All Malfoy, All The Time

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No: HPFGUIDX 31964

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "jennyandraul" <meboriqua at a...> wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at y..., "virtualworldofhp" 
<virtualworldofhp at y...> 
> wrote:
>  
> > How I see JKR as setting us up for a possible Draco redemption: 
she
> > hasn't already set any hints ahead, so if she's going to do it 
> subtly, it's going to have to work very fast, since there are only 
> three books remaining>
> 
> and:
>   
> > Somehow, I see her doing it the subtle way. >
> 

Hello all. I want to chime in on this topic, if you don't mind.

There is an obvious mutual respect between Snape and Draco, evident 
from very early on. Is it simply because Draco is in Slytherin? 
Doesn't seem to be, do Crabbe & Goyle and the others get the same 
preferential treatment? There isn't direct evidence of that, other 
than collateral favoritism because Slytherin, in general, is favored 
by Snape.

Is it because Draco is a Malfoy? Perhaps, Snape is obviously visibly 
irritated when Harry implicates Lucius in GoF.

Here is what I suspect, both of the reason why Snape is a former DE 
and Draco is his star pupil. Look at the prime facet of Slytherin: 
ambition. Is it ambitious to follow a powerful leader? Perhaps, I am 
in Corporate America and see that all the time (the Leach Effect). 
But isn't it even more ambitious to reach the heights of one's 
achievement on one's own? To be a leader yourself? I suspect this is 
why Snape bolted from the DE. He had no desire to be anyone's slave, 
Voldemort's or anyone else's. Who wants to be a Pettigrew? Who wants 
to have to instantly run to someone else's side the minute their 
tatoos tingle? Look at how he absolutely refused to be in J. Potter's 
debt for saving his life? He is an independent man, beholden to no 
one, even LV (even though he undoubtedly fears LV).

Draco is also a leader. At this time, a juvenile leader of a bullies 
club, to be sure. But what if the DE Youth forms at Hogwarts? Could 
he march in jack-booted conformity with other DE Youth, taking orders 
from a DE? Not for long would be my guess.

So how's that for a possible plot line: LV starts to recruit 
Slytherin students. A DE shows up to rule them with an iron hand. 
Draco, having lost his position as Head Thug, goes to Harry: "I'll 
help you get rid of this bozo." And voila! Head thug redux! 
Draco "redeems" himself, yet is still an ambitious, nasty slug, and 
still Harry's arch-enemy!

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