[HPforGrownups] Why not draco?

[Carol Bainbridge]

No: HPFGUIDX 46826

Chris wrote:

>There have been a lot of thoeries about why Lucious gave the diary to 
>ginny, but why would he not give it to draco?  It would work just as well 
>and draco might even be a willing subject.  Even if not, his dad could 
>have kept him imprisoned until tom fully took over.  Why risk it all on ginny?

What I keep thinking is that Lucius knew perfectly well how dangerous that 
diary was and that the intent was to drain the person who wrote in it of 
life force so that he (Voldemort) could come back as his 16 year old 
self.  If I remember correctly, once the life force was completely 
transferred, the person being drained would die.  In that case, Lucius 
would most definitely not give that diary to his own son.

On the other hand, I'm not sure giving it to Ginny was the original 
intent.  Doesn't he give it to Ginny in another book after he and Arthur 
have that brawl in Flourish and Blotts and Ginny's cauldron goes 
flying?  He may have intended to give it to Hermione or some other Muggle 
born Hogwarts student, but after the fight with Arthur couldn't resist the 
temptation to stick it in Ginny's book and give it to her.  That sounds 
like a Lucius Malfoy thing to do.  He would feel no remorse for causing the 
death of Ginny Weasley and would probably even get some pleasure out of 
it.  One up on Arthur and all that.