was not willing to admit his mistake. It is not +possible for Harry to just skip over this with “Oh well, we +have different opinions on how to lead magical society and it +is probably my fault because I am not educated enough about the +magical culture.” No, Malfoys (and Snape) are horrible human +trash, and if they want to turn to the Light, they have plenty of +turning to do. + +So, the story I would love to be able to read would be something +like one of these stories, where Harry decides that Lucius Malfoy +is the ally he needs (BTW, truly, Harry didn’t know about anybody +else who could help him after going for three years to one class +with Susan Bones?), and when the information leaks out, Ginny and +Hermione go ballistic, because Harry betrayed them. Dobby just +cannot take to his big heart that The Good Harry Potter allied +himself with his Bad Former Master and commits suicide. + +.. _post: + https://www.reddit.com/r/HPfanfiction/comments/qjo8df/enemies_to_friends_girls_object/ + +.. _one: + https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11642540 + +.. _two: + https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11936172/1/ + +.. _three: + https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13277595/1/ |