Malfoys run riot

[darrin_burnett]

No: HPFGUIDX 41999

bboy wrote: 

> Draco is a rich frat boy (no offense to any frat boys). He is a 
member
> of the elite who is so isolated from true day-to-day life that he as
> good as lives in 'Disneyland'. 


No offense taken. I'm from one of those working class frats ;) Alpha 
Phi Omega! Best party punch in the world!

> 
> Draco doesn't have a clue about the real world. He has no idea what 
it
> means to get his hands dirty, both in the literal sense and the
> figurative sense. 
> 
> He lives in a world of false ideals and unchallenged false beliefs. 
But I have no doubt that the first time Draco has to get
> his hands dirty; bloody dirty, he will suddenly see the raw cold 
world
> the way it really is. The rose colored glasses will come off. 


Agreed here and I like your analogy to those guys who murdered 
someone apparently for kicks (I thought that was the 1920s, though)

Where I disagree is how Draco will react to that slap in the face. 
More on that later...


> 
> I think once he sees what it really means to be a Death Eater;
> kowtowing to Voldemort and kissing his scaly butt, not to mention
> torturing helpless women and children for sport; being a Death Eater
> won't seem so appealing. 
> I'm sure Draco wants power, but where is the power in being king of 
a  destroyed world? Where is the power in oppressing the weak and
> helpless? Where is the challenge and the accomplishment in being the
> lacky of a deranged megalomaniac.
> 
> No, Draco is far too ambitious, far too self-centered, and way to 
much of a control freak to be a Death Eater. Draco is Lord; Draco is 
not Lorded over. There is no way his hyper-ego could ever let him play
> such a subordinate roll.
> 

Yeah... but I don't see how this translates into going over to the 
Gryffindor Trinity -- I really like that name, by the way. If 
anything, he would try to out-Voldemort Voldemort.

Making money probably isn't enough of a challenge for Draco. Too 
tedious and too much attention to detail. If you're right, he's a big 
picture kind of guy. 

No, I could see him making plans to topple Voldemort, and the only 
reason he would join up with the Trinity is so he could betray them 
later after they defeated Voldemort.


Now... to where I really disagree...

I find Draco borderline incompetent. Nothing he does works. He is a 
punching bag. Right now, I don't think V-Mort would even want him and 
I'm not sure his father finds him all that useful.

Draco has to get a lot more capable before he can choose a side. 
Right now, he's too proud to be Wormtail and not brave enough to be 
Neville.

My personal preference is for Draco to go evil and stay evil, but I 
do agree that you've laid out an interesting scenario for him turning 
to the light. Either way, Draco needs to stop being a joke character.

Darrin
-- My frat nickname was Rhino. Draco's would be "Pantywaist."