Is Draco Redeemable?

[harry_potter00 at yahoo.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 11295

Sister Mary Lunatic wrote:
"Is anyone else seriously bothered by the fact that Draco comes in to 
Harry's train compartment at the end of GoF and actually TAUNTS him 
about the death of Cedric?"

--Yes!

Draco says:
"You've picked the losing side, Potter!  I warned you!
I told you you ought to choose your company more carefully,
remember?  When we met on the train, first day at Hogwarts?
I told you not to hang around with riffraff like this!"
He jerked his head at Ron and Hermione. "Too late now, Potter!
They'll be the first to go, now the Dark Lord's back!
Mudbloods and Muggle-lovers first!  Well - second - Diggory was the 
f-"

"Is he a little psychopath, or what?"

--Yes, probably...

" guess this whole Draco thing bothers me a lot because in fanfic, 
Draco is never the little Nazi, like he is in the canon.  He's always 
(somewhat reluctantly) on the same side as Harry.  While I have no 
problem with his "conversion" if it's realistic (as in the stories by 
Lori and Cassandra (PoU, TSNE, DD, DS -- see website nder what JKR
herself has in mind for his "character development."

--Canon Draco and fanon Draco are almost two completely different 
characters. I LIKE fanon draco (in some stories) but it really 
strikes me that while he COULD be redemable, Draco's characterization 
in the canon so far points totally in the other direction.

Draco understands what Voldemort is doing. He UNDERSTANDS Cedric's 
death, and the pain that it causes his family and friends, and he 
DOESN'T care. For goodness sake he told Harry and Ron via polyjuice 
in CoS that he hoped Hermione would die. Hermione(!) and he said it 
with 'relish'. These are not, IMO, the words of someone 'good' at 
heart. I DO think people can change, but Draco is truly his father's 
child. The apple doesn't fall to far from the tree, and that includes 
rotten Malfoy apples as well.

"How many of you think Draco will come over to Dumbledore's side by 
the end of Book 7?  Or will he die?  Or will he just become a second 
Lucius, biding his time and plotting to become a Dark Lord himself?

--Like I said  at this point at least I can't really see Draco 
turning good. I'm not saying he won't but JKR will have to do a lot 
of development on Draco in future books to ever convince me he is 
more than what he seems.

He obviously has problems. Yes he is a spoiled bigot, but by the end 
of GoF he seems to be even more than that. He way he treats Cedric's 
death, as if it is nothing, no I'll change that- He treats CD's death 
as if it is a (groping for word) as symbol, something for V 
supporters to be PROUD of. 

Well now that I've managed to "dis" Draco would someone care to slap 
on some leather trousers and come to his defence?

Scott