Ventures into Draco territory

[Amanda Lewanski]

No: HPFGUIDX 16348

Draco is not a favorite of mine, but I've skimmed the debates about
"he's redeemable" versus "he's a total little Nazi." My apologies if
this has been brought up, but I didn't remember seeing it mentioned
lately, and I've been wondering.

I think Draco is a total little Nazi, myself. The main reason is the
scene in CoS when Ron and Harry are polyjuiced and talking to Draco in
the Slytherin common room. This is the only "eavesdropped" Draco glimpse
we've gotten, comparable to the couple of "eavesdropped" scenes with
teachers--where the character(s) in question are not aware that they are
overheard, and therefore the presence of the listener is not affecting
what is said.

And Draco is nasty. Just as nasty as he is when he *is* "on view." He
wants to know who the Heir is, so he can *help* him, for Pete's sake.
Our view of Draco in his own element, his own common room, among
friends, is just as bad as Draco anywhere else. Thus, I think he's
really like that. Ugh.

It can be argued that he's still putting up a bit of an act, that Crabbe
and Goyle are the audience he must convince, since they probably can
speak enough to communicate with their fathers, but this is a bit of a
stretch to me.

So how do you believers in Draco's ultimate redemption handle this
scene? Granted, in "book time" it was two years ago, but in the absence
of any compelling evidence that he's maturing, and considering his
behavior at the end of GoF, I'm still pretty inclined to think he's a
little Nazi.

--Amanda