Why Draco Malfoy Isn't Evil ... IS

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--- In HPforGrownups at y..., cassandraclaire at m... wrote:

> <g> I do believe that the number of pairs of leather pants Draco has 
> in canon continues to stand at zero. I think part of what Heidi's 
> trying to say is this. (And look at it from the writer's
perspective, 
> too.) Draco in canon is a horrid little git. He does all sorts of 
> nasty things. This is incontrovertible. HOWEVER. He has not yet done 
> anything in canon that renders him irredeemable. There is a point 
> that a a character passes where redemption seems not just unlikely 
> but impossible. Draco has not passed that point. Yes, he's mean, yes 

Curiously enuff, I was reminded of Sirius's prank on Snape. How wrong
(and irredeemable) *that* could have been ...