[HPforGrownups] Re: Malfoys and Dursleys

[Grace Saalsaa]

No: HPFGUIDX 47426


From: rsteph1981
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.


Me:
I think that he does care.  Lucius is wealthy and most probably, doesn't
need the job of being one of the school govenors.  Yet, that's what he is.
Among reasons other than the prestige of that position, it has to do with
the fact that Draco is there at school and he cares what his son is
learning - any by whom (Hagrid, Lupin).  He cares enough to get Dumbledore
to step down not only for the reasons of his plans in CoS, but because
Dumbledore keeps hiring these people whom he doesn't approve of. Dumbledore
lets students into the school who are not purebred - which means his son
will have to brush shoulders with these kind of "inferior" people.

Being involved in Draco's school is another way of being involved in Draco's
life.  It reminds me of parents who are great supports of Little League
baseball and nuts when their kid strikes out or misses an easy catch.

Lucius appears overly critical of Draco - but perhaps he has learned that
expecting perfection and making Draco work for the praise is the best or
only way to motivate Draco. Perhaps Draco takes the easy way out whenever he
can, and if Lucius wants Draco to manifest those Slytherin characteristics,
he needs to work harder at being cunning; to develop those skills. Lucius
cares enough about Draco to buy the whole team broomsticks.  Not cheap ones
either. And Draco gets an owl bearing treats every day.  If Lucius was so
opposed to this sort of pampering, he'd put a stop to it. Being a stern
father doesn't mean you don't love your kid.

Grace