[HPforGrownups] Character Summary: Malfoy Snr.

[Stephanie Becvar]

No: HPFGUIDX 9083

For His First name, i always thought there was a dark foreboding...I figured 
i would put this(long in the works) thoery out now, as it applies.  I once 
had a dog my dad named lucifer, and i went to a  catholic school(ha i am 
lutheran) for kindergarten, and every time i would talk about my dog, the 
sisters would freak, and thats how i found out about the devil being lucifer 
etc. etc. etc.  Well, the VERY first time i read lucius malfoy's name, i 
thought of that, and the mal foi(i am a french student)  Ok, now that the 
background is done, the theory, which also answers one of your 
questions(keep in mind i think draco will turn out ok in the end):

I know thios may seem zany, but i always kind of thought Vold. would get his 
power, but would actually die die, before book 7...or at least in the 
beginning of that book.  THEN, LUCIUS takes over things rather, and he kills 
Sirius/hermione/ron/hagrid/dumbledore...SOMEBODY close to Harry, and not 
only does this make Draco realize what a nutter his father is, but Makes 
Harry go bezerk and end the powers of evil forever by killing him......  
<sigh>  i know this is a VERY far-fetched theory, but when you have a 1.5 
hour anatomy class and all she is doing is pointing to bones, you have to 
think of SOMETHING)

Stephanie
who also believes JKR is a REAL witch who is in VERY big trouble with the 
Ministry of Magic, and has been banned ot the muggle world bc her defense 
that she was trying to trick all of us muggles into thinking it was DEF. 
fantasy failed <vbeg>

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>Character Summary: Lucius Malfoy aka 'Slimeball'
>
>Name: Lucius - 'Lucifer', also suggests to me light (from Latin, Lux) which
>would seem, if intended, to be ironic
>
>Malfoy - I like the french Mal foi - 'bad faith' derivation though I think
>there are other interpretations about.
>
>Age: hmm, older than the Marauders we suspect, though I do not think there 
>is
>any hard evidence to support this. I don't think (? Corrections anyone?) he
>mentioned in discussions that cover Marauders/Severus' school days which
>suggest that he is not a contemporary. Lucius' involvement (up to his neck)
>with Voldemort suggests to me he is older than MMWP/Severus.
>
>Description: strongly resembles his son (or the other way around) "the same
>pale, pointed face and identical cold grey eyes".
>
>'On screen' time: Less than I imagined. We hear of him in PS when Draco
>indicates that he intends to 'bully' his father into buying him a broom,
>despite the prohibition on first years having brooms (p. 60, all refs 
>brit/aust
>eds).
>
>Lucius' first proper appearance is in CoS (p43) where he arrives in Mr 
>Borgin's
>shop to sell what appears to be prohibited Dark items. A few pages later he
>distributes Tom Riddle's diary to Ginny Wesley, under cover of a physical 
>fight
>with Arthur Wesley.
>
>Scattered throughout CoS as school governor, and through PoA as he 
>attempted to
>have Buckbeak murdered in retribution for Draco's stupidity (not that I am
>taking sides <g>), less in GoF, revealed to be a Death Eater (GoF, p564)
>
>Job: Apart from being an all round bad guy (time consuming?) he doesn't 
>appear
>to have one. For a time he was a governor on the Hogwarts Board but this 
>went
>by the way at the end of CoS. Has connections to the Committee for the 
>Disposal
>of Dangerous Creatures (PoA, p162). Rich family, doesn't appear to need to
>work. OTHO does appear to value work, or, more correctly the acquisition of
>wealth and power - but not through 'thieving and plundering' (CoS, p. 44)
>
>Personality: Horrid
>
>What? you want more? Very horrid.
>
>Special Abilities: being slimy, convincing people that he is a good decent
>Wizard, or at least not a Death Eater (ie Hagrid says Lucius claimed to be
>acting under Imperius curse after Voldemort's fall - don't have ref. 
>Believe
>it's PS p60 something. Anyone?) Good at judging the political direction of 
>the
>wind and win influence. Confident in his ability to grease palms (ie 
>Quidditch
>box at the world cup - p.92)
>
>Obsessions: Himself, Money, Power, Influence
>
>Appears to be concerned with the 'purity' of wizard blood, though whether 
>he
>attempts justify his concern in terms of the betterment of the general
>wizarding community or just ordinary self interest is not clear.
>
>Good Qualities - None (I haven't even come across any fan-fiction writers 
>who
>have been able to invent any - maybe I'm not widely enough read <g>)
>
>Bad Qualities - Too many to name
>
>Relationships - Only if he must and only if he's on top.
>
>Married to Narcissa. I think that Cassie's explanation for this marriage is 
>the
>most plausible (an Imperius curse IIRC). Although with a name like Narcissa
>maybe she was more willing that we might want to believe.
>
>Father to Draco - Seems like an abusive, absent kind of parent - parents 
>Draco
>like a toy - come here, now I'm over you, go away, expects Draco to carry 
>out
>his dream, expects Draco to be his puppet. Draco (IMO) has fully identified
>with his abuser and the behaviour he shows is indicative of the treatment 
>he
>receives at home (all this is based on CoS and a few other bits and 
>pieces).
>
>Evil overlord to Dobby (until the end of CoS) and assorted other (assumed)
>bonded servants/slaves.
>
>Fate - Death is too good for him, but he is such a politician I fancy he 
>will
>play both sides of the field and wind up alive at the end of book 7.
>
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>Questions:
>
>1. Does Lucius have any good qualities?
>
>2. What does Lucius want? - to be Voldemort's lieutenant or to be 
>Voldemort?
>
>3. Will he live beyond the end of Book 7?
>
>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?
>
>5. Did Snape and Malfoy ever have a fling? - Is Draco their love child? Who 
>was
>on top?
>

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