The Draco and Harry saga (was Re: Draco's need to be)

[Risti]

No: HPFGUIDX 44223

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "Fyre Wood" <fyredriftwood at y...> wrote:
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> Melody got it exactly right, in my opinion. Draco doesn't hate 
Harry 
> that much, but rather detests Hermione and Ron with a passion. He 
> hates Ron because he's Harry's best friend and he hates Hermione 
> because she's the only student who has higher grades than he does.


I think that the biggest crime Harry ever committed against Draco was 
to bruise his pride. "I think I can tell the wrong sort for myself, 
thank you."  Picture Draco in the robe shop.  Other then putting down 
everyone else, he is generally nice towards Harry.  Then, when he 
finds out who Harry is, he offers friendship.  Draco has a pretty big 
ego, and it got deflated rather quickly when Harry dismissed him 
cooly and without another thought...for someone who basically 
personifies everything he can't stand.

I've always liked Draco, from the first time I saw the movie(yes, I 
was one of those people who saw the movie first).  I think that he's 
not as bad as he thinks he is.  As the series progresses, he does get 
a little eviler, and my chance of holding out for a reform do seem to 
be getting slimmer, but hey, I'm an optimist!

I've always wondered, what if, at that moment when Harry was standing 
outside platform 9 3/4, he'd simply observed the Weasley's, and then 
walked in on his own.  Would Draco's have been the friendly face that 
welcomed him into a compartment and showed him the ropes?  Draco was 
obviously eager for friendship, and would Harry, with no other 
option, choose it if presented in that scenario?

~Risti