Coddled Draco

[sophiamcl <sophiamcl@hotmail.com>]

--- In HPFGU-Movie at yahoogroups.com, "heiditandy" <heidit at n...> wrote:



> In the film, Lucius was at the QUidditch match, but when Draco was in
> the hospital, Lucius did not show up to check on his son. Even if
> medimagic is much easier and quicker-healing than muggle medicine, was
> it cruel of Lucius not to at least come to check on him?

> heidi

We don't know that he hasn't already been there. Besides, Malfoy was never 
really admitted, just checked over as far as I can tell. Right at the beginning 
Mdam Pomfrey indicates he does not need to be there, and that he's just 
putting on a show, moaning on the bed. She says something along the lines 
of (impatiently)"you can go, there's nothing wrong with you" (can't remeber 
exactly although I just saw it for the sixth time--yes, ONLY the sixth). It may 
also be as you say, that Lucius has not been there. His reaction to Malfoy's 
accident on the pitch seems to be one of disgust at his son doing something 
clumsy, rather than worry that he might have been hurt. We don't really know 
that much about their relationship. He buys Malfoy onto the slytherin team so 
he can be seeker, which was generous, and probably according to Malfoy's 
wishes, but we don't know whether he did this to please his son or just to try 
to give a boost to the family name.

Sophia