[HPforGrownups] A Good Slytherin?

[manawydan]

No: HPFGUIDX 74909

Karen:
>I've come to the conclusion that there is going to be some sort of
>redemption/salvation for Draco. He comes from a dreadful family,
>which he can't help, but he can help the decisions he makes. I think
>that the point of these books is that it is our decisions that make
>us who we are, and that people deserve 2nd chances. These themes are
>pointed out again and again. Most of us would hate to think that a
>boy born to a nasty family is doomed to be as evil as his parents.
>Sirius is a good parallel. Totally different from the rest of his
>family. There are so many parallel characters that we see in these
>stories that it would make sense for Draco to be paralleled with
>either James, who changed his bully ways by his seventh year, or
>with Sirius, who "rose above" his family's prejudices.

The further we've got into the series, the less likely I think that
Redeemed!Draco is going to happen.

I've surmised that it would need there to be some sort of alternative cause
that Draco could adopt which was neither Voldemort's nor Harry's - possibly
the "Salazar was misquoted" line of thinking. But I think that introducing
that sort of new element at this stage just isn't going to happen.

Especially after Lucius being arrested. Unless he can buy himself out of
Azkaban, jump bail, or something to keep himself free, I think the most
likely thing that will happen with Draco is that he will actually _gain_
status because "My father's a martyr for the pureblood cause, and I'm being
very noble about it but also very angry with the ones who put him away"

Anyway, I think that Redeemed!Draco would have to die nobly...

Cheers

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