The thing with the abuse of Draco, to me, is that the writer would REALLY have to work to convince me, especially if the abuse is coming from Draco's parents. I definitely think ivyblossom could convince me because she is a wonderful writer. But the thing is, reading th canon, I just don't buy it for several reasons. One is Lucius. I don't believe he would ever sexually or even physically abuse Draco. His abuse is of the mental sort, and it is of the child trying to please a parent who just cannot be pleased. Lucius is that mental type of abuser. When he does things, to me, he does them full out, but his way of belittling people is not such that makes me think of physical.sexual abuse. He has other ways of getting people to cower before him.

The other reason is Draco himself. He has the elements of a bully, which doesn't negate phys/sex abuse, certainly... However, Draco's entire mannerism around his father is too self-confident, too certain of them both to make me think he has been abused in anything other than the mental way. I would think he would be terrified of his father if those things were happening, and even in public it would show as a certain cowering, quietness, what-have-you. So abuse fics, while I do read them, are highly uneasy ground for the writer to tread in my opinion. The story must be very convincing, the reasoning plain, etc, or I will not believe it and give up on it. I don't go in for the stories where the element is just thrown in to make me feel sympathy for the characters. That's manipulative and offensive to me. But I love ivyblossom. If anyone can convince me, she can.