Draco Draco Draco

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No: HPFGUIDX 34024


> IIRC, he did injure him. Draco, at that point, was about a foot 
tall, 
> and was hurled at least 8-9 feet in the air - for all we know, the 
> ceiling might've been 12 feet - then slammed back into the ground. 
> And was dragged off by Moody!Crouch holding his arm. How could it 
not hurt him? 

There is absolutely no concrete evidence in the books to suggest that 
Draco was injured in anyway after the ferret-bouncing incident.  If 
he was, don't you think he would have insisted on going to the 
infirmary instead of going with Moody to see Snape?  Remember, this 
is the same Draco that faked the severity of his arm injury from 
Buckbeak to get Hagrid canned.  Don't you think he would have done 
the same to Moody if he were hurt in the slightest way?  If he was 
hurt in the slightest bit I am confident he would have exaggerated 
his injury, but my feeling is that he was so embarrassed after the 
incident, it didn't even occur to him to fake an injury because he 
wasn't hurt at all.

>And as a side note, many don't 
>agree that Draco deserved it, pointing to his reasonably good 
>performance at the 2nd year Dueling Club and again his aim where the 
>curse bounced off Harry's outside Potions later in 4th year as 
>evidene that He Missed On Purpose and was trying to get Harry's 
>attention rather than actually curse him. 

Again, this is pure conjecture.  JKR gives you no concrete reason at 
all to believe that Draco missed on purpose.  The only reason that 
you cite for him missing on purpose is his good aim at the Dueling 
Club in Year 2.  But Harry had not just insulted his mother and 
caused him to be angry at the start of the dueling club.  I submit 
that the reason Draco missed is that his anger at Harry for insulting 
his mother caused him to draw his wand and fire to quickly.  Think 
which reason is more in tune with Draco's character as portrayed by 
JKR.  Has she given you any reason thus far to believe that Draco 
would show mercy on Harry by not attacking him from behind?  Is there 
anything in Draco's character to convince you he was trying to 
just "get Harry's attention" rather than inflict injury?  Keep in 
mind, this is a boy who was thrilled when the Basilisk nearly killed 
3 or 4 students in year 2 and shows no remorse for the death of 
Cedric.  I would submit that Draco has no concept of right or wrong 
and it is much more consistent with his character that he attacked 
Harry from behind rather than just "trying to get his attention."

Bobby