(More on) Draco's path; Junior Death Eaters; Draco vs. Ron

[marinafrants <rusalka@ix.netcom.com>]

No: HPFGUIDX 52627

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "gwendolyngrace 
<gwendolyngrace at y...>" <gwendolyngrace at y...> wrote:
> So why do people like Draco and not Ron, or Ron but not Draco? 
Well, 
> there's another pairing in the fandom in a similar situation: 
Severus 
> Snape and Sirius Black. There are many fans out there who vilify 
one 
> while defending the other. But in reality, they have a lot more in 
> common than not. 
> 
> It's simply a matter of what one is willing to forgive. 
> 

I think it's a matter of a hell of a lot more than that, with Ron 
and Draco.  Ron has done a number of admirable, even heroic things 
during the course of the books.  We've seen him do these things.  We 
have never seen Draco do anything admirable.  Ron has been stupid 
and insensitive on occasion, and has lashed out in anger, but he has 
never deliberately, with advance planning, attempted to cause harm.  
Draco has.  They are not morally equivalent, and there is nothing 
unfair or irrational about liking one and not the other.  

Then again, I don't think there's anything unfair or irrational 
about liking Snape over Sirius, or vice versa, even though I like 
them both.  There are certain similarities between their characters, 
yes, but there are also vast differences.  More than enough, 
certainly, to lay the foundation for forming very different opinions 
about them.

Marina
rusalka at ix.netcom.com