Draco in Leather Pants/Literature/Harry Potter: Difference between revisions

** At the end of ''Deathly Hallows'', Draco at the very end appears to have {{spoiler|reformed and become the responsible parent of a Hogwarts student}}.

* [[J. K. Rowling]] has [[Word of God|spoken out]] against people who dare to suggest Draco/Voldemort aren't as horrible as she insists they are. Significant parts of Book 6 are meant as [[Take That|Take Thats]] against those people. For example, Tom lived in an orphanage all right (just like [[Little Orphan Annie]]), but the most horrible thing in said orphanage was... [[Creepy Child|Himself]]. He used his magic to bully other kids and was feared both by them and by the staff. It is clear that he was never a good guy...

* ''[[My Immortal]]'', in addition to fitting this Trope to a T, at one point does, in fact, feature Draco in leather pants.

** Naturally, ''My Immortal'' takes this to an absurd degree. So many fanfics portray Draco as a sensitive guy, basically the opposite of his canon personality, that it's a cliché in itself, but ''My Immortal'' goes so far as to make him so ridiculously needy that it seems he would fall straight into [[Wangst]] without encouraging words from <s> Ebony</s> [[Mary Sue|Enoby]]. The most (in)famous fanfic example is probably [[The Draco Trilogy]]. See that work's page for more.

** Snape's fanfic reputation is somewhat generated by his [[Woobie]] status. Basically, his entire life has sucked, and the only good thing in his life, Lily, was murdered and he was largely responsible for it. His [[Heel Face Turn]] is based solely on this one point. Those inclined to put him in leather pants ignore that Snape did not care one bit about Lily's son being murdered as long as Voldemort did not kill her too, and that even after she was murdered, he continued to not only not care about Harry (Beyond what was ordered of him) but actively hate and abuse him. That he cared more that Harry was James' son, rather than that he was Lily's son does not speak well for, as Voldemort puts it, "Snape's supposed great love."

** Of additional note is that in the films, the negative aspects of Snape's friendship with Lily are omitted.

* Also, Petunia Dursley. Yes, the [[Jerkass]] [[Resentful Guardian]] and [[Stepford Smiler]] that abused Harry ever since he went to live with her family, is sometimes shown as a poor victim "bullied" and "insulted" by her "stupid and snobbish" sister Lily, thus she "can't help" but hate Harry and blame him for "[[Sins of Our Fathers|Lily's sins]]".

* In the case of the Dursleys, both Rowling and the fandom agrees that Vernon is the least sympathetic of the three. Rowling never gives him a [[Freudian Excuse]] and fanfics often portray him as a [[Complete Monster]]. However, while the fans seem to consider Petunia the most sympathetic Dursley, Rowling seems to consider that to be ''Dudley'', feeling that his actions were the result of bad parenting. Prior to the end of the series, fans guessed that Petunia would eventually apologize to Harry, but, to the surprise of many, it was ''Dudley'' who apologized while Petunia only got an implied [[Ignored Epiphany]].