Malfoy Money---A Thought

[Laura]

No: HPFGUIDX 47508


"Eric Oppen" wrote:
> This is something that just occured to me.
> 
> How do we _know_ that the Malfoys have gobs and gobs o'money? 
> Owning Malfoy Manor doesn't mean much---many very old families 
had/have
> ancestral estates that are "entailed," meaning they can't be sold 
out of the
> family by wastrel descendants.  

True, but there is still plenty of evidence that a lot of what they 
have is new.

CoS, Ch3: (p.29-30 US paperback ed) "Harry was silent.  Judging by 
the fact that Draco Malfoy usually had the best of everything, his 
family was rolling in wizard gold, he could just see Malfoy strutting 
around a large manor house."

That's canon enough for me.  Harry's PoV, maybe, but still...

Also, the Malfoys are constantly looking down on the Weasleys because 
of their poverty.  

CoS Chapter 7 (US ed again) p.111-112

"Aren't you Lucius Malfoy's son?" said Fred, looking at Malfoy with 
dislike.
"Funny you should mention Draco's father," said Flint as the whole 
Slytherin team smiled still more broadly.  "Let me show you the 
*generous gift* he's made to the Slytherin team" [emphasis mine]
All seven of them held out their broomsticks.  Seven highly polished, 
brand-new handles and seven sets of fine gold lettering spelling out 
the words "Nimbus Two Thousand and One" gleamed under the 
Gryffindors' noses in the early morning sun."
<snip>
"At least no one on the Gryffindor team had to *buy* their way in," 
said Hermione sharply.  "*They* got in on pure talent." [emphasis 
original]
The smug look on Malfoy's face flickered.
"No one asked your opinion, you filthy little Mudblood," he spat.


I highly doubt the Malfoys own a broom factory and got the brooms at 
a reduced price.  That seems a little far-fetched.  Malfoy's reaction 
suggests that he's used to getting his way because of his money, and 
he's not used to having anyone belittle him because of it.

> This gives us a reason why they'd follow Voldemort---if Lord V. 
promised
> Lucius a return to Those Thrilling Days Of Yesteryear, and to 
restore the
> Malfoy fortune to what it was in those times, a Lucius Malfoy who 
had been
> brooding about his family's (relative) fall from fortune might well 
listen.

I personally think that Lucius was/is a DE simply because he's a DE 
kind of guy.  He's just a vicious, foul little brat.  I'm also not 
sure how Voldemort could promise anyone money for anything, all the 
DEs seem to do is kill and torture and torment...none of that gets 
you any money.

To me, the Malfoys seem like rich, vicious brats who are used to get 
their way all the time- and money usually helps them along.

-Laura