Is Draco Evil & a true enemy of Harrys'?

[Kristin]

No: HPFGUIDX 25117

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., cassandraclaire73 at y... wrote:
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> Yes, Draco's done a lot of lousy things, but I maintain he hasn't 
> done anything unforgivable yet, although not through lack of 
>trying. I mean, we forgive Sirius, who, at about the same age, sent 
>a fellow student on a wild goose chase which he *knew* ended at the 
>lair of a werewolf who would have torn said student in half and 
>splattered his entrails all over the walls. But Sirius is a Good 
>Guy. Mostly because his plot was foiled, as Malfoy's usually are, 
>and Snape survived. I'm not saying Draco will be redeemed, or even 
>that he deserves to be, just that if JKR wanted to redeem him, she 
>could. He hasn't done anything so bad that as a character, he is 
>completely unforgivable and unsaveable.  


Many people could say what Sirius did was unforgivable. I love Sirius 
to death, don't get me wrong. However not only did he send Snape into 
the lair of a werewolf, said werewolf happens to be one of Sirius' 
best friends. Sirius didn't think of what the consequences would be. 
Snape could have been killed or, at the very least become a werewolf 
himself. Remus on the other hand could have been sent to Azkaban or 
worse, killed.

Draco's actions, so far, have been more of the teenage bully vareity. 
He's jealous of Harry and he's done some pretty nasty things. I don't 
think however, that he's been inherently malicious. Teenagers can do 
and say some pretty horrible things to each other at that age. Just 
think back to junior high or high school.

Draco may follow down Snape's path and become a Death Eater. Then, 
for whatever reason, he'll see that it's not such a great thing to be 
and come back. I don't think this will happen until the last book, if 
it ever does. He will definately be an insufferable git for at least 
the next two books, however at this point I don't think he's 
completely and totally unredeemable. Only time will tell if he does 
something totally unforgivable.

Cheers,
Kristin