Malfoy's Choice of Date

[Bernadette M. Crumb]

No: HPFGUIDX 36417

Mr. Boregard scribed:

> In GoF, Malfoy escorts Pansy Parkinson to the Yule Ball. You
would
> think that a person of such lofty self worth would escort
someone
> other than the hard faced Pansy. Are there any girls in the
Slytherin
> house worthy of Malfoy's ideals or did he limit himself to the
stock
> of Slytherin girls suitable to his personality?

Perhaps it wasn't his choice, but he got "encouraged" by his
father to do so.  Maybe the Parkinsons are a family that
Lucius Malfoy wants to encourage an alliance with in the future?

And just because Pansy is described as "hard faced" doesn't mean
that she isn't pretty or even beautiful.  I've seen people who I
could easily describe as a "hard beauty."  Their features are
exquisite, but the expression on them lessens the prettiness.

Then again, maybe the other girls he asked told him "no." :)

Bernadette

"Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art. It has no
survival value; rather it is one of those things that give value
to survival."
-- C.S. Lewis (1898-1963).