Quidditch Windswept
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Quidditch Windswept
He'd come to the window to tell Draco to put on his coat.
The wind scattered autumn leaves and battered the trees, made the windows shudder. It was misty and warm. Lucius didn't need an oracle charm to know a storm was brewing. But outside, the boy, his shirt untucked, spun and spun. The Snitch they'd bought him last Christmas was clutched in his hands as he dove about the green lawn, pale hair flying. He leaped, and rolled on the grass -- and then held it up triumphantly.
Lucius smiled and chuckled, his shoulders relaxed. He sipped his tea, and gave his son his moment in front of all his imaginary Quidditch fans.
ETA: See here for the difference between what a father sees and the truth.
kiss_me_hardQuidditch Windswept
He'd come to the window to tell Draco to put on his coat.
The wind scattered autumn leaves and battered the trees, made the windows shudder. It was misty and warm. Lucius didn't need an oracle charm to know a storm was brewing. But outside, the boy, his shirt untucked, spun and spun. The Snitch they'd bought him last Christmas was clutched in his hands as he dove about the green lawn, pale hair flying. He leaped, and rolled on the grass -- and then held it up triumphantly.
Lucius smiled and chuckled, his shoulders relaxed. He sipped his tea, and gave his son his moment in front of all his imaginary Quidditch fans.
ETA: See here for the difference between what a father sees and the truth.
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Date: 2004-04-03 01:01 pm (UTC)... Interestingly enough, though (and this is probably symptomatic of my personality), I saw Draco's mood as melancholy and yearning rather than exultant. :P There's just... this laxity to the way he holds the Snitch, a distance and tempered sadness to his expression, tempered by resignation, like: 'I can only have this now, it's only mine now because I'm not against Potter...' The Snitch symbolizes everything he can't have.
:)
Okay, I'm weird. The drabble's lovely regardless!
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Date: 2004-04-03 01:09 pm (UTC)But Lucius sees what he wants to see. His context for it is as a father. We know the rest, Draco's ongoing defeat by Harry Potter. So this is sort of bittersweet for those who know, and faintly ironic to watch Lucius purring over what he doesn't realise is his son's defeat. Like all parents, he projects his own childhood onto his son and vastly simplifies his son's complex emotions.
We know Draco's longed-for victory can only be pretend. As does Draco.
Icarus
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Date: 2004-04-03 01:14 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-04-03 01:37 pm (UTC)Icarus
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Date: 2004-04-03 01:13 pm (UTC)So it's not really a drabble of that picture, but sort of a frame for it, a picture outside the picture. That's why we're looking through a window, cut off from Draco's experience of the wind, etc.
Icarus
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Date: 2004-04-03 07:22 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-04-04 03:43 pm (UTC)Icarus
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Date: 2004-04-04 07:26 am (UTC)I agree. I'm all about angsty!Draco, though; it's one of my very favorite ways of writing him.
And as far as this drawing is concerned, oh, I SO agree with you...I've written a ficlet inspired by this piece of artwork, too; it's gone off for a quick beta, but I'll be posting it later. I'd be very interested to know if you agree with my interpretation of
May I annoy you once again, after I post it?
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Date: 2004-04-04 03:41 pm (UTC)Icarus
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Date: 2004-04-04 05:19 pm (UTC)And yes, I agree about