Lucius Malfoy

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No: HPFGUIDX 23774

Here is a question that I've been toying with for some time -- might 
 Lucius end up reforming.

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 I am not saying for a second that he is not a pure-blood snob, but
it 
didn't stop him from admitting in front of Draco and the shop 
 keeper that Hermione beat the snot out of Draco accademically.

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So, here we have a guy who is mean and nasty and is in good with the 
status quo.  With Voldemort's return, he has now been reduced to
being a toady of a psycho.  What are his thoughts?

 Wouldn't be interesting if Lucius reforms and Draco goes off the
deep end?

              Marcus


Hello,

I've been lurking around this list for awhile now, but this topic is 
just too tempting to pass up.

While I don't think that Lucius will become "good," I think he could 
turn against LV. An interesting point was brought up in a fanfic I 
read by Soz at ff.net. (Sorry Soz, if you're out there.  I'm a  coward 
when it comes to posting on the internet; that's why I don't 
 review.  This is the first step toward getting over that.)  Anyway, 
the scenario was that Lucius discovers Voldemort's heritage and, 
because he _is_ a "pure-blood snob," immediately begins plotting to 
overthrow LV and to take over as the head of the DEs. This is rather 
like Marcus's point that he may not want to be "a toady of a psycho"; 
he doesn't want to be the toady of a Mudblood.

This made a lot of sense to me, and I'm interested to see what other 
people think.  Do you think the DEs knows that LV is a Mudblood?  
Would this information make Lucius, or any of the other DEs, turn 
against LV? I realize Pettigrew knows the truth, but he's so 
frightened by LV that I don't think LV would count him as a threat. 
All LV says once all of the DEs are present is "My father's bone, 
naturally, meant that we would have to come here, where he was
buried" (GoF chap. 33).  Is he trying to avoid admitting he's a 
Mudblood?  Or is even having everyone come to a Muggle cemetery a 
giveaway?

Personally, I believe that LV would try to hide his heritage. I refuse 
to believe that he's stupid, and he has to realize that people like 
Lucius wouldn't want to be the subordinate of a Mudblood. Unless, of 
course, he figures that the DEs are all so frightened of him that no 
one would dare plot a coup.

  I apologize if this topic has been covered before.

Deva