[HPforGrownups] Evil Draco? Dead Draco?

[Chelsea2162 at aol.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 38884

In a message dated 5/19/2002 2:35:30 AM Eastern Daylight Time, 
oppen at cnsinternet.com writes:

<< For that matter...let's just suppose for a minute that Draco _did_ want to
 turn against his daddy's view of things.  So, he goes around saying things
 like "Oh, Muggle-born wizards and witches are just peachy---and so is
 Hagrid!  The Dark Lord's got to have been on drugs!  I think that all Death
 Eaters should go snog a Dementor!"  _How_ long do you think it would take
 for the Stones-that-Speak (an Effinger reference there---R.I.P.) to shop him
 to their fathers, or to his? >>

I agree with this....even if Draco wanted to pull away from his father, he 
deffinately wouldn't be able to run around declaring that Voldemort was a 
brainless idiot. Subtle things, such as Draco warning the Trio of the DE's in 
GoF, show that maybe, just maybe, Draco has some desire to do good.

<<<However...I must say that I like the idea of Dead!Draco.  How about this
scenario:  Draco tries to break away from his daddy's idea that he will be a
DE, and reaches out to the Trio...and just as they are deciding that it's
all a trick to fool them, they stumble across Draco's lifeless corpse, with
the words "Death to all who repudiate the Dark Lord!" written on the wall.
In Lucius Malfoy's own handwriting, no less...could anybody at Hogwarts ID
that?  That would be rather an unexpected twist, and provide a lot of
interesting angst and guilt for the Trio.>>>

While that would be an interesting plot twist, and quite dark and angsty, I'd 
have to say that I'd rather see Draco alive for the remainder of the books. I 
just have this feeling that somehow, Draco will be able to change his life. 
Even if he doesn't align himself with Dumbledore and Co., maybe he will at 
least be able to get away from his father and the DE's. Although it would be 
interesting for Lucius to harm Draco and leave him for dead, only to have him 
come back and some how get rid of his father. 

*Chelsea* who wants to see Draco make a change!