Draco's Unlikely Redemption

[lucky_kari]

No: HPFGUIDX 33495

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., Margaret Dean <margdean at e...> wrote:
> Yes, and who (for all we know) may =still= be wandering around
> singing sad songs.  :)

LOL! Or should I cry? I always felt sorry for him. So much pressure 
from Dad and the six brothers. /me sees an Arthur Weasley parallel 
coming up here, but decides to supress it for obvious reasons, WELL 
other than the fact that JKR certainly isn't going about stealing 
plots from the Silmarillion. 

> You're right, the Maeglin scenario doesn't really redeem Draco --
> in fact, just the opposite, because Maeglin basically got taken
> in by the good guys after his parents' death, and then betrayed
> them under pressure from the (then) Dark Lord, motivated also by
> his jealousy of Tuor and Idril.  Mind you, the only problem I'd
> have with this plotline re: Draco is that at the moment I can't
> see Our Side being in a position to (or wanting to) take him in
> if he were orphaned.

What if, along Maeglin lines, we had a false Draco redemption, in 
which Draco rejects some of his background, but not really all evil, 
or falls back to his old ways? 

Eileen