[HPforGrownups] Re: Evil Draco? Dead Draco?

[Sarah Tilson]

No: HPFGUIDX 38910

Quoth Aldrea:

>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>

Very interesting twist on the Redeemable!Draco theory...But while we're on 
the subject of Draco dying and bringing up other works of literature...
I was re-reading the Aeneid in preparation for my AP Latin exam, and there 
was a particular subplot that made me think of the Malfoy clan:
Mezentius, a king so thoroughly evil that his subjects can't wait to 
desecrate his body when he dies, has a son named Lausus who is possessed of 
a Noble Heart (tm). However, Lausus loves and worships his father despite 
his evil and obeys him without question. While battling with Our Hero 
Aeneas, Mezentius is wounded and Lausus defends him, dying in the process. 
Mezentius is grief-stricken at the death of his son, and this causes him to 
repent his evil actions and honor the memory of his son by acting nobly, 
dieing in battle, yadda yadda yadda.

A lot of people assume as a matter of course that Draco can be redeemed from 
darkness. But what about Lucius?
Perhaps this Dead!Draco thing might be the turning point that loses 
Voldemort his most powerful ally...either Draco makes a Noble Sacrifice and 
Lucius Realizes the Error of His Ways, or Voldemort kills Draco and Lucius 
realizes that not even association with the Dark Lord is proof against his 
evil...

Just a silly theory from a loopy classics freak  ^_^

Sarah

"I have measured out my life in coffee spoons"
-- T.S. Eliot, "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock"

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