[HPforGrownups] Redeemable Draco

[srsiriusblack at aol.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 49911

In a message dated 16/01/2003 18:58:50 Eastern Standard Time, 
bloubet at incanmonkey.com writes:


> Draco hasn't had much of a chance to decide who HE is, who HE really wants 
> to be, outside of his father's influence. I'd love to see him get that 
> chance. He's not, after all, a "big bad". If the book were strictly about a 
> school, Draco would be the big bad. But it's not. The Big Bads in the 
> outside world are just too big for Draco to have any real importance in 
> Harry's life. He's not even successful as a bad guy. He's a royal pain in 
> the patoot, but no more -- which gives him the chance to drop on either 
> side of the fence. 
> 
> I want to see Draco stand up and make a decision for himself as to who he 
> wants to be. Heck, I'd be happy to see him do that no matter WHICH side of 
> the fence he ends up on. But I really think he deserves redemption. He 
> deserves to be able to choose the "right" path.
> 
> And I don't think that's going to happen. I think that Draco will end up 
> being one of the senseless sacrifices of the war that make us (and Harry) 
> realize how pointless it all is and how urgent it is to make it stop. 
> Draco's tragedy will be that he DOESN'T ever get to make that most 
> important choice on his own and become an adult. He may realize that fact 
> at the end and regret it, but that isn't redemption. It's just regret.

I completely agree with you. As Draco, as much as I like him in the role of 
baddie, has no idea why he believes the words that spew (HA!) from his mouth. 
He is a child born out of ignorance, abuse, and poor values, (imho). He is 
just as many children from families of intolerance. But, he also has a a 
dynamic to his character that may push him even farther to the side of evil 
which is the desire to impress his father and obtain a love which has not 
been evident between them in the cannon. 

I think it *is* possible that we might see a redeemed Draco, but not before 
he goes as far evil as he can- possibly like a Snape history. He will fight 
for his Father's recognition and love, thus trying to prove himself to 
Voldemort as well doing everything he is told to do. He will think he is 
buying his father's affections in his actions, but in the end, it will be 
Lucius to betray Draco- possibly a willingness to sacrifice Draco for power 
for the Dark Side, yet Harry will be there and Harry will stop Lucius, 
thereby indebting Draco to him and opening Draco's eyes to the truths that 
be.

Will Draco befriend Harry in the end? Probably not. I see more of the 
Sirius/Severus handshake than a warm embrace. But, I *do* think that Draco 
will turn to the side of goodness in the end. After all, that would teach a 
lesson- that people can overcome their own trials and hatreds to be good 
people.

Or Draco becomes the next big baddie- but I don't think he is bright enough 
;)

-Snuffles


"All men dream: but not equally. Those who dream by night in the dusty 
recesses of their minds wake in the day to find that it was vanity: but the 
dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they may act their dreams with 
open eyes, to make it possible. This I did."  T.E. Lawrence- Seven Pillars of 
Wisdom


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