Lucius may not be evil

[rcraigharman at hotmail.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 21071

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "DM" <dangermouse42 at y...> wrote:
> --- 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 
> > 
> > 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.  [snip]
>
> 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.


This list holds a high standard for canonicity.  To state that you
*know* something requires that either (1) it's found in canon or (2)
JKR said it herself.  There are a lot of strong speculations, many
of which may prove to be right, and there is certainly a large bit
of extra-canonical contextualization that helps one infer things
about the text, but when it comes to actual statements of *knowledge*,
they have to be backed up by something.  I don't think Draco's
future helping Harry fits these criteria.

....Craig