[HPforGrownups] Draco and equals (was: First meetings: Draco and Harry)

[Scott Santangelo]

No: HPFGUIDX 71448



bibphile <bibphile at yahoo.com> wrote:
--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, Scott Santangelo > 
> Agree in part. Draco definitely looked for an "alliance" of sorts at the beginning, but I think his envy of Harry is not based on his 
inability to form the same sort of friendships. Malfoy's character 
is really limited in this respect, I think intentionally so by JKR. 
Malfoy wants admirers, satellites, followers. He's been bred to be a 
leader, a "noble," a pureblood. He's an only child. Who wants a co-
equal friend? Malfoy does not display the desire to form such a 
friendship, even though it should be assumed that there are other 
Slyths with whom he could. Crabbe and Goyle are the perfect companions. Stupid, blind followers . . .

bibphile commented:

I'm not quite sure about Draco not wanting an equal...I think there is the possibility that he is begining to 
want a partner with a brain...it seems that Pansy is more a part of his schemes than Crabbe and Goyle...she doesn't appear to be stupid and (in the small bits we saw of her) she was acting more like a partner than a lackey. For some unknown reason, I also get the impression that she doesn't just go along with what Draco says (like Crabbe and Goyle) but actually agrees with him.  Of course, I have no edidence to support this...BTW, I do think Harry should apologize to Snape or his intrusion into the pensieve (except that it would just make things worse)...However, that's the only thing I think he needs to apologize for.  Snape, on the other hand, owns virtually every member of the student body at least 20 apologies.

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Again, agreed in part. No canon for Pansy, though it's clear she's infatuated with Malfoy. But aside from bringing her to the Yule Ball (a simple, convenient  ornament, I'd say) there's not much canon for any other connection between the two, aside from JKR's inclusion of her in many scenes. Of course it's apparent she'd like there to be one. As to her intelligence, of course it must be greater than (the sum of) Crabbe and Goyles. OK, the pensieve thing was "wrong," but Snape certainly knows about Harry's predisposition for rule-breaking, and could have cautioned Harry before walking out of the room . . . I've not heard anyone say Snape's an idiot. "Sorry" does seem to be the hardest word, though, and I certainly agree it seems to be entirely absent from Snape's vocabulary.

owlery2003



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