Arresting Malfoys (was: feeling Arth

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From: catlady_de_los_angeles
Subject: Re: Arresting Malfoys (was: feeling Arth
Reply To: [Yahoo! #7419] Re: Arresting Malfoys (was: feeling Arth
Date: 8/21/00 2:32 am  (ET)

> You had the feeling that Lucius Malfoy wasn't highy impressed with
his son's abilities either...
No, this is just the way abusive evil men treat their sons, they can
never be quite good enough, so son decides to outdo dad

It occurred to me on recent re-reading of CoS that Draco may be a very
clever student. His father told him that he should be ashamed that a
Muggle-born girl did better than him in every subject. If my grades were
second only to Hermione's, I'd be very proud of myself!

It occurred to me on recent re-reading of PoA that Draco might be a good
enough Seeker that he should have gotten onto the team without his father
having to buy his way in (with the new brooms all round). Slytherin
DID win 3 out of 4 matches with him as Seeker, and would have won the
match against Gryffindor if Harry hadn't snatched the Snitch out of his
hands, which Harry could not have done if he hadn't had a Firebolt, if
he had had 'merely' a Nimbus 2000 or Nimbus 2001. (I continue to feel
uncomfortable about the entire wizarding world going crazy for a game
that depends so much on how much money the player or team can afford to
spend on equipment.)