[HPforGrownups] Re: OoP: Has Anyone Seen Redeemable Draco???

[srsiriusblack at aol.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 67150

Hello jdr0918 at hotmail.com,

In reference to your comment:

è <<<--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com,
è "Marianne" wrote: What about  all those baskets and
è treats his owl brought him from home?  And his   father
è paying for the whole Slytherin team's brooms? I dunno,
è his   father may not be extreamly affectionate, but
è malfoy seems pretty   spoiled, and I get the impression
è his mother babies him...>>>  The Sergeant
è Majorette says:  Yeah, he's spoiled rotten, but there's
è no evidence that either of his  parents particularly likes
è him. I still say Harry needs a  contemporary
è couterpoint for dramatic symmetry. Never forget that
è JKR  has plotted all this out on grids. The Sorting Hat
è says we all have  to pull together -- who else in
è Slytherin House do we know better? (Snape is a
è grownup -- he doesn't count.)

I am not stretching too far I don't think, but in reference to Draco, a lot 
of abused children get 'pay offs' from the abuser. Lucius seems to fit a 
profile in my mind of an abusive parent so Draco's presents from him might be just 
to satisfy some guilt in his abusiveness. Also, I think that purchasing the 
brooms for the Slytherin team was more to support his own house rather than his 
son. Lucius doesn't seem to care about anyone.

In GoF, we see the way he enters the World Cup Pitch with his wife, so aptly 
named (btw), and his son. Lucius almost doesn't even know they exist, rather 
his is driven to show off in front of others and humiliate the Weasleys. This 
are al abusive tendencies.

Just some thoughts,
-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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Subj:   [HPforGrownups] Re: OoP: Has Anyone Seen Redeemable Draco???    
Date:   7/3/2003 3:10:27 AM Eastern Daylight Time   
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<<<--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Marianne" wrote: What about 
all those baskets and treats his owl brought him from home?  And his  
father paying for the whole Slytherin team's brooms? I dunno, his  
father may not be extreamly affectionate, but malfoy seems pretty  
spoiled, and I get the impression his mother babies him...>>>

The Sergeant Majorette says:

Yeah, he's spoiled rotten, but there's no evidence that either of his 
parents particularly likes him. I still say Harry needs a 
contemporary couterpoint for dramatic symmetry. Never forget that JKR 
has plotted all this out on grids. The Sorting Hat says we all have 
to pull together -- who else in Slytherin House do we know better?
(Snape is a grownup -- he doesn't count.)

To use darrin burnett's analogy, Draco has indeed turned into Wil E. 
Coyote, which leaves Harry with nothing to say but "beep-beep". I say 
our Harry is a classic hero on the scale of Bugs Bunny; he needs 
Draco to rise to the level of Daffy Duck for the Final Confrontation 
to have any poignancy at all.

--JDR, visualizing the final scene like this: having lost the 
epic "rabbit season, duck season" battle, a broken and bleeding Draco 
screeches "go on, shoot me again! I love the smell of cordite and 
burnt feathers!"



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