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Potter's Interference -- Team EWE

Title: Potter's Interference
Team: Epilogue, What Epilogue?
Author: [info]yodels
Prompt: The Magician
Wordcount: ~8500
Rating: PG
Warnings: foul language, does that need a warning?
Summary: In the years after the war, Draco Malfoy has built a successful business that skirts the edge of legality by becoming adept at figurative sleight-of-hand. Enter Harry Potter, moral upright citizen still chasing after Draco, still suspicious of his every move. When their lives intersect in an unexpected way, will Draco be able to smooth-talk his way out of trouble?
Disclaimer: These characters in no way belong to me. All credit goes to JKR, Warner Bros., Bloomsbury and countless others, I'm sure. It's all in good fun.
Author's Note: Thanks to my betas, who worked so hard. Readers: may you find The Magician as interesting as I did. The link above will tell you all you need to know.


Potter's Interference


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How well did the author/artist use their Prompt? 1 to 9 (1 being the least)

How much did you like this story/art overall? 1 to 9 (1 being the least)



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Tags: fic, pg, prompt: the magician, round i, team ewe

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[info]allika

April 10 2008, 13:02:01 UTC 4 years ago

This was a very pleasant read. I loved that final scene, and you used your prompt very well. Draco and Harry would, of course, end up in "opposite" professions.

[info]elsie

April 15 2008, 04:49:34 UTC 4 years ago

I want your icon so badly ...

[info]allika

4 years ago

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[info]yodels

4 years ago

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[info]sesheta_66

April 10 2008, 14:28:36 UTC 4 years ago

The erumpents were stampeding. - all four of them! *snorts* This piece starts off with a bang (or, well, a stampede) and doesn't fail to amuse throughout.

Prying, Potter? How unlike you. Heh. It is so typical that, years ahead, Harry is still obsessed with Draco. The timeline (countdown to Potter's interference) and its link to the title were a nice touch. The development of their relationship was great.

I want a crup! Much ♥ for this fic.

Great use of the prompt and for the team (go Team EWE)!

[info]yodels

May 26 2008, 13:29:21 UTC 4 years ago

Hee, thank you so much! The crup was definitely fun to write.

[info]alaana_fair

April 10 2008, 15:44:55 UTC 4 years ago

Awww... that was just adorable! It was a completely creative idea and I adored Draco's crup. Nicely done, indeed!

[info]yodels

May 26 2008, 13:29:53 UTC 4 years ago

Thank you so much!

[info]coffeejunkii

April 10 2008, 15:53:24 UTC 4 years ago

The erumpents were stampeding has got to be one of my most favorite opening lines of a fic ever, hahaha. the entire fic is a really original take on a part of canon that doesn't often get explored in stories.

this entire fic is so much fun--from draco's calendars with harry's face on them, to harry's "insistence" on being served lunch, to draco the crup pining away for harry. and of course a happy ending, awww!

[info]yodels

May 26 2008, 13:30:52 UTC 4 years ago

*smooches*

I owe it all to you! Thanks for all your help here.

It's all about the happy ending, I love 'em!

[info]roma_fics

April 10 2008, 16:13:01 UTC 4 years ago

The naming of the passage of time was hilarious. I really liked that Draco tried to portray himself as being a mean bastard, but both Pansy and Harry saw something different. I loved all of the animals and so many of the small details you added. The crup revealing Draco's emotions was great.

[info]yodels

May 26 2008, 13:32:40 UTC 4 years ago

The time passage commentary was some of the last stuff to go in, but it helped me pull it all together, I'm glad it worked for you. Thanks so much for your kind words!

[info]biffes

April 10 2008, 16:20:23 UTC 4 years ago

I did find the card interesting. So was the story. It's been a long time I read the Fantastic Beasts & Where to Find Them, and it seems I wasn't nearly as thorough as you were:P Draco's business was really creative. I liked that the malaclaw brought the bad luck. Lavender having such a pet fits so much! And I think from now on I wish to be in a new time zone, A.P.I. instead of GMT. Plus I need a Harry calendar:D And the last sentence was priceless.
Thanks so much for this, it was real fun to read!

[info]yodels

May 26 2008, 13:33:43 UTC 4 years ago

Thank you! Fantastic Beasts was basically my bible during this whole process, it went with me everywhere.

[info]nonajf

April 10 2008, 18:07:07 UTC 4 years ago

The opening line is supposed to grab the reader, and this one certainly did! I was snickering all the way through. I was also amused that the crup was bonded with Draco and revealing his feelings. LOL!

Good job!

[info]yodels

May 26 2008, 13:34:50 UTC 4 years ago

Thank you very much! If Draco's not going to reveal his own feelings, then someone has to.

[info]tomatoe18

April 10 2008, 18:31:25 UTC 4 years ago

OMG THIS IS THE WIN! <3 One of the best EWE stories ever. The whole tone of the story is just so brilliantly Dracoish! God, I'm in love with the blond all over again. And the brunet as well. Harry trying to capture Draco and Draco's cleverness of avoiding Harry over the years is just fantastic; it's so like them to do that.

Also, Draco+Perseus & Draco+HisElves = LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE!

What are you implying, Pansy? That I know him? That I have some kind of thing for him? I think I resent your meaning. --> damn it, I can't stop giggling over this line. And many others, too. I can't list them all; I'd be reposting the whole fic to show you which lines I liked. You sure have a way with words, Mystery Author. You are made of win.

I'm going to read it again and again. Thank you so much for this!

[info]yodels

May 26 2008, 13:36:25 UTC 4 years ago

Wow, such nice things you say. Thank you very much for reading and commenting. I'm glad you enjoyed the story. Draco is one of my most favorite characters to write; he makes it so easy.

[info]fourth_rose

April 10 2008, 19:06:59 UTC 4 years ago

Wow, I think you managed to work in almost every animal mentioned in "Fantastic Beasts"! *s impressed* That was a wonderful read, light-hearted and funny all the way through.

[info]yodels

May 26 2008, 13:37:12 UTC 4 years ago

I was definitely going for light-hearted. Fantastic Beasts and I were best friends during the writing of this fic. Thank you!

[info]magelet

April 10 2008, 19:12:12 UTC 4 years ago

That was so cute! I like the idea of Draco being a magizoologist a lot, even if the word is a mouthful. The crup was positively adorable too!

[info]yodels

May 26 2008, 13:37:50 UTC 4 years ago

It's definitely a mouthful and I'm still not entirely sure I pronounce it correctly in my head, but no matter. Thank you so much!

[info]winter_june

April 10 2008, 20:38:17 UTC 4 years ago

Wonderful fic. So full of witty remarks and hilarious scenes. I L.O.V.E the crub. And Harry stubbornness. And Draco's capacity for self-deluding. And the myriad of lines that make me chuckle, but over all the one that have me wiping tears and laughing aloud: "There are two wizards, two nifflers and an augerey in the waiting room". Oh, please, someone with talent just make a joke out of it!

[info]yodels

May 26 2008, 13:38:46 UTC 4 years ago

Yay! I'm so glad you enjoyed the story. Thank you so much for your kind words, it is much appreciated!

[info]meri_oddities

April 10 2008, 21:07:54 UTC 4 years ago

I quite enjoyed this story. Draco voice was so whiny and perfect. I loved that he and Harry were "against" each other in this, too. And that they finally saw the light as it were. Good job!

[info]yodels

May 26 2008, 13:39:50 UTC 4 years ago

Thank you! You say the sweetest things.

[info]tacitprophecy

April 10 2008, 21:58:58 UTC 4 years ago

I assumed that the, "B.P.I." and "A.P.I." were ideas that Draco played with, and there was just something hilariously melodramatic about it. Leave it to Draco, of course, to view Harry Potter's interference as significant as the birth of Christ. The subtle way in which one of the little headings suddenly inserts "or six months before ruination" was fun, as you suddenly think: oh, yes, something is supposed to HAPPEN soon, something having to do with Harry!

I liked that Pansy was still a Slytherin, still a girl, without being horribly obnoxious. I did feel that some of the plot developments were choppy, a little rushed, but it was overall connected enough.

Draco's repeated convictions that his World Is Over, only for it to be rebuilt in a new way, fit his character perfectly and I couldn't help but laugh :). I also rather liked the way that he could understand Harry, where he couldn't quite riddle himself out (even with the glaring physical embodiment of his emotions, in crup form, languishing before him...). The fact that it was his pride that caught him, too, was rather fitting.

In the end, what I really liked was how physically distraught the idea of confessing made Harry. The only other time we saw him flustered was over the issue of lobster-lunches, and that was over a financial/moral problem. The fact that telling Draco he fancies him makes him more nervous and visibly troubled than a moral issue of exploitation really made me laugh and appreciate how pathetically socially inept Harry can be. In a good way. In a cute way.

I must admit that I felt a bit of detachment between the ending and the rest of the story. The unicorn scene added some tenderness between them, and the crup helped to close the gap between Draco's outward indifference and his inner affections, but I do feel that Harry's character could have done with some more development. Of course, I do understand that it is difficult, with the fic being from an oblivious!Draco's perspective. I think that's why I liked how flustered Harry was at the end, as it gave him some depth.

I'd love to see a companion fic from Harry's point of view. I can only imagine the amount of cursing/drinking that Draco's annual avoidance of his traps must have caused. It would also be interesting to see how/when Harry's affection for Draco came into play :)

[info]tulimeeria

April 12 2008, 10:29:42 UTC 4 years ago

Well said! I felt the opposite as to what you said about the structure (too busy squealing at Draco's scallywag charm, perhaps) but I'm with you on this:

Draco's repeated convictions that his World Is Over, only for it to be rebuilt in a new way, fit his character perfectly and I couldn't help but laugh :).

Hee, precisely! I love Draco like this - so Serious, every feeling so full of conviction, but in a sort of dry way. :D

Also, you dissected Harry's flusteriness quite cleverly there. :) Hear, hear on the companion piece thing as well - I wouldn't mind a sequel, either.

[info]yodels

4 years ago

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[info]painless_j

April 10 2008, 22:29:37 UTC 4 years ago

That was fun! I read it with my copy of Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them and I think I want to become a magizoologist when I grow up :)

[info]yodels

May 26 2008, 14:14:39 UTC 4 years ago

I got to play out that childhood fantasy of becoming a veterinarian through Draco, it was a lot of fun. Thank you so much!

[info]elephantqueen25

April 10 2008, 22:48:25 UTC 4 years ago

This fic was fab! :D
Made me smile the entire way through.

[info]yodels

May 26 2008, 14:14:56 UTC 4 years ago

I'm so glad you enjoyed, thank you so much!

[info]irrevokable

April 11 2008, 00:26:07 UTC 4 years ago

I loved this! especially the witty banter between harry and draco ♥

[info]yodels

May 26 2008, 14:15:14 UTC 4 years ago

Thank you! ♥

[info]maya231

April 11 2008, 06:24:24 UTC 4 years ago

Very sweet fic! Well done.

[info]yodels

May 26 2008, 14:15:26 UTC 4 years ago

Thank you so much!

[info]floooeee

April 11 2008, 13:08:17 UTC 4 years ago

Oh this was a truly lovely read. Funny in many parts - especially the headers! Draco's crup! LOL Im a sucker for Drama Queen!Draco so it was easy for me to love this. :D I want a crup now... :(

[info]yodels

May 26 2008, 14:15:48 UTC 4 years ago

Draco is always a drama queen, and I love him for it. Thank you!

[info]plotting_pen

April 11 2008, 14:29:27 UTC 4 years ago

aww, the ending had me all fangirling ^^;

This was such a fun read. I loved the dialogue, Draco's personality, which was hilarious, by the way. Ahh, their interaction was sweet and funny and silly and the malacraw was just such creativity! I have nothing but love for this fic, and you for writing it!

<333

[info]yodels

May 26 2008, 14:16:37 UTC 4 years ago

Such sweet things you say! Thank you oh so much! ♥

[info]symetric

April 11 2008, 16:54:07 UTC 4 years ago

This was lovely to read really funny.
Perseus was so adorable. Thank you!

[info]yodels

May 26 2008, 14:17:06 UTC 4 years ago

Perseus was a fun addition for me, I loved writing him. Thank you!

[info]vaysh11

April 11 2008, 18:42:54 UTC 4 years ago

A wonderfully bad-ass, very much IC adult Draco! And I adore the outstanding originality of this fic: Draco as animal-smuggling magizoologist, Harry as a wizard P.E.T.A. activist. It does make a whole lot of sense ;-). I love the little snippets about the Manor's house-elves' daily life under Master Draco. Thanks for following through with such a unique plot and even having them kiss in the end.

[info]yodels

May 26 2008, 14:27:54 UTC 4 years ago

I love the idea of Draco being a bad-ass. Thank you for such kind words, much appreciated!

[info]outofthisplace

April 11 2008, 20:32:48 UTC 4 years ago

I like rare-animal-dealer Draco, it's one I havn't heard before!
...had eventually wormed his way into Draco's heart or at least its vicinity.
Hahaha
This was sweet and pleasant, humerous and lighthearted. A very enjoyable read.
And I agree that "The erumpents were stampeding" is one of the best opening lines in fic history :-D

[info]yodels

May 26 2008, 14:37:30 UTC 4 years ago

I love putting Draco into crazy, unique careers. I'm so glad you enjoyed it, thank you very much!

[info]tulimeeria

April 12 2008, 09:59:02 UTC 4 years ago

Oh, my. OH, MY. It's completely gorgeous and cute and humorous and tickles me in all the right spots. :D Left me starving for more, God yes, but it's good starvation. I feel like maybe singing a song now.

This was a very easy read, I thought; neatly packaged, not a detail out of place and just perfectly balanced and concise. The story progressed effortlessly, and the sub-headers or whatever the hell they're called worked ever so well. It was like there were all these wonderful promises of absolute, sugary happiness for all parties hanging in the air, and you could just sit back and feel content to watch it all unfold. :)

I gave you high marks all around, also for use of prompt: Draco was really the Magician. A salesman, a thief of sorts, a medicine man; plus the themes of good ideas and working to improve one's own lot all at once, again so easily (as opposed to making it fit, goddammit).

Yeah. Mmm. :) Very witty banter, too. Just ... altogether a very uplifting experience, this fic was. Thanks!

[info]yodels

May 26 2008, 14:41:15 UTC 4 years ago

Wow! Such lovely things you say, thank you. You hit on all the things I was aiming for: light, easy to read, short, so I'm really glad it worked for you.

[info]casynne

April 12 2008, 17:19:39 UTC 4 years ago

A real feel-good story that made me smile all the way through.

Harry turned and noticed a series of calendars that covered one wall, each day of the seven and a half year sentence had a picture of Harry, the first few were blacked out with large Xs. "Clever, Malfoy. Must have taken you a bit of time to do all this."

Draco smiled. "I had nothing better to do yesterday." *g* Only Draco could contrive something like this! Luckily for him, Harry's sturdy sense of humor is not easily susceptible to such puerile offense!

Oh, and I loved Draco's interaction with his pet, Perseus, who is, by the way, one brilliant dog *g*

Thank you for writing, I loved this!

[info]yodels

May 26 2008, 14:43:07 UTC 4 years ago

Yes, I imagine Harry as having a very sturdy sense of humor, he'd have to after all he's dealt with, and besides, who can take Draco too seriously? Thanks for reading and commenting, much appreciated!

[info]secretsolitaire

April 12 2008, 22:03:12 UTC 4 years ago

This was a fun read! :-)

[info]yodels

May 26 2008, 14:43:22 UTC 4 years ago

Thank you so very much!
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