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hdcup_mod (hdcup_mod) wrote in hd_worldcup,
@ 2008-04-01 07:20:00

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fic, nc-17, prompt: the fool, round i, team fanon

Prodigal -- Team Fanon
Title: Prodigal
Team: Fanon
Author: aoifene
Prompt: The Fool
Wordcount: 13,326
Rating: NC-17 for graphic violence and language
Warnings: AU. First Person POV. Draco-centric. Set after HBP. Not DH Compliant.
Summary: One year after Dumbledore's death, the tide turns in Voldemort's favour and with Harry Potter locked in the Malfoy dungeons, the fate of the Wizarding World seems bleak. Who'll save the saviour when he's in need of saving?
Author's Note: Many thanks to my A.C.E. betas and Team Fanon! Based on the literal and figurative meaning of the card, centred on the themes of blind faith, innocence and beginnings.

Prodigal

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greenjuly
2008-04-06 09:25 pm UTC (link)

I almost didn’t click on this since it isn’t DH-compliant and is a Fanon fic, but I’m glad I did! The premise of this fic reminded me of mijan’s Eclipse (I am sure this was an inspiration for you), though the two stories are not really much alike. I liked the fact that this story doesn’t gloss over Draco’s darker nature. The back-and-forths between Harry and Draco were great, and often pretty funny! I thought Draco’s characterization was done well, you really brought across his desperation and hesitancy, and the progression of his reverse-Stockholm Syndrome didn’t seem too contrived. Harry's "Kill me" was genuinely affecting, and this exchange made me go :O

“I know you love him and it must kill you to hear this, but you know it’s the truth. He’s the sort of man that is truly evil. He actually gives Voldemort a run for his money.” Potter shudders as he hugs himself. “His eyes are always the same when he tortures me. There’s no fucking emotion in them. Even as I was choking on my own bile and practically drowning, he never as much as flinched. Not once. Anyone who could do that to another person is inhuman!”

My fist is already colliding with the side of his face before I register what I’m doing. All I want is for him to stop, to shut up about my father...about me. But even then, his words are still ringing in my ears. Even then, it doesn’t make them any less true.

Nice job.

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