[HPforGrownups] Re: On house-elves and Lucius

[Magda Grantwich]

No: HPFGUIDX 21069

> Draco: He is a shadow of daddy right now.  I'm not sure what will 
> become of him (I have hope!), but he has yet to really question 
> anything that Daddy says at home.  Draco has to learn to think on
> his own.  Will he team up with Harry at some point?  I don't know. 

> Perhaps Harry and Draco will form a cold alliance the way Snape and
> Sirius are trying to do.  Again, this one is a mystery to me. 
> Draco fascinates me in much the same way Snape does. 

Apologies to Draco fans up front but I can't see Draco having a big
part to play in future books or having any kind of major personal
transformation to the "good side".

I can see him:

1. Developing a crush on Hermione and trying to impress her with
name-dropping, flashing his family's wealth and other Malfoy-ish
tactics that won't work, to his bafflement.  He could also brag to
her about V's doings (as he hears them from Daddy) and she might put
up with him just to get the info.

2.  Being frightened away from the Dark Side because Lucius is killed
or because the Malfoys are not given the prominence they feel they
deserve and suffer for it.

3.  Setting off a crisis in the school that makes like rough for the
trio.

Draco is painted with strokes that are too broad to make him a
carefully delineated character.  He's more of a type ("spoiled rich
brat") than a real person.

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