Draco's Redemption

[mgrantwich at yahoo.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 23859

> That would also line up very well with the one time I ever
> detected a flash of real sympathy toward Harry in Draco.  Now,
> this may be just my weird take on the matter; I know that most
> people feel that when Draco tells Harry (who doesn't know what
> the heck he's talking about, at that point), "If it were me, I'd
> want revenge!" he's just trying to egg Harry on to do something
> dangerous (go after Sirius Black).  But somehow I read that line
> as Draco being, for once, perfectly sincere.  If it were him --
> if someone had betrayed his parents to their deaths -- he would
> want revenge.  


Yes indeed.  And Draco being Draco, he'd stop at nothing to get that  
revenge until he'd got Goyle and Crabbe had been killed in the 
attempt.  At that point, when he'd be reduced to having to do it 
himself, he'd probably discover the benefits of coming to terms with 
his grief and forgiveness.