Is Draco evil, goblins, Snape

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I certainly think Draco has the *potential* for evil - saw a news 
photo a few days ago of a little boy, maybe 8 or 9, with his 
parents at a neo-Nazi parade, and the kid had his arm out in the 
Nazi salute. I wanted to strangle the parents, *not* the boy. I 
doubt he really understands what that salute means (and has 
meant in the past) to millions of people, but he's well on his
way to becoming as foul as his parents. Likewise, Draco is 
certainly starting down the right road with his racist views and his 
(at present) love of power for its own sake. He could reform, but 
I'm not sure what it would take to do it - I suspect nothing less 
than the death of one of his parents at the hands of Voldemort or 
one of his followers.
Also, I think the reason Draco doesn't stand at the leaving feast 
is simply because he's still young enough that he hasn't
learned to dissemble as smoothly as his father does. He's 
angry (and yes, jealous) and doesn't bother to hide it - yet.
Give him a few more years and he'll start to pay more attention
to - and practice - the PR skills Lucius has.

>Bente said,
>Personally, I don't really care one way or another whether Draco 
>ends up being good, evil or dead when it's all said and done, 
>and JKR is certainly welcome to do with him whatever she 
>wants, but I'd actually be more annoyed (not to mention 
>disappointed) if all the characters ended up reformed and
>'good' in the end. 

Gotta agree with that one. If I wanted to read about Goody Two-
Shoes, I would.

>Amanda said
>BUT, the goblins were quite dangerous in the past, if you 
>actually consider that these are rebellions and wars they're 
>learning about. AND, goblins now control the only wizard bank 
>we know of....
>I think, however, being Voldemort, he'll underestimate the 
>goblins like Bagman did, like everyone in Binns' class or the 
>wizard world does, and they'll turn on him, and be instrumental 
>in his downfall.
>--Amanda, whose husband Jan actually thought of this some 
months ago

Oooh, good point!  I do think Voldemort would at least attempt to 
get the goblins on his side - which would give him total control of 
the wizarding economy - but I suspect the goblins are dangerous 
allies at best -- the kind you have to keep under constant 
surveillance because they'll switch sides in the blink of an eye.

>And v_hayrabedian at y... wrote:
> Another thought - if Snape was in Voldemort's inner circle 
>(correct me if I'm wrong) when Voldemort 'died', just how young 
>was he when he started spying?

Remember also that Snape was characterized in one of the 
books (I forget which) as knowing more curses when he got to 
Hogwarts than most of the other students. This would have 
made him a terrific catch, by Voldemort's standards, and 
probably would have fast-tracked him up the hierarchy in 
Voldemort's circle, so he wouldn't necessarily have been really 
young when he joined the DE.


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Harry got through the next three days by forcing himself to think 
about his Handbook of Do-It-Yourself Broomcare whenever Aunt 
Marge started on him. This worked quite well, though it seemed 
to give him a glazed look, because Aunt Marge started voicing 
the opinion that he was mentally subnormal.