Oh, I'll always admit to some hypocrisy in liking Harry/Pansy and disliking say.. Draco/Hermione.
But: I'd never claim there was any basis for redeeming Pansy in canon. it's just something I like to write because Pansy is more or less a blank slate and you can have some fun dynamics there.
And of course you're quite right that there's almost as much room to explore Draco in the same way. (though he's a more major character and therefore has less wriggle room for me in that regard)
Like I said in another comment, there's a difference in liking Draco for being a good foil or villian or thinking that he;s an intresting character to explore in fanfic and thinking he's not as bad in canon as he's painted. To me at least. And to loop round back the original point to think its therefore somehow spiteful or unjust for JKR to alter his appearence in the epilogue.
Re: *resists* Oh Sod it, wank incoming.
But: I'd never claim there was any basis for redeeming Pansy in canon. it's just something I like to write because Pansy is more or less a blank slate and you can have some fun dynamics there.
And of course you're quite right that there's almost as much room to explore Draco in the same way. (though he's a more major character and therefore has less wriggle room for me in that regard)
Like I said in another comment, there's a difference in liking Draco for being a good foil or villian or thinking that he;s an intresting character to explore in fanfic and thinking he's not as bad in canon as he's painted. To me at least. And to loop round back the original point to think its therefore somehow spiteful or unjust for JKR to alter his appearence in the epilogue.