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hdcup_mod (hdcup_mod) wrote in hd_worldcup,
@ 2008-04-27 14:47:00

Entry tags:

fic, nc-17, prompt: the hanged man, round i, team ewe

The Arc of the Pendulum - Team EWE
Title: The Arc of the Pendulum
Team: EWE
Author: brummell
Prompt: The Hanged Man
Wordcount: 30,262
Rating: NC-17
Warnings: A bit of gore
Summary: After his father casts a mysterious curse on Harry Potter, Draco Malfoy is forced to try to make things right.
Author's Note: This is an adaptation of Beauty and the Beast, with some tribute paid to Disney's 1991 animated feature. Many thanks to my betas, w and b.
Disclaimer: All Harry Potter characters herein are the property of J.K. Rowling and Bloomsbury/Scholastic. No copyright infringement is intended.

The Arc of the Pendulum

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ice_is_blue
2008-05-02 07:13 pm UTC (link)

I would posit that you did a bit more with the Beauty and the Beast story than adapting it and paying tribute. In this, one could suggest that the most spectacular transformation was not Harry to wolfy!brain and back again, but of Draco's transformation from beast to man.

And then he thought further, and realised that every time he had tried to help someone, it had meant helping himself, too... all of his efforts in these areas had been made because he thought and counted on the fact that doing so would make life easier for himself.

That's where Draco starts to be less of a beast and more like a socialized man.

The same meta suggestion could never be made of Disney's Belle (a goody-two-shoes all around, bless her little, book-loving heart), nor really of the female protagonist in the traditional tale.

You've managed to add a layer of !reversed! emotional depth to a well-trod story, so mark this as a job well done.

Great characterization and being a fun read helped, too. ;)

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