Any Lucius theories?

[ezzie_mora]

No: HPFGUIDX 44358


> JK Rowling said that he was a governer of Hogwarts... but 
>  what  exactly that means, I have no idea.

I think this is sort of like sitting on a board of directors for a 
company or a bank.  It's external to your real job and you dont get 
paid for it.  You do it for rank, position and prestige.  It's a sign of 
power.

> He dabbles in the dark arts and sells artifacts from Voldy's 
> time of power to stores for money.

An important point, because he's doing it to cover himself.  He 
clearly has no problem turning his back on Voldemort as long as 
Voldemort never finds out.  As soon as Voldemort confronts him 
on his 'not so forward' behavior, Lucius cowers.  He has two 
faces and is willing to wear whichever will gain him power/
prestige/position.

> I think that Lucius got his wealth either by inheritance 

I get the feeling that the Malfoy family has a great deal of money 
from being an old family.  Draco has that sort of upper class, 
well educated, well connected feel about him.  Sort of like the 
snobby upper class kids that go to schools in the real world.  
Malfoy's connections are referred to many times in the books:

- When Lucius influences the other school governors into 
suspending Dumbledore.
-  He essentially paid his way out of a sentence in Azkaban.
-  Top seats at the World Cup.

Isn't that something you could see a rich old family in the real 
world doing?

> His relationship with his son isn't all that close. He buys 
Draco's 
> love and is sort of cold. I don't think of him as abusive, but 
rather-
> -unfeeling. Unloving. Just "bleh" for lack of better word.

This could either be a reflection of his personality - rich father 
who cares more about his status than love of his son.  Or it 
could be because of the Dark Mark he wears - a theory that has 
been discussed on other boards.  The idea that it supresses  
feelings that might lead to disloyalty to Vodlemort.


> One last random thought:
> Neville is NOT evil.

One question on this topic, which is off topic.  If Neville was 
standing in the chamber at the end of PS/SS and Voldemort said 
to him "Join me.  Together we'll bring back your parents."  What 
do you think Neville would do?

I think he'd give old snake face a big thumbs up.

-ezzie