Lucius may not be evil

[DM]

No: HPFGUIDX 21059

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., Magda Grantwich <mgrantwich at y...> wrote:
> 
> --- DM <dangermouse42 at y...> wrote:
> > This is especially true in 
> > my mind since we know that Harry and Draco are going to be teaming
> > up at some point in the series and right now, if Lucius is evil 
> > evil evil, I really don't see Draco going against him very 
easily. 
> 
> 
> Where did this come from?
> 
Ah, sorry.  On some of the other lists I'm on, we've decided that's a 
given.  I didn't realize that might not be the case here.
Well, the reasons we had for this is because, well, it just has to 
happen.  JKR is putting a lot of work into this.  Draco's just... too 
evil at times.  It's a very common thread in a lot of stories - two 
extroverted characters (usually with a healthy rivalry playing off 
the fact that they have a lot of things in common and have strong 
personalities) don't like each other very much, but must learn to 
over come their differences in order to defeat a larger evil for the 
benefit of man-kind, blah, blah, blah, yackity-shmackity and through 
adversity, wind up as, if not friends, then at least allies.  Harry's 
already got a villain to fight (Voldemort, et al) and Draco's 
character isn't just along for the ride, so we just kind of figured 
he was there for the turning towards the good and all that. It 
happens all the time (Ash and Gary - "Pokémon," Angel and Lindsey -
 "Angel," David Xanatos and Goliath - "Gargoyles" etc, etc.  I could 
name a million of them).
Of course, I could be completely wrong about this (is has been known 
to happen from time to time), but this time, I sort of doubt it.
DangerMouse