OoP: Has Anyone Seen Redeemable Draco???

[jenny_ravenclaw]

No: HPFGUIDX 66933

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Meg" <megrose_13 at y...> wrote:

>By the end of OOTP Draco says nothing to Harry after his father was 
landed in Azkaban.  I didn't interpret this as speechless anger on my 
first read, but rather, just a lack of anything to say.  Perhaps this 
is the first sign of Draco's 180 back towards being good?  Normally I 
think Malfoy would try and fight with Harry as he has done so many 
times in the past (Usually resulting in his being turned into a furry 
white rodent or being bloodied...)>

Really?  I could have sworn Draco said, very seriously, that he was 
going to kill Harry.  He and his cronies also tried to get Harry on 
the train home, but were, as usual, unsuccessful.

I see Draco as less of a threat now than I ever have.  Someone (sorry, 
forgot who!) mentioned that Draco is the only one who can give Harry a 
run for his money, and I must disagree.  There has not been one single 
time in all five books where Draco, in the end, is triumphant the way 
Harry is.  Harry is a better Quidditch player, better fighter, and 
better at magic than Draco is.  He also has better support, as Crabbe 
and Goyle usually end up on the floor, unconscious and next to Draco.  
The only ones who can give Harry trouble are the adults he deals with 
(Snape, for one) or when he has problems with his friends.

A very angry Draco is more likely in the next book, especially if 
Lucius stays in Azkaban.  Will this result in a loss of fortunes for 
the Malfoys?  How would Draco handle that?  I know that Lucius was 
everything Draco aspired to be and with Lucius unable to protect Draco 
and spoil him rotten at the same time, Draco may truly be out for 
blood,but compared Voldemort, though, I don't think Harry needs to 
worry much about Draco Malfoy.

--jenny from ravenclaw *********************