[HPforGrownups] Re: Narcissa Malfoy: Good or Bad?

[IAmLordCassandra at aol.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 72659

In a message dated 7/23/2003 5:21:05 PM Eastern Daylight Time, 
featheringstonehaugh at yahoo.com writes:


> Message: 8
>    Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2003 01:34:20 -0000
>    From: "Kristen" <jkscherme at adelphia.net>
> Subject: Re: Narcissa Malfoy: Good or Bad?
> 
> I agree...she's a bad, bad lady. However, she's married to a cruel, 
> sadistic, and truly evil man. He treats her slightly better than he 
> treated Dobby, the house elf. She's in a miserable, loveless 
> marriage. Both Narcissa and Draco fear Lucius more than they love him 
> and if push came to shove, Narcissa would betray him to save Draco. I 
> believe Lucius will get out of Azkaban early in Book 6. There may be 
> a situation where Narcissa has to make a choice. She won't become a 
> Dumbledore supporter or a member of the Order, but she may betray 
> Lucius/Voldemort in order to protect Draco.
> 
> That's just my opinion...what's yours?
> 
> madeyesgal
> +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> DId I miss something in the books about Narcissa ?  Where does it say she's 
> mistreated, in a loveless marriage, is miserable, will sacrifice her husband 
> for Draco, et al?  We've only seen her once  that I recall - at the World Cup 
> - and then the reference to her was very short. Even Sirius' comment about 
> her was brief - that she had made a good marriage to Malfoy.  Or is the above 
> info about Narcissa , including the assumption that she's a  "bad, bad lady" 
> merely FanFiction?
> 
> AF

I must agree with AF on this one.   Where did the 
Abused!Unloved!Miserable!Narcissa come from?  I think what we can safely assume about her is that she has 
the same prejudices towards muggle borns and 'muggle lovers' (as well as all 
the feelings dealing with purity of blood, etc..)as her husband and son and 
most of her family do.  I see her as a rich snob who probably married into the 
Malfoy family because it was the ideal thing to do...not that there wasn't 
anything between her and Lucius, of course. 

I just don't see why she'd turn over a new leaf, or even just flip up a 
corner of one.  

~Cassie~ 


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