OoP: Has Anyone Seen Redeemable Draco???/Draco-Hermione?

[jdr0918]

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<<<--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "dracodemoiselle" wrote:...I 
knew sad, hurting, messed up children like him when I was a child. 
...Draco Malfoy is not lovable, but he's recognizable, and through 
wanting him to have some hope to be a decent person, I can have hope 
for many people I have known, who made me suffer, and who I have 
forgiven in my life.>>>

The Sergeant Majorette says:

Agree completely; this is why I was so disappointed at the 
character's lack of growth in OoP. As it's not likely that he's ever 
going to turn 'good', the best hope for this character is that he 
come to grips with the fact that his parents just raised him wrong 
and that he will have to separate from them psychologically in a very 
unnatural and painful way.

Draco/Hermione? Nah. He might be interested in her as in Snape/Lily: 
people outside New York might not know this, but the main 'racist 
cop' defendant in the Abner Louima police brutality case was engaged 
to a black woman; point being that expressed predjudice goes out the 
window when the hormones kick in. But Hermione doesn't even seem to 
be bothered by Draco's racist taunts except insofar as it bothers 
Harry and Ron. She doesn't care enough about him to dislike him. When 
she goes off on him in PoA, she's totally stressed by her courseload 
and who knows? maybe she was PMS-ing. Otherwise, it's always "Go 
away, Malfoy..." and a roll of the eyes. On the contrary, I think 
Lily likes James from the beginning which is why she bothers to 
disapprove of his behavior.

--JDR