Malfoys and Dursleys

[rsteph1981]

No: HPFGUIDX 47411


> > However, I disagree that Lucius doesn't *care* about his son. 
> 
> While I think your comparison between Lucius and Vernon is pretty 
> much
> spot on, I'm not really sure what you look to in canon as evidence 
> that
> Lucius cares about Draco. He certainly is critical of him in 
>Borgin &
> Burkes, he leaves him on his own when drunken Death Eaters are
> rampaging, and Draco doesn't speak a word in public, other than in
> Borgin & Burkes, when Lucius is around.

I think Lucius cares (though his own life is definitely more 
important to him than his son's).  He's overly critical, but that 
doesn't mean he doesn't care.  And Draco was in no danger from the 
drunken DE's. They're more apt to shake his hand and posture and 
suck up when they see him than they are to hurt him.  You forget, 
Draco is virtually one of them.

 
> His parents leave him at school over Christmas hols when Lucius 
*knows*
> that a Basilisk is roaming around the school and it's implied in 
CoS
> that on all of Lucius' visits to Hogwarts on various bits 
of "business"
> that year, he never spends much time, if any at all, with Draco.
> 
> Where in canon is the caring?
> 
> Heidi

There is no proof he doesn't spend time with Draco.  And even if he 
didn't, he was busy.  He had an agenda and it came first.  There are 
lots of workaholic parents out there.  And Lucius thought the 
diary/basilisk was going to go after mudbloods exclusively; his son 
was in no danger.  Draco likely wanted to stay over Christmas (see 
if more mudbloods got petrified, etc.)  And he'd keep Lucius up on 
anything that could get Dumbledore kicked out of Hogwarts.

Lucius is a cold person, and I'm not sure that he does care about 
Draco, but I'm not sure he doesn't either.


Rebecca