Draco - Durmstrang loction - Igor and Lucius

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No: HPFGUIDX 20350


Saitaina wrote:


>Each of these quotes point to the dangerous behavior of a bullying child.
>That in itself is really a bigger issue then his weight. That bullying will
>stay with him in life and later endanger his own children. Draco Malfoy is
>not the only one indager having having the SCF (Services to Children and
>Families) or the British equvilent called on him to remove a child from his
>care in this series and it's very sad, and disturbing to see people refer to
>such behavior as popularity.

While I'm not a Draco apologist, I really do not understand this. Draco 
exhibits his bullying behavior towards the people he considers inferior to 
him. While his mental processes are definitely warped (at this time- I like 
the redemption scenario), this doesn't mean he cannot be genuinely devoted 
to his family. Actually, that's my take on Lucius, too. (Well, not 
completely. No redemption for him.)

Koinonia quotes from:

>--- In HPforGrownups at y..., Christian Stubø <rhodhry at y...> wrote:
>
> >
> > One could also look at this linguistically.  While
> > Durmstrang is a name derived from German (from Sturm
> > und Drang, a literary movement advocating the
> > abandonment of sense), and seems to indicate a German
> > relation, both Karkaroff and Viktor Krum are Slavic.
> > This suggests a closer connection to Russia and
> > Eastern Europe than Germany, though that may be a
> > later development.  To me, it doesn't not seem
> > immediately logical that Slavic students would accept
> > learning in German, rather than Russian, for instance,
> > when Slavic-speakers certainly are numerous enough to
> > justify one or more schools on their own ­

I wouldn't be so sure. The Habsburghs have a lot to answer for. Vienna was 
the center  for much of Central and Eastern Europe, and for a long time. 
Consequently, German was the primary foreign language learned in those 
regions (Now it's English)



I have a question regarding the friendship between Karkaroff and 
Lucius.  It is not clear to me when it started exactly. If it was during 
their Death Eating days, than why Igor didn't rat on him, as well. Igor did 
seem pretty desperate to deliver as many names as possible.
Another possibility is that they met elsewhere (possibly at Hogwarts, Igor 
does say something like "good to be back" when he arrives there in GoF) and 
that Igor knew nothing about Lucius' involvement.

Also, I think that Lucius wouldn't want to associate too much with someone 
who is on Voldemort's hit list and a security risk (Not quite slippery enough).

Does anyone have any ideas?


Vlatka


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