Malfoy's Redemption

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--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "Haggridd" <jkusalavagemd at y...> wrote:
 Whatever charitable impulses I 
> might have for a person like Draco, as a character in a narrative,
> JKR has created Draco without any good side.  There has been no 
> foreshadowing of his redemption in the books to date. If Draco were
> to turn good it would be a turnaround far greater than that 
> of Quirrel/Voldemort, or of Moody/Crouch, Jr., or of 
> Snape-the-Death Eater/Snape-as-spy-for-Dumbledore, and one for which 
> JKR has not laid any foundation.  All this of course is my most
> humble opinion-- but one which I have backed with a wager.

	I am a little mystified by your belief that Draco's turnaround, if 
it happened, would be a greater turnaround than Snape's. In the first 
place Draco hasn't done anything that would get him into Voldie's inner 
circle, IMO, unless you can get in just by knowing the right (wrong) 
people.
	Presumably you don't get to wear the Dark Mark just for saying 
approving things about Voldemort, or trying to get magical creatures 
executed. As a matter of fact, in Voldie's big scene, he clearly 
indicates  that it takes more than that, or even a spot of muggle 
torture, to win favor from him. 
	I do expect Draco to get worse before he gets better, at which 
time Snape's turnaround itself may foreshadow Draco's and lay the 
foundation for it.

Pippin