Draco won't be a DE/You so sure about that?

[frankielee242]

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Darrin wrote:
> It IS interesting that Lucius insults Draco in front of Mr. Borgin 
> the storekeeper in CoS. My reading of the Malfoys' type of 
> aristocracy is that they keep disputes away from lower creatures like 
> storekeepers. For Lucius to allow an inferior (in his eyes) to 
> witness this means he is REALLY aggravated with Draco.

On the aristocracy front, there is some interesting punctuation in the
dialog in the US version of CoS. Mr. Borgin stresses the words
"mister" and "manor" as indicated by italics. 

What if Lucius Malfoy is at the declining end of the Malfoy dynasty?
Or, what if Lucius Malfoy is not part of the elite Malfoy family (like
a third cousin), but capitalizes on the name? What if Mr. Borgin, who
is essentially a dark arts pawn broker, is aware that Lucius is
running out of money?

Darrin wrote more:
> I would love it if Lucius was the one who worked to earn all their 
> money (I doubt it though -- my guess is that Draco's grandfather or 
> great-grandfather did) and is just disgusted with how Draco turned 
> out.
> 
> Draco is actually a very underdeveloped character. Right now, he's 
> only a step above Lockhart and Rita Skeeter on the joke meeter.

On that front-- Draco is the weak, unsatisfactory heir to what use to
be a powerful family. He really is on par with Neville (and Lockhart
and Rita) for comic relief, isn't he?
 
More Darrin:
> What if Snape, for some reason, didn't believe Lucius would go back 
> to Voldemort? Maybe he has confided in Lucius over the years because 
> he thought Lucius wanted out of Voldemort's circle as well. Maybe 
> Lucius, eternally playing both sides, was the one who encouraged 
> Snape to leave Voldemort.
> 
> And to hear Harry name Lucius first just made Snape realize that he 
> has been played for a fool by someone he thought was a friend. Lucius 
> and Snape being friends would explain a lot about his attitude toward 
> Draco. 

WOOF! Yowza! I don't know about Lucius encouraging Snape to leave
Voldemort in the first place, but I can see him playing both sides to
remove Dumbledore AND Voldemort from this plane of existence. After
which, using his connections in the MOM, Lucius would  probably wind
up the next Minister of Magic... where it's only a short step to
Dictator for Life.

And of course, Snape did just hike up with sleave to somebody who's
bound to mention it to Lucius the next time there's a MOM function.

Here's a funny thought-- what if Snape's attitude towards Draco is on
NARCISSA's behalf, not Lucius's?



Frankie, with one eyebrow raised.