Lucius Malfoy Bet
heidit at netbox.com
heidit at netbox.com
Tue Aug 7 10:28:11 UTC 2001
No: HPFGUIDX 23786
--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "Haggridd" <jkusalavagemd at y...> wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at y..., "Tandy, Heidi" <heidi.h.tandy.c92 at a...>
> wrote:
> > : waves hand in air, takes haggridd's bet.
> > I wager a 1st ed GoF that book 7 will not end without draco having
> > previously done 1 good and redeemable thing.
> > And I move for amanda and angela boyko to serve as determinors.
> >
> Heidi, that is not exactly what I wagered on. To have done one good
> thing is not at all the same thing as to turn out to be good. Nice
> try, clever lady, but no cigar. I would define "turning out to
> be good" as renouncing LV and joining the side of Dumbledore. Would
> you care to rephrase, please?
>
> Angela Boyko and Amanda are perfectly acceptable, with Amy Z. to
cast
> a deciding vote in case of a tie.
>
(a) I said *good* and *redeemable*, which IMHO means that he does
something which is good, and which is simultaneously evidence that he
has chosen not to embrace evil. I cannot bet that Draco will be nice
or kind or sweet or even especially friendly. Snape isn't any of those
things, but the end of GoF showed pretty well that he is still
truested and needed and appreciated by dumbledore. In other words,
he's *good* and *redeemable*.
Also, why does being good necessarily require joining Dumbledore's
side? In the same way that JKR has shown that evil isn't necessarily
all related to the same Bad Guy in the books (see Lockhart, who was
willing to let Ginny be killed - IMHO, that was evil (although
theoretically with he new mind, he isn't not necessarily anymore)) not
all actions in furtherance of good have to be in support of
Dumbledore. I also don't want to bet that Draco will never have the
Dark Mark put on him. Again, giving Snape as an example, it's not the
be-all and end-all of evil.
Let's let the TrippleA's make up their mind after reading book 7 for
the 2nd time as to whether Draco has done something which is good and
redeemable.
PS - the reason I say *one thing* is because there's a chance he'll
get killed doing that One Thing...
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