SPOILER: Why Draco Malfoy Isn't Evil - Canon Evidence

[heidi.h.tandy.c92 at alumni.upenn.edu]

No: HPFGUIDX 14727

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Last week, after reading FB&WTFT, I was reviewing books 3 and 4 to 
write my most recent chapter of Surfeit of Curses 
(http://www.fanfiction.net/index.fic/index.fic?action=story-
read&storyid=96654) and something caught my eye.
Crookshanks reaction, or rather, is lack thereof, when Draco and his 
cronies come into the train compartment.
As you all know, Crookshanks attacks Scabbers (aka Peter pettigrew 
aka Wormtail) and when Hermione gets him to calm down, doesn't take 
his eyes off him.
However, when Draco comes in, Crookshanks does nothing negative - it 
would take only one line by JKR, something like "...and Crookshanks 
woke up from his snooze and glowered at Malfoy..." or "...they didn't 
even realize he was there until they heard Crookshanks hiss..." Lines 
like that, on a reading of the books pre-FB&WTFT could have been 
assumed as a regular catty reaction - but after reading about 
Kneazles in FB&WTFT, it would've been clear to ALL of us that JKR was 
saying that Draco was an "unsavoury or suspicious character". 
But she didn't. 
Now, she MAY be saying that Crookshanks has no reason to deem Draco 
a "suspicious" character because they already know that he's an evil 
git.
But if that was so, he'd still be unsavoury (ok, readers of Draco 
Sinister, stop thinking that!!!!)

Any comments?