[HPforGrownups] Re: Freindship outside trio -Draco Malfoy - Snape/Black

[Kelly Grosskreutz]

No: HPFGUIDX 56157

darrin_burnett:

>For this parallel to work, Draco is going to have to do something to
>earn the trust of Dumbledore, just as Snape did. And it's going to
>have to be big. If Dumbledore approves, then Harry will grudgingly go
>along, but not before.

Not necessarily.  I see Harry making more and more judgments on his own
without necessarily going to Dumbledore about them first.  He has already
shown this propensity.  *IF* Harry and Draco ever work together, Harry will
trust/not trust Harry on Harry's own terms.  I don't see Dumbledore being
involved in this.  Also, if we want to discuss parallels, then Draco would
have to have a huge reason to place his trust in Dumbledore, as Snape did.
I don't see Draco doing this, either.  If Harry and Draco work together, I
feel it will be a short-lived alliance strictly on their own terms and
probably only because they find some benefit in it.  Unless Draco makes a
radical change for the better, and from what little I've seen of J. K.
interviews, it doesn't sound like they will be working together in any case.

>As for me, I'd rather see Draco go the other way. I'd rather see him
>out-Lucius Lucius. I'd like him to take a look at the full extent of
>his father's activities and say with an evil laugh, "Well, that's
>very good, Dad, but how about THIS?"

I find myself anticipating more and more what will happen to Draco.  I feel
he is at a very pivotal moment.  To this point, he has not done anything
truly evil.  Yes, he has been nasty, but to the best of our knowledge he has
not been actively involved in DE activities, if only because Lucius hasn't
allowed him to.  Draco thinks picking on Muggle-borns is cool, and has
pretty much adopted his father's attitudes.  But how much of this is because
this is what Draco *himself* truly believes, and how much of it is because
he looks up to his father and will do anything to win his respect and/or
love?  A lot of the time I get the impression Draco does things because
Daddy would think it's cool or would approve.  I think OoP will be his
critical book.  He will be fifteen years old.  I feel he will choose, once
and for all, the path he wishes to trod upon for himself.  Unfortunately, I
do feel it will be the same as his father's, but a part of me hopes he finds
another path.  Whether that one will lead him to one closer to Harry's is
yet another story.

Kelly Grosskreutz
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