Draco's eventual path (Draco's Warning)

[Tom Wall <thomasmwall@yahoo.com>]

No: HPFGUIDX 52535

stickbook wrote:
After all, for Draco, this 
is the worst possible thing 
that could happen to a junior 
Death Eater. Worse than death, 
even. Draco can certainly talk 
the talk, but the big question is:
can he walk the walk as a full-
fledged Death Eater? 

I reply:
Other than an addmittedly evil in-
school Riddle, when there weren't 
yet Death Eaters at all (as far as
we know,) do we have any canon to support the notion of a student 
Death-Eater? I mean, we know that when Barty Crouch Jr. went to 
trial, Harry perceived him as 'a boy in his late teens.' (GoF, US 
hardcover, Ch 30, 594) 

And at another point in the story, we have Crouch referring to his 
son's achievements at Hogwarts: "Yes, my son has recently gained 
twelve O.W.L.s." (GoF, US hardcover, Ch 28, 556) 

This doesn't necessarily mean that the two are related, after all, 
the O.W.L.s aren't taken until 5th year, which is what, 15, right? 
Nah, I'd say that the OWL reference is from before Barty Jr. was 
implicated as fraternizing with the Death Eaters.

So, is it likely that Draco, Crabbe, Goyle, *or* Nott (whom I don't 
think we have a first name for just yet) will actually be Death 
Eaters before the end of the series? IMO, that might be a little bit 
of a stretch. 

Sure, I think that because they're in school, they could be both a 
weakness for Hogwarts, and also a benefit, i.e. if they leak 
information that someone like Snape could overhear. But would they 
actually be privy to any of the DE's plans, and would they have marks 
burned into their own forearms, and would they attend the kind of 
council that we saw in GoF? Somehow, I just don't think so.

-Tom