Harry and Draco and Lucius

[jenny_ravenclaw]

No: HPFGUIDX 34567

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "zoehooch" <zoehooch at y...> wrote:

<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.>

I agree that Draco has oodles of possibilities and I'm hoping he will 
be more than just Harry's enemy at school.  However, I don't see him 
saving Harry at the expense of his own father.  I find that a bit 
cliched.  Remember, there was a confrontation between Lucius and Harry 
in CoS because of Dobby and Harry won.  Nor do I necessarily see Draco 
simply rebelling against his own father because he suddenly "sees the 
light".  I see something more complicated than that.

Some of the possibilities I see are a scenario where Draco witnesses 
his father in the subordinate (and not so proud) position he holds 
under Voldemort.  Draco thinks his father is the Big Wig around the 
wizarding world; seeing Lucius kiss the hem of Voldie's robes may be a 
shock to Draco and something he decides he won't want to do.  I can 
also see Draco turning out a lot worse than Lucius and possibly 
turning on Lucius himself.  Then there's the chance of Draco falling 
madly in love with a nice girl from Gryffindor...

If Draco does turn himself around and away from the Death Eater status 
he is currently heading towards, I hope he doesn't end up a sweetie 
pie.  Isn't that the reason Snape is so popular?  He's good, but not 
really *nice*.  I have a hard time picturing Draco saving Harry, 
though, especially because I think Harry is much stronger and because 
as of now, Draco seems to want nothing more than to give Harry grief.  

--jenny from ravenclaw *******************