Harry's Summer Holidays Post Voldy

[Steve Bates]

No: HPFGUIDX 936

I agree that Lucius probably believes Voldy is more than a match for 
Dumbly.  But Voldy is not stupid--he will want to put off an overt 
fight with Dumbly until he can consolidate his power and allies.  So 
I expect he'll do something like order his Death Eaters to lie low 
and avoid a confontation with Dumbly.  And there's a good chance that 
will mean staying away from home for anyone who has a kid in Hogwarts-
-Dumbly will know where they live.  On the other hand, I wonder if 
Lucius and the other Death EaterpParents might take their kids out of 
Hogwarts entirely--perhaps to let Voldy take over their training?

--- In HPforGrownups at egroups.com, "Kelley " <SKTHOMPSON_1 at m...> wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at egroups.com, "Steve Bates" <spicoli323 at h...> 
> wrote:
> > I think I have very similar thoughts about Draco's character 
> changing a lot in the next book.  Basically, I think we have seen 
> depressingly little indication that Draco will "reform" but I think 
> if he is ever going to improve as a person, the turning point will 
be 
> *now*. In my opinion, Lucius might not dare come home at all, for 
> fear that Dumbledore will come after him, and without his father's 
> influence or protection, Draco is almost definitely going to have 
to 
> clean up his act.  If Lucius's support of Voldemort becomes well 
> known, I doubt Draco is going to be liked or even tolerated at 
> Hogwarts, especially if people make the connection between him and 
> Cedric's death.  I can even foresee people openly hating and/or 
> harrassing Draco, Crabbe, Goyle, and any other children of Death 
> Eaters (taste of their own medicine after the whole "mudblood" 
> thing), and this, if anything, might teach Draco some humility.
> > 
>  
> You have a point about Lucius about having to be on the lookout for 
> Dumble., but my thoughts are that he'll feel Dumble. won't be a 
match 
> for the big V.  I can't see him afraid to come home, at least not 
in 
> book 5, maybe 6, more likely not til 7.  And, if there will ever be 
a 
> situation for Draco to fight on the good side, it will take a 
> dramatic event to get him there.  I see the Malfoys like a KKK 
> family; the children are raised with the parents despicable 
beliefs, 
> so they learn to believe it too.  They may grow up to learn 
> the 'wrongness' of those beliefs and change on their own, or just 
> grow up to be adult versions of their parents.  Probably a number 
of 
> Slyth. students are children of DEs, so D, C & G, will have a bit 
of 
> company.  The other students -- Gryf., Huff., Rave. -- may dislike 
> them more (the Slyths.), and probably even fear them, but the 
> harassing seems more like something the Slyths. would do.  Their 
big 
> hero is on the rise again.  Take that, you sissy Dumble. 
> supporters.      
> 
> Anyway, just my thoughts...
> 
> Kelley