Draco Malfoy - Snape/Black

[jenny_ravenclaw]

No: HPFGUIDX 56169

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "darrin_burnett" <bard7696 at a...> 
wrote:
 
> We'd need to see a definite need Draco could fill before Harry 
decides to trust him enough to do something without Dumbledore.
> 
> For me, I'd rather see Draco grow up to be like father, like son.  
We still need bad guys.>

I don't see Harry and Draco working together.  Why would they?  What 
possible use would Harry or anyone on his side have for Draco's input 
in any way?  Darrin, you made an excellent point about Draco having to 
do something big to earn Dumbledore's trust.  Draco seems quite lazy 
to me and certainly not someone who is interested in earning anything, 
let alone trust.

However, why does Draco have to be evil?  Why does he have to be good?  
I can't decide how I see things ending up for Draco because I see so 
many possibilities.  He could become a DE.  He could witness his 
father in action and hate it and what the DEs stand for.  He could see 
his father kissing the hem of Voldemort's robe and *really* hate that.  
Draco could also lose his father (or his mother) to Voldemort and turn 
against Voldemort and the DEs... violently.

Draco is not a nice kid.  He's spoiled, rude, likes to play very nasty 
tricks on others, seems to be unmotivated in school harbors jealous 
feelings towards Harry and is utterly dependent on his parents.  Isn't 
it possible that he will remain these things and still choose, in the 
end, not to ally himself with the DEs?  That's the real Snape 
parallel, IMO, and that's what makes Snape so fascinating.  I'd like 
to see more depth in Draco's character, but if he simply chooses to be 
either good or evil, he'll be one-dimensional, and JKR can do better 
than that.

--jenny from ravenclaw

Would Draco's Choice be a good name for a band? 
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