Building With Worn-Out Tools, Chapter Seven

[lomonaaeren]

Title: Building With Worn-Out Tools

Summary: Right smack in the middle of a stormy divorce from Ginny, Harry has no reason to be attracted to his Arguer, Draco Malfoy. I mean, it’s Malfoy.

Warnings: HBP spoilers, angst, slash, het, sexual content, adult language, some violence, WIP, and likely some OOC-ness on Ginny's part.

Pairings: Draco

Comments

[ms_mindfunk]

I really love this, even though I've not reviewed before. Ginny is so delightfully bitchy that it's nice to finally have an unmistakably valid reason to want her smacked down. I do think that Fred and George might have been more neutral considering their history with Harry, and I'd think that Molly would be a little more upset with her daughter for cheating on her husband and getting pregnant with another man's baby, but all of that works for the story. I'm hoping to see some comeuppance or attitude changes amongst the Weasleys by the end of the story. I adore Draco, and I totally buy him as an arguer. He and Harry are coming together very naturally, and the tension is delicious!

I'm really looking forward to reading the rest of this story!

[lomonaaeren]

Thank you!

Molly really, really wants a grandchild in this story. No one else seems intent on giving her one any time soon, so she's really latched on to the hope that Ginny might.

The twins have only heard Ginny's side of the story.

Harry puts up some more resistance to the idea of coming together in the next chapter.

[nomeci]

denial!Harry is always adorable! I cant wait for more!

[lomonaaeren]

Thanks!

[cinnamon_memoir]

Mwahahaha, just got all caught up! & have to say that I adore Draco's flirting, and the way that you describe Harry's magic is brilliant!

Now to sit and hope that Ginny gets what she deserves, and Draco gets what he's after!

(Also, you're last line slayed me!)

[lomonaaeren]

Thank you!

Draco will probably have nearly as much trouble as Ginny.

[free_the_goats]

Ah!! Now I am reading both your stories, and it kept me up till midnight when I have work in seven hours! I love this story, and your other one, but I have to ask: are you a Ginny-hater, or is that just how the story goes?

[lomonaaeren]

Thanks!

Nope, not a Ginny-hater; I'm mostly interested in seeing what fits the stories. I've written stories in the past where, say, Hermione and Ron are less understanding of Harry and Ginny supports him. But this plot won't work with that. I have tried to make her more sympathetic in "A Year's Temptation," though no one is coming off especially well there.

[star_faerie]

Hey, I hope you don't mind but I am going to add you to my friends as I have been reading this story and I'm really enjoying it and I want to know what happens next.

Your characterisation is brilliant, I love the way you've captured all the characters- they're still like their canon counterpoints but there's something more to them. Your interpritation of Ginny is interesting, I wonder if she's really this silly or if there's something more going on.

[lomonaaeren]

Not at all! Welcome. *friends back*

Thank you very much! As for Ginny, Draco gives what he thinks is an explanation of her motives in the next chapter.