Draco Must Fall (LONG) WAS: Draco's path; Junior Death Eaters; Draco vs. Ron

[Greg Johnson]

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 "Julie Holmes wrote:"
> > > I think Draco is already being betrayed. He's being
> > > betrayed by his parents who are not raising him to be
> > > a functional, decent human being. And he is also being
> > > betrayed, IMO, by *Snape*, who weakens him slowly over
> > > time by continuing to coddle him for his own (Snape's)
> > > petty vindictiveness. Draco betrays *himself* by the
> > > way he acts and the choices he makes. All things
> > > considered- what kind of Death Eater would Draco even
> > > make? A piss-poor one, IMO. A coddled, petulant, and
> > > spoilt boy would be a *weakness* in the DE circle, not
> > > an advantage.
> >
Really liked this post re:Draco - kudos.  I have been reading GoF aloud to 
my husband (a really good way to slow down and catch some of the finer 
points) and ran across this quote to support, perhaps, a redeemed or 
redirected Draco:

Hagrid speaking, regarding Dumbledore pg. 455 US Softcover, Scholastic:

"He'll accept anyone at Hogwarts, s'long as they've got the talent.
Knows people can turn out okay even if their families weren' . . .
well. . .all tha' respectable.  But some don' understand that.  There's some 
who'd always hold it against yeh. . .there's some who'd even pretend they 
just had big bones rather than stand up an'say - I am what I am, an' I'm not 
ashamed."

Ok, I know the big bones/ashamed part is directed toward Madame Maxime,but 
in reference to Draco, I wonder what shame he may be feeling
knowing what his father values, and does he truly share those same
values?  Off canon, entirely, I know, but it has made me think of Draco in a 
bit of a different light.  Yes, he is the annoying little mosquito in 
Harry's ear, but truly evil? . . .I'm waiting for more evidence on that.

This passage also made me realize that Dumbledore invited the sons and
daughters of suspicioned DE to attend Hogwarts.  Why? Just because they live 
in Britian? (It seemed like more hard-core evil wizards would have sent 
their kids to Durmstrang) Or is he hoping that in attending
Hogwarts their eyes could be opened to other possibilities. Kind of
like college when most of us flee from our parents' thumbs and the
values we were taught growing up, Hogwarts is a place for these
children to get away from the doctrine they have been taught.  Some
will change, some will not, but it seems Dumbledore is giving them the
opportunity to change, including Draco.

It also seems a plausible plot for HRH to extend the hand of acceptance to 
Draco, much like Sirius and Snape. Actually, on second thought, let me muse 
a bit on Snape.  Dumbledore seems to be a firm believer of second chances, 
and Snape is on his second.  He, too, is a bully - does it stem from the 
shame he feels from his own background?  Snape has changed enough to accept 
a handshake, however hostile, from Sirius, and confront whatever it is that 
Dumbledore sent him to do at the end of GoF, which didn't strike me as 
something pleasant. Could Draco do the same? (Redeemed!Draco?)

Stacie
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