intro, redemption of draco and biggest suprise/saddest moment

[Sam Newell]

No: HPFGUIDX 23964

Hi :)
My name's Sam, I'm 17 and from the UK (currently enjoying my break 
from my as-levels and dreading results) I've been lurking here for a 
few days.


I pretty much take the generational view (is that the right term) 
that History will more or less repeat itself. I've got this weird 
version in my head where Hermione is Lily and Draco is Snape. So I 
reckon, that Hermione will die to save Harry and will be made head 
girl (Or Ginny is Lily, by the time she gets to her 7th year, she 
will either be dead, severly traumatised or have developed the 
strength of character to be a really good leader and head girl- but 
I'm going off on a tangent)
By comparing Snape to Draco, you find a character that is in conflict 
with the protagonists (smack me if I use a wrong word, I'm hopeless 
with these 'technical terms') and is percieved by their peers as 
being evil. I think at some point in book five, Harry will be 
responsible for saving Draco's life in some way. I think that Draco 
will go over to Voldemort's side quite willingly, he seems to be 
hiding behind a rather mean facade in the books and is probably 
insecure, and would therefore welcome the power, protection that 
being a death eater would bring, and the fear it would cause. But 
that he'd go back over to the 'good' side, possibly 'at great 
personal risk'  
I'm sure there's more I wanted to say about that, but it's gone 2am 
and my stream of consciousness has decided to have an early night.


Biggest Suprise: I am an incredibly dense person sometimes, I don't 
often pick up on subtlety and I *cannot* read whodunnit novels as I 
invariably spoil it by reading the last page of the book when I'm 
only a few chapters in. (not with Robert Goddard though) Even with 
the Harry Potter books, I've had to really sit on my hands to stop 
myself from flicking forward to the last two/three chapters. Anyway, 
the point was is that I pretty much was suprised by all the plot 
twists that have been in the books so far. I think that the biggest 
shock, was that Moody was actually Crouch who was the bad guy. I just 
hadn't even considered the possibility. I was also suprised when it 
came out that all the mishaps happening to Harry in Chamber of 
Secrets were because of Dobby.

Saddest moment: Probably Harry sat under the table in the pub in 
Hogsmeade learning just what Sirius Black had done to his family 
(back when we all thought him guilty) It was just the way he heard it 
and then couldn't talk to anyone about it without getting into 
trouble, especially when he learned later that Lupin knew his father. 

Anyway, it's really late and I'm working in the morning,

Sam