[HPforGrownups] Re: UnFunny Things; Perspective; Chapter 37 Comments - LONG

[Magda Grantwich]

No: HPFGUIDX 16284

> 1. In all of PoA and GoF, when Draco comes into their compartment
> on the train, Crookshanks never reacts badly to him. Now, if
> Crookshanks...is...in posession of "an uncanny ability to 
> detect unsavoury or suspicious characters..." then the lack of 
> reaction to Draco means he is neither unsavoury or suspicious. 

Or it could mean that he's so obvious and open about it that it
hardly counts as something that needs detecting.


> 2. It is *arguable* that when he saw Hermione in the woods at the 
> World Cup, he was actually trying to warn her to get out of the way
> of the Death Eaters. It's about as arguable and as supported by
> canon evidence as any conclusion that Hermione likes Ron is. 

I can buy this.  We should perhaps be careful not to lump Harry, Ron
and Hermione into one group regarding Draco.  It's entirely possible
that Draco reluctantly (perhaps unconsciously at this point) likes
Hermione and is trying to impress her Draco-style.  Which
unfortunately means being his own less-than-wonderful self to get her
attention and then lashing out hurtfully when it doesn't work.  In
Draco's universe, a girl should be thrilled to be singled out for
attention.  Pansy Parkinson gets it; Hermione doesn't.

> 3. On the train on the way home in GoF, when he says some things
> that are clearly, on the surface, very nasty, with regard to
> Muggle-borns, he actually uses the sentence, "I warned you!" JKR 
> could have just as easily had him say, "I told you!" or "I said it,

> didn't I?" - but she chose the word "warned..." Could that be 
> foreshadowing? 

Since the context of the phrase is clearly meant to be menacing to H,
H & R, I don't think a milder interpretation is appropriate. 
Especially with Crabbe & Goyle present.


> 4. Professor Snape seems to trust him. In book 4, Snape accepts 
> Malfoy's statement about what happened when he & harry were trying
> to curse each other. *IF* you believe that Snape has Dumbledore and
> the Old Crowd's best interests at heart, it is possible that he 
> would support a completely evil and unredeemable Draco, in the 
> interest of getting Draco to change his ways and be on Snape's 
> side, but it is equally probable that Snape does not see Draco as 
> being completely evil and unredeemable *at this point*. If he's not

> unredeemable, then it is possible that redemption and a turning 
> away from Lucius and the  Death Eaters (tm) will happen in the 
> future. 

JKR mentions a few times that Draco isn't dumb enough to pull
something when a teacher's around to see him.  (His assault on Harry
that preceded the Great Ferret Incident was atypical in this regard
but I think we can put it down to emotional upheaval because Harry
had just dissed his mother.)  He never lets Snape see what he's
doing: the "Potter Stinks" badges appear when Snape's back is turned
and during the ricochet cursing incident he accuses Harry of
attacking him with no mention of attacking Harry back.  Snape did not
see the attack; he only saw the consequences.  

I don't redemption is on Snape's mind regarding Draco: he's part of
Snape's house (which matters a lot to Snape), he's anti-Potter
(ditto) and he's probably a little suck in private (an assumption, I
know but I think a valid one.)

And another prediction: Snape never had a crush on Lily Evans Potter;
rather, he had the adolescent burn for Narcissa Malfoy and goes easy
on her kid as a result.


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