Evil Draco? Dead Draco?

[aldrea279]

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--- In HPforGrownups at y..., Chelsea2162 at a... wrote:
> 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.

I guess this gives Snape and Draco something more in common- each may 
be leaning towards the side of Good, but they can't openly show their 
support.  And I don't think Draco would ever go around openly 
spouting such things- he may be a coward, but he does have some wits 
about him.  And thinking about the company he and his family keep, he 
could easily see what a wrong move that would be.  And since we don't 
know Draco's thoughts, we really can't tell if he's harbouring any 
good intentions at all.  
 
Eric Oppen suggested: 
<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.<

Ooh, that would be a very interesting development.  I also like to 
think of how things would develop if Draco were to witness his 
father's death at the hands of Voldemort.  Since he seems to think 
that his father is oh so powerful, and on the way to being even more 
powerful, how would such a development shake him?  And if his father 
was killed, and his family sort of layed open to the things that 
perhaps they had been shielded from so far(say, raids by the MoM?), 
how would this affect Draco's actions?  He'd loose alot of bragging 
rights... <g>
 
Chelsea again:
> 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. 

*nods* Yes, I can acccept Dead Draco, but I find Devastated Draco, 
CaughtInTheMiddle Draco, or SelfQuestioning Draco much more 
intersting.  Not that I'm saying any of these are more likely than 
the other, or that any will be happening in the next book, I just 
find them to be possibly interesting developments. Oh, and 
SetforRevenge Draco sounds interesting also. 

Aldrea