Draco a stalker? :)

[martha]

Jeff said: 

>    Draco seems obsessed with Harry, nearly as bad as Colin 
> Creevy!! :) So is this due to his desire for revenge for Harry 
> refusing his hand in friendship, or does he keep his eye on the boy 
> who lived because he thinks he has a nice bum? :)

You know, I've always thought there's something a bit "methinks the 
lady doth protest too much" about Draco. Example: in CoS, when Harry 
and Ron blag their way into the Slytherin common room, Draco bends 
the conversation around to Harry almost unnaturally quickly, IMO. One 
minute he's talking about the attacks, then he's on about Colin 
Creevey, then it's 

" 'Saint Potter, the Mudbloods' friend,' said Malfoy slowly. 'He's 
another one with no proper wizard feeling, or he wouldn't go around 
with that jumped-up Granger Mudblood...' " (CoS, p166 UK edition)

Bitter, Draco? And why the need to have a right old go at Colin, 
anyway? Couldn't be because he actually does get to have pictures of 
Harry, could it? Since Harry's rejection of his handshake on the 
Hogwarts Express at the beginning of PS, Draco's had it in for Harry, 
and I can't think of a decent explanation other than obsession. After 
all, when he starts on Ron or Neville or even Hermione, he often gets 
a response, which, in my experience, is why bullying takes place. He 
is richer and more influential than Ron and cleverer than Neville and 
more "pure-blooded" than Hermione and has power to make them feel 
angry or upset. He even has power over Hagrid. But why does he still 
insist on picking on Harry? Harry doesn't care any more! What's the 
point in continuing? His behaviour puts me in mind of the 10-year-old 
boys who pull girls' pigtails and trip them over rather than admit 
they fancy them, because it's not cool to fancy girls when you're 10. 
(And of course, I could go on to argue that in the circles in which 
Draco moves, it really wouldn't be cool to fancy that saintly little 
Boy-Who-Lived - but that's another story, and I am in danger of going 
off on any number of tangents here.)

Just my 2 knuts and all that.

Cheers,
Martha.