Yes, Montague. I think that was it, and oddly enough, I want to read more fic with the cabinets in it now, too. It's a fantastic concept to be exploited. *ponders*
I like your version, too, because honestly, it works. My daughter saw it this way. And I hadn't even read her your post. She got that from watching the clips and not because she likes Tom Felton. She hardly paid attention to the films or books, even though we are now working our way through them since she's old enough to read/understand them on her own. Though she's more of a Phelps/ G-n-F fan, truth be told, but I'll fix that later. *g*
Completely agree about Draco's character development in this film, though, and how it was brought about. I really didn't like Draco as a character either until after I read the scene on the Astronomy Tower in HBP. Not saw it, but read it several times over even. Despite all that happens, HBP is my favorite book in the series. Although TF is just too cute to be ignored even by this old lady, but yeah...
It wasn't until that moment in book canon that I saw Draco (not TF although he does the part justice) anything other than a spoiled brat, replacement DE, and Harry's nemesis. The movies and TF, though, really nailed this empathy potential he had and in more ways than just the Vanishing Cabinet scenes.
I've really come to adore the book Draco, now, and the changes he's gone though. In all actuality, I think all of the characters evolved BUT Harry. Then again, it wasn't Harry that drew me to the series but the magic.
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Date: 2013-10-12 10:33 pm (UTC)I like your version, too, because honestly, it works. My daughter saw it this way. And I hadn't even read her your post. She got that from watching the clips and not because she likes Tom Felton. She hardly paid attention to the films or books, even though we are now working our way through them since she's old enough to read/understand them on her own. Though she's more of a Phelps/ G-n-F fan, truth be told, but I'll fix that later. *g*
Completely agree about Draco's character development in this film, though, and how it was brought about. I really didn't like Draco as a character either until after I read the scene on the Astronomy Tower in HBP. Not saw it, but read it several times over even. Despite all that happens, HBP is my favorite book in the series. Although TF is just too cute to be ignored even by this old lady, but yeah...
It wasn't until that moment in book canon that I saw Draco (not TF although he does the part justice) anything other than a spoiled brat, replacement DE, and Harry's nemesis. The movies and TF, though, really nailed this empathy potential he had and in more ways than just the Vanishing Cabinet scenes.
I've really come to adore the book Draco, now, and the changes he's gone though. In all actuality, I think all of the characters evolved BUT Harry. Then again, it wasn't Harry that drew me to the series but the magic.