White Knight, Grey Queen: Difference between revisions

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* [[The Big Damn Kiss]]: Harry gets ''four'' of them in a row from four girls -- Pansy, Hermione, Daphne and Ginny -- in the middle of lunch in the Great Hall. Subverted in that it's all part of a plan to send Draco into a [[Freak-Out]] that will result in him running off to Voldemort. At the same time Pansy and Ginny's kisses are genuinely passionate, while Hermione's is a "just once, for a good cause, because you're like my brother" kiss, and Daphne's is just for fun and something she's been fishing for since the summer.

* [[Brainless Beauty]]/[[Dumb Blonde]]: Subverted by Daphne, who uses a [[Obfuscating Stupidity|"bimbo" act]] to distract Draco. In truth she is one of the top-ranked students in their year, figured out Pansy's disguise in second year (and kept the secret to herself), ''and'' can hold extended conversations on esoteric topics with Hermione.

* [[Brass Balls]]: When Harry finally reveals his plans to the Order of the Phoenix, the Weasley Twins are ''very'' impressed:

{{quote|“Brass, I think, and heavy, very heavy,” George said slowly, breaking the unnatural silence.

“And that’s why he always has Pansy and Ginny with him; he needs other people to carry them around for him,” Fred exclaimed softly, as if he’d just discovered the secret of life.

“What on earth are you two talking about?” Molly asked. She sounded vaguely reluctant to ask the question, as if she knew that she wouldn’t like the answer.

“Harry’s balls,” Fred said innocently. “Because they must be as big as a house and made of brass.”}}

* [[Brutal Honesty]]: A Parkinson family trait. They call it just "bluntness" and Harry finds he quite likes it.

* [[Can Not Tell a Lie]]: Anyone whom Harry asks a question in his [[Compelling Voice]] or using his "Truth Stare" -- which is less than a handful of people in this story.

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* [[Hidden in Plain Sight]]: Essentially Pansy's strategy to avoid Draco's attention -- make herself look homely and then ''dote'' obnoxiously on him.

* [[Hoist by His Own Petard]]: Both Snape and Umbridge. Umbridge is specifically ''kept'' in her position as Defence professor long enough for Pansy to position her on her petard.

* [[I Call It "Vera"]]: Paddy, the squib marine who becomes Harry and Pansy's trainer and friend, has a Magnum he calls "Betsy".

* [[I Did What I Had to Do]]: The central element of Pansy's apologies first to Harry and then later to his friends: "I did what I thought was necessary for my safety and that of my family," basically.

* [[I Want to Bear His Children]]: Fred, when the Order of the Phoenix figures out Harry's plan in the last chapter, says, "Harry, I want your children!"

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* [[Lady and Knight]]: Verges on the "Dark Lady and White Knight" variant, with a classic "white knight" Harry falling for a version of Pansy Parkinson who is [[Possession Sue|both cleverer and less dark than she initially appears]]. Harry finds her "grey" approach complements rather than conflicts with his own approach, giving the pair of them a far wider range of options and strategies in the war against Voldemort than either one would have had alone.

* [[Left Hanging]]: See ''No Ending'', below. [[In-Universe]], many plans Harry has set in motion are left hanging by the acceleration of events after Nott's capture and interrogation: training the D.A. up to a proper force, the use of thestrals as war horses and other ideas are abandoned half- or even un-implemented. Hermione comments on this.

* [[Licking the Blade]]: As part of her "evil, slutty witch" act when they interrogate Nott, Pansy licks Harry's blood off of his knife.

* [[Literal-Minded]]: Played with -- deliberately -- by Hermione. When Harry playfully demands a kiss (from Pansy) for acting on one of Hermione's suggestions, Hermione gets up, sits in his lap, gives him a chaste peck on the lips, then returns to her original seat with a smug little smile on her face.

* [[Literally Shattered Lives]]: During the final battle Hermione transfigures a Death Eater into ''plaster'', then breaks the resulting statue with a bludgeoner.

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* [[Self-Disposing Villain]]: Voldemort. Not only does he collapse into dust when {{spoiler|Harry, Pansy and Ginny disconnect him from magic, the power released when they do so literally cleans up and repairs the battlefield}}.

* [[Sex God]]: Invoked for humor in chapter 8 -- see the ''Quotes'' page.

* [[Shapeshifter Baggage]]: Averted -- indeed, shredded, stomped on and thrown out the window with Tonks in the final battle. As noted below, she is continuously switching between an incredible range of forms, gaining and losing hundreds of pounds of mass in a matter of seconds as well as ''acquiring the specialized skills'' of forms like a gymnast.

* [[Shapeshifter Showdown]]: Nymphadora Tonks' part of the final battle is a constantly-changing panoply of forms, each taken for the advantages it grants at the moment she needs it, including a couple which count as [[Shapeshifter Weapon]]s all by themselves.

* [[She Cleans Up Nicely]]: Pansy already knew this about Hermione thanks to the Yule Ball, but is still surprised by just ''how'' nicely she can clean up to.