Draco being redeemed

[Jim Ferer]

No: HPFGUIDX 23980

Keith:"As anyone who knows me will tell you, I am a strong opponent of 
the 'Draco-is-so-sexy-and-tortured-let's-put-him-in-leather-and-make-
him-into-a-good-guy-and-schnoogle-him-senseless" school of thought."

Amen, Brother.  All fanfic that features Draco in this way basically 
takes the Draco we all know, tosses him out the window, and replaces 
him with a pretty-boy pod-Draco with James Dean's personality and Brad 
Pitt's butt.  It's just not the same guy who gloated over Cedric 
Diggory's death, that's all.

Ketih:"Slight exaggeration, but you see what I mean."

What exaggeration? *You* didn't exaggerate.

Keith:"Fanfic weirdness aside, I don't see any reason not to make 
Draco a bad guy. With Voldemort recruiting new Death Eaters, it seems 
likely that some of Harry's schoolmates will join the Dark Side. I 
can't think of a better candidate than Draco."

Me neither. There's one Draco redemption scenario I can allow: If 
Draco, who thinks bad is cool, gets some blood 'n' brains splattered 
on his own robes, he could become a reluctant good guy a la Snape; but 
he'd never be anything like likable, and I'm not holding my breath 
waiting for it to happen.

The discouraging part is that Draco probably *will* get all the babes.