Draco being redeemed

[monzaba at poczta.onet.pl]

No: HPFGUIDX 23990

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., magpie1112 at y... wrote:
> <*snip*>
> > > Fanfic weirdness aside, I don't see any reason not to make 
> > > Draco a bad guy. 
> <*snip*>
>

> Anyway - there is a "Draco-as-
> closet-fantasy-leather-goodboy" contingent?  Eww.  He's just bad.  
> Sometimes people are that way.  
> 
> But I have to play devil's advocate for one second - since JKR has 
> held the theme of "it's not what you are born with, it's what you 
> choose to become", I think there is a possibility that Draco could 
go 
> over to the dark side at first (because of his family ties/blood 
and 
> house affiliation), then change his mind and want to do good as the 
> result of something that deeply shocks or scares him.  

I can think of only one - and highly impropable! - situation that 
could make Draco do such a thing. If Death Eaters attacked his 
mother, I guess he might start hating them. But, as I said, I don't 
think it's likely to happen.

I dislike Draco as much as I like Snape. For me, the little git is 
nasty, evil and stupid - a really dangerous mix. Draco's behaviour 
reminds me of that old, old joke:

Two inmates are talking:
"How did you get here?"
"Because of my son's essay"
"???"
"They were to write what their daddies do for a living and the little 
idiot told the whole truth."

Monika
(The Snape fan)