[HPforGrownups] Re: Draco is(not) evil

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 issybizz at hotmail.com   writes:

Just another point to add about Draco not being the bad, evil guy!

In PoA on page 54 Mr Weasley tells his wife, "but when your dealing 
with a wizard like Black, you sometimes have to join forces with 
those you'd rather avoid." Is this a subtle hint to the reader that 
Draco will help Harry defeat Volly in the near future? I thinks so. 

This is a huge stretch.  Again there has been no evidence whatsoever that Draco has anythign resempbling a desire to change and help defat Voldemort.  He is excited to see Voldemort return.  Even the death of an innocent (Cedric) is not enough to lessen this happiness on his part.  It would take some extreme & radical character changes to make his helping Harry possible and even more extreme circumstances to make it plausible.

One more idea!

Come on, Give Draco a break - he isn't that bad deep down, where it 
counts. Not all wizards and witches who are put into Slytherin are 
100% gonna turn out to be evil and follow volly.  There's always one 
who doesn't follow the correct criteria! ie - Padfoot turned out to 
be evil even though he was in Gryffindor. Not forgetting Dobby who 
likes time off, clothes and  paying. 

How can you possibly say that Draco is not bad deep down, where it counts.  He's never shown anything that indicates he is not.  He has done nothing to iundicate that the potential for anything but be evil.  

I am not arguing that Slkytierins are presumptively evil, just that Draco as presented is evil.  So the Padfoot analogy is fairly inaacurate.  

As is the Dobby one.  Dobby acts different from his race by a choice shaped by his past.  Draco has shown no inclination to change as a result of his past.  He revels in his background and the upcoming return to power of Voldemort.