[HPforGrownups] Character Summary: Malfoy Snr.

[Simon Biber]

No: HPFGUIDX 8976

> Name: Lucius - 'Lucifer', also suggests to me light (from Latin, Lux)
which
> would seem, if intended, to be ironic

It's as ironic as the name Lucifer is -- that means 'bearer of light'.
Lucifer was God's trusted lieutenant until he fell from the light. The irony
is not JKR's.

> Malfoy - I like the french Mal foi - 'bad faith' derivation though I think
> there are other interpretations about.

It's quite a reasonable interpretation.

> 4. What does Lucius do with his days? Surely plotting to overthrow the
world as
> we know it can only fill in so much time. Does he like a good game of
> backgammon?

I'm sure he has a job. Was there any small talk at the Quidditch game?

> 5. Did Snape and Malfoy ever have a fling? - Is Draco their love child?
Who was
> on top?

How can two guys make a lovechild?

Simon.