History Fanfic / BeCareful

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* BiggusDickus: [[spoiler: In his will]] Draco lets Neville know that he's heard Hufflepuff girls are attracted to men with "Huge...tracts of land". Yes, the ellipsis were in the original. He was speaking literally, but the [[DoubleEntendre double entendre]] was deliberate.

* [[spoiler: HappilyEverAfter]]: In the end, Draco ends up [[spoiler: a HappilyMarried actor living in the Beauvoi-verse with Luna]], the canon-universe characters [[spoiler: end up much the same as they did in canon, with the added benefit of Draco having left them what remains of the Malfoys' fortune]] with the exception of Snape, who suffers his canon fate, [[spoiler: only for his soul to be caught and returned to the body of his EmptyShell Beauvoi-verse counterpart.]]

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* ChildByRape: [[DiscussedTrope Discussed]] by Draco when he is "[[ScheherezadeGambit interrogating]]" Hermione in front of his parents. He puts forth enough convincing supposition to half-convince his mother that Hermione is ''[=Lucius'=]'' daughter. Even Lucius has a few moments when he's not sure it's the case.

** Done by Draco. Two thirds of the Golden Trio are accusing him of using his dark mark to call Voldemort. Draco reveals his amputated arm. Reattaching that arm [[Squick squicks]] Ron and Harry out, and Draco plays that for all it's worth.

* ArtificialLimbs: Available in the Beauvoi-verse, where such a limb is called a ''ferrecarne'' [[labelnote:pronunciation]]4 syllables, the trailing ''e'' isn't silent[[/labelnote]]

* BiggusDickus: [[spoiler:In his will]] Draco lets Neville know that he's heard Hufflepuff girls are attracted to men with "Huge...tracts of land". Yes, the ellipsis were in the original. He was speaking literally, but the [[DoubleEntendre double entendre]] was deliberate.

* [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything Does This Remind You Of Anything?]]: [[DiscussedTrope Discussed]] by Draco when he [[spoiler:is blood-bonding with Hermione so he can give her a prosthetic replacement hand]].

** [[spoiler:Narcissa had no way to know if Lucius was going to choose her to die instead of Draco, so she steps in front of her son to make sure he survives. This grants him the same protection from the killing curse as Harry.]]
** [[spoiler:Malfoy Manor just wants to die. That doesn't mean it won't help Draco use its death to bring down Voldemort.]]
* [[ICannotSelfTerminate I Cannot Self-Terminate]]: Malfoy Manor wants to die. As sentient as it is, it can't do it on it's own. [[spoiler:Luckily, Draco is willing to help.]]

** Done by Draco. Two thirds of the Golden Trio are accusing him of using his dark mark to call Voldemort. Draco reveals his amputated arm. Reattaching that arm [[SquicK squicks]] Ron and Harry out, and Draco plays that for all it's worth.

** Theo Nott and Daphne Greengrass approach Neville with wands out and tell him the Boss wants to see him. They then tell him that if he doesnt' come with them, they'll do to him what they did in [[Literature/HarryPotterAndThePhilosophersStone first year]] and that, this time, it won't win him the House Cup. Everyone with Neville sees this as a threat, except Neville, who realizes it's a polyjuiced Ron and Hermione.

* SadisticChoice: [[spoiler: Lucius Malfoy is told by Voldemort that he "has too many Malfoys" and that Lucius has to kill one. Thinking he has to choose between his wife and his son, Lucius chooses Narcissa. He didn't even think of killing himself until Snape points out that—not only was it ''an'' option—it was the ''best'' choice he could've made for his family.]]

-->'''Draco''': Is it just me, or does that sound like I'm doing something that should make Weasley want to hex my bollocks off?

** [[spoiler:Malfoy Manor just wants to die. That doesn't mean it won't help Draco use its' death to bring down Voldemort.]]

** Done by Draco. Two thirds of the Golden Trio are accusing him of using his dark mark to call Voldemort. Draco reveals his amputated arm. Reattaching that arm [[SquicK squicks]] Ron and Harry out, and Draco plays htat for all it's worth.

** Theo Nott and Daphne Greengrass approach Neville with wands out and tell him the Boss wants to see him. They then tell him that if he doesnt' come with them, they'll do to him what they did in [[Literature/HarryPoterAndThePhilosophersStone first year]] and that, this time, it won't win him the House Cup. Everyone with Neville sees this as a threat, except Neville, who realizes it's a polyjuiced Ron and Hermione.

-->''Draco'': Is it just me, or does that sound like I'm doing something that should make Weasley want to hex my bollocks off?

** He teaches Peeves the [[MontyPythonsFlyingCircus SPAM song]] just to see how pissed off some of the Death Eater professors get.

* AnimalMotifs: Draco's animagus form is a mongoose. The exact meaning of this is discussed in-universe, and is regarded as appropriate.

* [[INeverSaidItWasPoison I Never Said It Was Poison]]: canon-verse Snape never told his dream woman[[spoiler:really Beauvoi-verse Cecelia]] Draco's name and he couldn't possibly have told her what Draco's wand was made out of, since he, himself, ''didn't know''.

* LineageComesFromTheFather: [[DiscussedTrope Discussed]]. First Hermione Granger[[note]]Really a polyjuiced Ron[[/note]] escapes from the Malfoy Manor dungeon, several chapters later she is re-captured and publicly "[[ScheherezadeGambit interrogated]]" by Draco, who antagonizes her to the point she flips out and [[spoiler:Malfoy Manor is magically destroyed]]. Narcissa comes to the perfectly reasonable conclusion that Hermione made her escape from Malfoy Manor and caused [[spoiler:the collapse]] using ''Malfoy family magic'', which she would only have if she were Lucius' [[ChildByRape daughter]]. [[spoiler: Both the escape and the collapse ''were'' caused by Malfoy family magic, but wielded by Draco.]]

* StockholmSyndrome: [[DiscussedTrope Discussed]] by the Golden Trio in reference to Luna when they receive a message from her, as they know she's been captured and is being held at Malfoy Manor. [[Spoiler:[[SubvertedTrope Subverted]] as it's not Luna who has started to identify with the Death Eaters, but Draco who now identifies with [[LimaSyndrome the good guys]].]]

* ChildByRape: [[DiscussedTrope Discussed]] by Draco when he is "[[ScheherezadeGambit interrogating]]" Hermione in front of his parents. He puts forth enough convincing supposition to half-convince his mother that Hermione is ''[=Lucius'=]'' daughter.

** [[spoiler:Narcissa had no way to know if Lucius was going to choose her to die instead of Draco, so she steps in front of her son to make sure he survives.]]

* LaserGuidedAmnesia: Memory charms. Per canon, this is how a properly cast Obliviate spell works.
** Their potential use in psychological torture and manipulation is [[DiscussedTrope discussed]] at one point by Draco as he lays out how he could use memory charms to eventually make Hermione reach the conclusion that they're siblings and she was stolen from the Malfoys by the Evil Muggles named Granger. Bellatrix is impressed.

* LineageComesFromTheFather: [[DiscussedTrope Discussed]]. After [[spoiler:Malfoy Manor collapses]] in the wake of Hermione's "[[ScheherezadeGambit interrogation]]" by Draco, Narcissa comes to the perfectly reasonable conclusion that Hermione caused [[spoiler:the collapse]] using ''Malfoy family magic'', which she would only have if she were Lucius' [[ChildByRape daughter]]. [[spoiler: The collapse ''is'' caused by Malfoy family magic, but it was wielded by Draco.]]

* ScheherezadeGambit: Hermione and Ron are caught by snatchers and taken to Malfoy Manor. Draco hatches a plan [[spoiler:to get them out, with Luna's aid]]. So he makes his way to the ground floor to "interrogate" Hermione. He convinces most of the people there that he's serious when he uses ''fiendfyre'' to burn off Hermione's wand hand. [[spoiler:She'd been cut with a Goblin blade impregnated with Basilisk venom. If he hadn't burnt her hand off, she would have died, but nobody there apart from Draco and Hermione know that]]. He then proceeds to stall for time by spouting half-formed supposition and much bullshit until the plan can be put into action.

* {{Troll}}: Draco [[spoiler:uses his will to have a bit of fun at the expense of much of the canon-verse.]]

* LaserGuidedAmnesia: Per canon, this is how a properly cast Obliviate spell works. Its' potential use in psychological manipulation is discussed at one point by Draco as he lays out how he can use it to eventually make Hermione reach the conclusion that they're siblings.
* LineageComesFromTheFather: [[DiscussedTrope Discussed]]. After [[spoiler: Malfoy Manor collapses in on itself]] in the wake of Hermione's "[[ScheherezadeGambit interrogation]]" by Draco, Narcissa comes to the perfectly reasonable conclusion that Hermione caused [[spoiler: the collapse]] using ''Malfoy family magic'', which she would only have if she were Lucius' [[ChildByRape daughter]]. [[spoiler: The collapse is caused by Malfoy family magic, except it's wielded by Draco]]

* SadisticChoice: [[spoiler: Lucius Malfoy is told by Voldemort that he "has too many Malfoys" and that Lucius has to kill one. Thinking he has to choose between his wife and his son, he chooses Narcissa. Lucius didn't even think of killing himself until Snape points out that—not only was it ''an'' option—it was the ''best'' choice he could've made for his family.]]
* SecondLove: Cecilia Black for [[spoiler: Severus Snape]].