[HPforGrownups] The Redemption of Draco

[Susan Hall]

No: HPFGUIDX 21088

>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.

I see Draco as quite a plausible candidate for a last minute, sacrificial
switch to the good guys.  The question is, what would motivate him to do it?
Possible ill-treatment of a loved on by Voldemort would be the classic
motive, but who would be the loved one?  He goes to the ball with Pansy (but
then it seems to be a given that no-one of the principal characters goes to
that ball with the person they'd really intended to ask).  Perhaps he falls
for someone unsuitable, and their death at Voldemort's hands  brings about a
change of heart.  Given recent discussions, maybe he's going to take Justin
FF home for the holidays - what an uproar that would cause at the Grange!
You can't see Lucius standing for his son having a relationship with a
Mudblood.

Susan