Everything About Narcissa Malfoy

[dtklein_2001]

No: HPFGUIDX 31889

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "cindysphynx" <cindysphynx at h...> wrote:
> Eileen wrote:
> 
> > Narcissa Malfoy has exactly one scene in the books, and no lines. 
> Yet, 
> > she is a hot topic of debate, with a large number of people 
holding 
> to 
> > a theory that she is Lily's and Petunia's sister. But, what does 
> canon 
> > really tell us about Narcissa?
> > 
> > The short answer, not much. 
> > 
> <snip interesting observations about Narcissa>
> 
> > Why don't Lucius and Narcissa have more children (apparently)?
> > 
> > While plenty of people have only one child, it might be 
considered 
> > strange that a couple so obsessed with the continuation of proper 
> > bloodlines, would leave it to the Weasleys to populate the earth. 
> 
> 
> I like the idea that the Malfoys actually do have one or two other 
> children, perhaps slightly younger than Draco.  (Not too many kids, 
> though, or Draco's taunts about the Weasleys having more kids than 
> they could afford don't make sense.)  These Malfoy siblings could 
> have a problem that causes Lucius not to speak about them much:  
they 
> are squibs.  They never received a Hogwarts letter, and their very 
> existence undermines Lucius' view that being a pureblood is 
> important.  
> 
> I also like the idea of Narcissa being a trophy wife.  If she 
married 
> Lucius (an older man) the day she graduated from Hogwarts, and then 
> she had Draco as soon as possible thereafter, then she would be 33 
> (18 + 1 + 14) at the end of GoF.  Somehow, I like the idea that 
> someone 33 can still be called a trophy wife.
> 
> Cindy


I think Narcissa could play much more of a role in the future books, 
although she could easily as well be a non-entity as well. First, 
Draco seems pretty spoiled: gets daily cany by owl post, wanted the 
hand at borgin & burkes (which Lucius then berated him for poor 
grades in not purchasing the wanted item, suggesting his mother was 
the spoiler,) constantly taunts Ron about his family's poverty and 
Harry about his being an orphan. Draco takes insult about his mother 
far worse than he gives; it was Harry's inquiries about whether 
Narcissa always had that look of dung under her nose that prompted 
Draco to cast a spell at Harry's back. At the same time, there are 
some hints that Narcissa might not be a Death Eater or even supporter 
of Voldemort. Harry, Ron and Hermione assume that both Lucius and 
Narcissa are among the Death Eaters at the World Cup, but thats an 
assumption that both were participants. At the graveyard, Voldemort 
chastises Lucius for fleeing the Dark Mark but that didnt include 
Narcissa. Further, when Voldemort went through the Death Eaters, to 
the right of Wormtail was Lucius. To Lucius' left was the empty 
spaces for the Lestranges. Narcissa might have been one of the other 
unspecified Death Eaters, but it would make sense that Lucius and 
Narcissa would have spaces together among the Death Eaters. Finally, 
Narcissa is the one described by Draco as deciding to send the little 
brat to Hogwarts despite Lucius prefering the Durmstrang and the more 
sensible emphasis on the Dark Arts. In any case, Ms. Rowling 
certainly seems willing to throw a number of curves, perhaps Narcissa 
could play an interesting role against Voldemort in the future.

David