Harry, Draco, and Lucius

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No: HPFGUIDX 34558

-------Zoe Hooch Wrote:------------

>I have begun to think that in one of three remaining books, there 
is 
>going to be a confrontation between Lucius and Harry that will test 
>Draco and cause him to question his unquestioning loyalty to his 
>father and that Draco will come to Harry's rescue in some way. Or 
>that Harry will somehow come to Draco's rescue, and when Draco is 
>forced to choose between the dark side his father represents and 
>the 
>golden side that Harry and Dumbledore et. al. represent, Draco may 
>well move to the golden side and reject Voldemort and Death Eaters. 
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    I apologize for not knowing the specific reference, but I know 
there was an interview with JKR where she specifically stated that 
Draco and Harry will NOT be working together in any of the future 
books, and I am assuming this was in response to a growing feeling 
similar to yours. Personally, I think it'd be a nice twist, but it's 
too... I guess the term would be obvious and common. My own theory 
on this subject is that, as many people have pointed out in the 
past, that Draco is too cowardly to bother with anything. Rather, I 
believe he's going to continue to talk about LV and being on his 
side, but only behind the teachers backs. as is evidenced in the 
canon, Draco is all talk until someone with more power(though not 
nessecarily authority) comes by. I say power specifically because we 
see instances where Draco is badmouthing Harry and company, but 
stops when Prof. McGonagall comes by- but in CoS, when Draco sees 
Harry and Ron as Crabbe and Goyle, he tells Percy off without fear.
      
However, in order to be the first to write a theory in 
opposition to my own:-), how about this second theory. In CoS, when 
Ron and Harry are transfigured into Crabbe and Goyle, Malfoy tells 
them that his dad wouldn't tell him who the Heir of Slytherin was- 
but if you all also remember, Lucious Malfoy was also said to tell 
Draco to stay out of it- maybe that is why Draco isn't ....well, so 
forthright and more active. I think I can state with a lot of 
certainty, at least through book 4, that Draco is nothing more than 
a coward. but what if he were not quite as cowardly as he appeared; 
but rather, what if he was being held back by his dad? I don't mean 
to say that I am evil, but if I were in Lucius' seat, I might do 
the same- look at it from his point of view. We all know Hogwarts is 
supposed to be the best wizarding school- Hermione states in GoF 
that it is widely considered the best, and although we know Draco 
said his dad was thinking of sending him elsewhere, he still sent 
Draco to Hogwarts. So, it being the best school available, we also 
can state with certainty that Hogwarts is a good school where DE's 
would not be accepted, nor would people openly aligned with the Dark 
Wizards. So, knowing those facts, would it not be sensible for Draco 
to sort of hide in the background, not letting on too much that is 
is supporting his father? We all know he is in support of LV, we 
also can safely assume giving the current evidence from the canon 
that the teachers know it as well("my father says this...my father 
says that...My father blah blah blah), but we also know that 
Dumbledore believes in giving everybody at least one chance, and 
that as long as Lucius retains influence over the board of directors
(is that the right term? I forget and I am too lazy to get my books 
right now:-)) of the school, they will not allow Prof. Dumbledore to 
expel Draco. So, he's probably holding Draco back from risking 
anything because doing so would give Prof. Dumbledore an excuse to 
throw Draco out.
     Well, those are my thoughts. Any disagreements? Corrections? 
I'd love to hear what you have to say!


-Vin